ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Foreign Countries	2
Language Role	2
Second Language Instruction	2
Bilingualism	1
Change Agents	1
Diachronic Linguistics	1
Elementary Secondary Education	1
English (Second Language)	1
FLES	1
Higher Education	1
Hungarian	1
Language Attitudes	1
Language Planning	1
Language Usage	1
Language Variation	1
Minority Groups	1
Power Structure	1
Public Policy	1
Russian	1
Second Language Learning	1
Second Language Programs	1
Uncommonly Taught Languages	1
More ▼

Source

Current Issues in Language…

Author

Joseph, John E.	1
Radnai, Zsofia	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	2
Opinion Papers	2
Information Analyses	1
Reports - Descriptive	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

Hong Kong	1
Hungary	1

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

English in Hong Kong: Emergence and Decline.

Peer reviewed

Joseph, John E. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996

Focuses on the role of English and the evolution of a distinct variety of English in Hong Kong. Discusses this "emerging" Hong Kong English and examines how various political changes might affect a future Hong Kong identity, such that Hong Kong English might emerge into a public as well as academic reality. (23 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language)

The Educational Effects of Language Policy.

Peer reviewed

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