South Asian students’ Chinese language learning in Hong Kong: motivations and strategies

Autor:	Mark Shui Kee Shum, Wing Wah Ki, Fang Gao, Linda Tsung
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Linguistics and Language AP Chinese Language and Culture First language Teaching method Family support Mandarin Chinese language.human_language Education Language assessment Pedagogy language Learner autonomy Language proficiency Psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 32:285-297
ISSN:	1747-7557 0143-4632
DOI:	10.1080/01434632.2010.539693
Popis:	This paper offers insights into an under-researched area of Chinese language learning among Hong Kong's less affluent South Asians, a group whose members have often been stereotyped as unable to function in the Chinese medium instruction (CMI) teaching system. Data were collected from a survey of approximately 300 South Asian secondary school students and from follow-up semi-structured interviews with 30 student participants. By cross-examining students’ language competency and practice in Chinese, English and mother language(s), the research found that South Asian students, even though in a majority language environment, invest less in Chinese language learning and practice. Their language motivation is instrumentally driven and there is a lack of adequate family support for learning Chinese. It thus highlights the role of schooling and teachers’ support in Chinese language learning as the main remedy for insufficient parental involvement. This research argues that in order to attain high compet...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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