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Leung, Cheung-Shing Samuel; Yuen-Fan, Lomita Wong – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Explains how the education system in Hong Kong has helped to shape Hong Kong's past diglossia and how the country is preparing to face the changes inherent in the new political context in which Putonghua will be another element. Reports on the status and use of Cantonese and Putonghua (the national language of the People's Republic of China). (33…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Context Effect, Diglossia

Radnai, Zsofia – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1994
Examines the linguistic isolation of 11 million Magyar-speaking Hungarians in a context of political, economic, and educational change. Changes in foreign language learning since 1989 are outlined, and the declining popularity of Russian and increasing interest in studying the languages of Western Europe are discussed. (Contains 13 references.)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, FLES, Foreign Countries, Higher Education