A Review of the Status of English in Hong Kong
Abstract
The status of English in Hong Kong has been controversial. Scholars like Luke, Richards and David Li have made
their efforts to reach some groundbreaking discoveries. However, since 1999 when David Li updated his survey, Hong Kong
has witnessed significant changes in all social sectors in the past 20 years. This made this issue more complicated yet interesting.
People have good reasons to be concerned about the status of English in Hong Kong, in that it may influence Hong Kong’s future
development. In this paper, the status of English in Hong Kong and the possible reasons that render its present status will be
analyzed.
their efforts to reach some groundbreaking discoveries. However, since 1999 when David Li updated his survey, Hong Kong
has witnessed significant changes in all social sectors in the past 20 years. This made this issue more complicated yet interesting.
People have good reasons to be concerned about the status of English in Hong Kong, in that it may influence Hong Kong’s future
development. In this paper, the status of English in Hong Kong and the possible reasons that render its present status will be
analyzed.
Keywords
Status of English; Hong Kong; Bilingualism
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[1] Jack C.Richards,(2005)Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.
[2] Use of Language in HK.Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics.June 2014.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i16.5301
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