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Publication details [#53338]

Hu, Guangwei and Lubna Alsagoff. 2010. A public policy perspective on English medium instruction in China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 31 (4) : 365–382.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | language of instruction | majority language | minority language

Language as a subject

Chinese | English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper explores the Chinese initiative of English medium instruction for Han majority students, discusses the potential use of English as instructional tool in trilingual education for Chinese autochthonous ethnic minorities, and finally maps out another language policy option than English medium instruction for both majority and minority students.