Publications

Publication details [#53327]

Tse, Shek Kam, Ka Yee Elizabeth Loh, Yu Hong Raymond Lam and Wai Ip Joseph Lam. 2010. A comparison of English and Chinese reading proficiency of primary school Chinese students. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 31 (2) : 181–199.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | language of instruction | language proficiency | primary school | reading

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This comparative study of bilingual Chinese-English reading proficiency in Hong Kong primary students, shows a significantly lower attainment as to English reading, and discusses how this might be repaired.