Hong Kong: Weak link in mother-tongue lessons

[Francis Hult]

The Standard

 

Weak link in mother-tongue lessons

 

Lower achievements in English among students studying in the Chinese medium are a major hurdle to their meeting the basic requirements to university entry in Hong Kong, a study has found. 

 

In the third stage of research in a seven-year long undertaking, Chinese University of Hong Kong found that students learning in Chinese had lower success rates in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, including Chinese and English, as well as Advanced Level exams, including Chinese language and culture, and use of English, compared with students studying in the English medium of instruction. 

 

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