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Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Chinese Post-Secondary and Part-Time Students' Motivation to Learn Accounting in Hong Kong
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Pong, Hok-Ko; Leung, Chi Hung; Cheung, Ho Yin – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In the current research, we developed and validated a questionnaire to measure Chinese working adults' motivation to study accounting on a path of lifelong learning in Hong Kong, China. We conducted individual in-depth interviews with adult learners (n = 30) and professionals (n = 12) in study 1 and study 2. Qualitative analysis showed six…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Foreign Countries, College Students
Negotiating Communicative Language Learning in a Traditional Setting.
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White, Cynthia J. – ELT Journal, 1988
An approach to the teaching of English to part-time adult students in a course in China aimed at opening up and developing the vocabulary of the students through a variety of text-related activities. Wall posters were used as a basis for an extended session of fluency-focused activities, through which students became independent users of English.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
The Dragon Cometh: 1997 and the ELT Scene in Hong Kong.
Boyle, Joseph P. – 1989
The results of a survey of 180 part-time students' opinions on the standard of English in Hong Kong, on governmental efforts to improve the level of English in Hong Kong, and on how returning Hong Kong to China in 1997 will effect the standard of English are reported. The students were enrolled in a 6-year course in Chinese/English/Translation at…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business Communication, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education