Trilingual and biliterate language education policy in Hong Kong: past, present and future

Abstract Hong Kong’s ‘trilingual and biliterate’ language policy (TaB, 三語兩文) is almost as old as the special administrative region (SAR) itself. Through free education and language support measures in school, students are expected to be conversant in English and Putonghua in addition to Cantonese, a...

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Main Author: David C. S. Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-10-01
Series:Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-022-00168-z