Publications

Publication details [#45913]

Tse, Shek Kam, Joseph Wai-ip Lam, Elizabeth Ka-yee Loh and Raymond Yu-hong Lam. 2007. The Influence of the Language that Hong Kong Primary School Students Habitually Speak at Home on their Chinese Reading Ability in School. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 28 (5) : 400–417.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language planning | language use | primary school | reading | setting

Language as a subject

Cantonese, Chinese | Putonghua

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper explores how the 'home language' of Hong Kong primary school students, in this case Putonghua or Cantonese, affects Chinese reading skills in school.