Language Education in China – Policy and Experience from 1949

Agnes S.L. Lam is an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong. She has published in the areas of bilingualism, multilingualism and language education.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Introduction; China in Recent History; Education in China; Language Policies in China; The Language Education in China Project; A Multilingual Approach to Language Education; Four Learners' Experiences; Relating Learner Experience to Policy Implementation; Summary; Chapter 2 Propagating Standard Chinese; Introduction; The Standardization of Chinese.

"... Language Education in China serves as a fitting introduction for anyone interested in multilingualism and bilingual education... It provides a refreshing balance to the large number of works devoted to bilingualism in English-speaking countries." -- T