Article: Linguistic capital: continuity and change in educational language polices for South Asians in Hong Kong primary schools

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Title	Linguistic capital: continuity and change in educational language polices for South Asians in Hong Kong primary schools
Authors	Gao, F
Keywords	Language policy Linguistic capital Chinese as a second language Ethnic minorities South Asians
Issue Date	2011
Publisher	Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rclp20/current
Citation	Current Issues in Language Planning, 2011, v. 12 n. 2, p. 251-263 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2011.609687
Abstract	Language-in-education policies within post-colonization, nationalism, and globalization are currently key concerns of the sociology of language as they impact language teaching and learning in multilingual contexts. Despite these concerns, studies of educational language policies for ethnic minorities, in this case, those of South Asians in Hong Kong, are rare. This paper looks at colonial and post-colonial language policies in education with an eye to shedding light on continuity and change of linguistic capital for this group. Given the complexity, contextuality, complicity, complementarity, and continuity of the approach, the research analyzes the influences of educational language policies concerning South Asians, especially at primary school level, in pre- and post-colonial times. It argues that while English linguistic capital predominates during both pre- and post-colonial periods, this predominant status has begun to be shared by Cantonese, which has emerged as the 'high' language in post-handover Hong Kong and forms the main barrier for South Asians to learn Chinese as a second language to enable upward mobility in Hong Kong society. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
ISSN	1466-4208 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2011.609687

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dc.contributor.author	Gao, F
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-26T15:35:48Z
dc.date.available	2011-08-26T15:35:48Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	Language-in-education policies within post-colonization, nationalism, and globalization are currently key concerns of the sociology of language as they impact language teaching and learning in multilingual contexts. Despite these concerns, studies of educational language policies for ethnic minorities, in this case, those of South Asians in Hong Kong, are rare. This paper looks at colonial and post-colonial language policies in education with an eye to shedding light on continuity and change of linguistic capital for this group. Given the complexity, contextuality, complicity, complementarity, and continuity of the approach, the research analyzes the influences of educational language policies concerning South Asians, especially at primary school level, in pre- and post-colonial times. It argues that while English linguistic capital predominates during both pre- and post-colonial periods, this predominant status has begun to be shared by Cantonese, which has emerged as the 'high' language in post-handover Hong Kong and forms the main barrier for South Asians to learn Chinese as a second language to enable upward mobility in Hong Kong society. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
dc.identifier.citation	Current Issues in Language Planning, 2011, v. 12 n. 2, p. 251-263 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2011.609687
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2011.609687
dc.identifier.epage	263
dc.identifier.hkuros	190456
dc.identifier.issn	1466-4208 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027
dc.identifier.issue	2
dc.identifier.scopus	eid_2-s2.0-84857077676
dc.identifier.spage	251
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10722/138536
dc.identifier.volume	12
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rclp20/current
dc.publisher.place	United Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartof	Current Issues in Language Planning
dc.subject	Language policy
dc.subject	Linguistic capital
dc.subject	Chinese as a second language
dc.subject	Ethnic minorities
dc.subject	South Asians
dc.title	Linguistic capital: continuity and change in educational language polices for South Asians in Hong Kong primary schools
dc.type	Article

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The University of Hong Kong