This paper provides an overview of English language education policies and practices in
Hong Kong. It examines changes and developments in policymaking and implementation …

This chapter discusses the statistics of English across Asia, with reference to both the
numbers of English users in the region, and the measurement of levels of English …

Social media hold great potential for language learning since language learning is closely
intertwined with socialization. However, previous studies have primarily examined social …

Emerging evidence has shown a positive association between the home literacy
environment (HLE) and monolingual children's language and literacy development. Yet, far …

Translanguaging in science includes the use of semiotic repertoires complete with non-
linguistic modes of meaning (eg gesture, tactile) that until recently have gone unnoticed in …

The present study is a follow-up study on Chan (2018a) which examined a new code-
switching form in Hong Kong called trilingual code-switching. Previous studies on the code …

The status, functions, and features of the English language in Hong Kong have been shaped
by a number of historically determined sociopolitical and sociolinguistic factors over the past …

Access to private tutoring, or shadow education, significantly contributes to the increasing
disparities in the attainment of language learners from different family backgrounds …

This paper reports findings of a qualitative study on a group of cross-border mainland
Chinese students' English learning experiences in an English medium instruction (EMI) …

This study attempted to analyze learning strategies used by Hong Kong university students
for learning English. Results indicate that Cantonese native speakers mostly used cognitive …