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Wang, Jiayi; Postiglione, Gerard A. – Chinese Education & Society, 2015
The Chinese state sees language as an essential determinant in ethnic minority schooling. The use of minority language as a medium of instruction is viewed as a way to increase attendance rates and strengthen socialization into a national ideology. However, the policies differ for those ethnic minorities with or without a commonly used written…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Access to Education, Questionnaires, Ethnic Groups
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Svantesson, Jan-Olaf – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1991
Describes the written language situation of China's minority groups, giving particular focus to script reforms and the creation of new scripts after the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. (17 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Minority Groups