Publications

Publication details [#41165]

Lin, Angel Mei Yi. 1999. Resistance and Creativity in English Reading Lessons in Hong Kong. Language, Culture and Curriculum 12 (3) : 285–296.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dialogue | foreign language acquisition | foreign language teaching | reading | teacher

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This analysis of mixed English-Cantonese pupil-teacher dialogues during English reading lessons in Hong Kong schools, shows the resistance and the creativity of the Cantonese children, who succeed in subverting the reading lesson according to their own preferences.