Language Policy in British Colonial Education: Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong

Autor/in	Evans, Stephen
Titel	Language Policy in British Colonial Education: Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration and History, 38 (2006) 3, S.293-312 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0620
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Statistical Data; Foreign Countries; Foreign Policy; English Instruction; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Language of Instruction; Language Attitudes; Political Power; Economic Factors; Native Language Instruction; Educational History; Educational Administration; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Ausland; Außenpolitik; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Sprachverhalten; Politische Macht; Ökonomischer Faktor; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Hongkong
Abstract	This article examines the evolution of language-in-education policy in Hong Kong during the first six decades of British rule (1842-1902). In particular, it analyses the changing roles and status of the English and Chinese languages during this formative period in the development of the colony's education system. The textual and statistical data presented in the article provide a corrective to the claim that the British imposed English on their colonial subjects and in the process rode roughshod over the indigenous languages. The evidence suggests that Hong Kong's education system provided opportunities for native students to attend purely Chinese schools, purely English schools or mixed-medium schools. Although the British apparently attached more importance to English teaching, they were generally at pains to emphasise that English should not be studied at the expense of Chinese. The findings indicate that language policy (be it Chinese or English in orientation) was always tied in some way to Britain's political and economic interests in the region. (Contains 1 table, 2 figures, and 51 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10