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Publication details [#48996]

Evans, Stephen. 2008. The Making of a Colonial School: A Study of Language Policies and Practices in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong. Language & Education 22 (6) : 345–362.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | language attitude | language policy | school | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

Chinese | English, British

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper explores British colonial language policies and practices at the government Central School in 19th century Hong Kong, thus illuminating British attitudes towards the acquisition and use of English in the empire.