Publications

Publication details [#45916]

Humphreys, Gillian and Yuko Miyazoe-Wong. 2007. “So What is the Appeal?” The Phenomenon of Japanese as a Foreign Language in Hong Kong. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 28 (6) : 468–483.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

economics | foreign language acquisition | language attitude | language choice

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study identifies three major issues involved in Hong Kong students' elective choice of Japanese language acquisition: Japanese popular culture's appeal; Japanese' perceived usefulness and geographical proximity.