This paper offers insights into an under-researched area of Chinese language learning
among Hong Kong's less affluent South Asians, a group whose members have often been …

How migrants, refugees and minority groups acquire a sense of belonging in their adopted
society is a concern for nations worldwide as they aim to balance the diversity and inclusion …

The new curriculum to introduce English in Japanese primary schools is being implemented
from 2011 in the form of 'foreign language activities' in one class per week for Grades 5 and …

There is a growing interest in research on language teacher identity as relevant research
suggests that language teacher self-identification has an impact on their language teaching …

Background: The research literature linking children's educational outcomes with levels of
parental involvement has in many instances resulted in the location of disadvantage being …

Taiwanese cultural critic Kuan-Hsing Chen has elaborated and promoted an “Asia and the
rest” worldview for over a decade. His opus magnum Asia as Method argues for a paradigm …

China's diversity of minority groups, marked by many languages and cultures, has led to
much push and pull experience between homogenising forces and indigenous cultures …

Despite a rapid growth at compulsory education stage in Hong Kong, ethnic minority
students are the least represented in local tertiary institutions. This study critically evaluates …

Second language (L2) teaching and learning is mediated by imagined community involving
positioning learners themselves or being positioned by others in possible worlds. This …

The book “Asia as method” by cultural critic Chen Kuan-Hsing forcefully suggests the need
of an “Asia and the rest” worldview and argues for a paradigm shift to look at Asian reality …