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Peer reviewedBoyle, Joseph – Language and Education, 1997
Considers the role of native-speaker English language teachers in Hong Kong. First, the article examines the concept of native speaker and offers five criteria that determine whether a person can be classed as a native speaker or not. Second, it focuses on the use of native-speaker English teachers in Hong Kong, with particular reference to a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Language Variation
Peer reviewedBoyle, Joseph – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1995
Discusses the debate over whether English or Chinese should be the medium of instruction in Hong Kong schools. Recent Government efforts to further Chinese-medium education are outlined in the article, and consideration is given to the effects of the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong in 1997 on the future language of education in the island's schools.…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Chinese, Colonialism
