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Browse our collection of media reports related
to the teaching of Chinese to children from
non-Chinese speaking backgrounds in Hong Kong.
SCMP | Have Hong Kong’s society and schools failed ethnic minority students?
HKFP | New computer app shows Cantonese pronunciation
HKFP | Chinese language requirement a barrier to Med School applicants from EM groups
China Daily | Improve Children's education to secure Hong Kong's future
SCMP | A history of Chinese Second Language Learning
HKFP | HK minorities share their stories and struggles
Hong Kong Standard | Oxfam’s language support scheme improves ethnic minority children’s Chinese
SCMP | Can Hong Kong’s ethnic minority children master Chinese? It’s an uphill struggle.
RTHK | Standardised conversion tool needed for non-local Chinese exams.
SCMP | Progress in learning Chinese as a second language can’t be measured by money spent
RTHK Backchat: Discussion of the Chinese language learning needs of ethnic minority students
RTHK 鏗鏘集: Schools helping teach children from NCS familes.
Hong Kong Free Press | HK must pursue true racial integration
RTHK | Hashtag Hong Kong.
RTHK: Interview with CALHK Co-founder Maggie Holmes- supporting Chinese learning among CAL students
RTHK Backchat | Teaching Chinese to ethnic minority students.
SCMP | Guidelines needed for school funding to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students
SCMP Young Post | British teen shares how learning Cantonese led her to start a YouTube channel
Stand News | HK Unison calls for rebuild of Chinese Second Language Policy.
Asia Sentinel: HK's Minority Students in Uphill Language Battle
香港01 | HK Society benefits so much from our multi-lingual young citizens!
香港01 | Strengthen teacher training and support children from non-Chinese families in local schools
SCMP | Implementation guidelines and outcome tracking metrics needed for NCS Grant, says HK Unison
HKFP | HK School system leaves non-Chinese minorities behind.
SCMP | Online learning pushes children from ethnic minority families down the learning curve
HKFP | Government auditors say HK's ethnic minority children need more help learning Chinese
The Standard | Schools receiving non-Chinese speaking grant not monitored by Education Bureau
SCMP | Online lessons may cause children from non-Chinese speaking households to fall behind.
HKFP | Schools should use Jyutping to teach Chinese to children from non-Chinese speaking families.
SCMP: Chinese lessons translate into success for ethnic minority pupils
Ming Pao 明報 | The experience of children from ethnic minority groups studying Chinese in Hong Kong.
MingPao | Kulsoom's Dad insisted she learn Chinese. Now she is studying Nursing at HKU.
HKFP | Why the ‘Non-Chinese Speaking’ tag is doing real harm to Hong Kong’s non-Chinese pupils
The Chief Executive's 2020 Policy Address
Stand News | Hong Kong Unison: Lack of teacher training for Chinese as a Second Language teachers.
SCMP | Academic marginalisation of HK’s ethnic minority groups increases amid coronavirus pandemic
CNN | Spat at & segregated: Hong Kong's dark-skinned minorities say they've never felt accepted
HKFP | Cantonese is the key to success for Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities
HKFP | Should we expect non-Chinese Hongkongers to learn Cantonese?
The Standard | Survey finds hurdles to hiring ethnic minorities
SCMP | How comedian Vivek Mahbubani came to be the funniest person in HK – in Cantonese and English
hk01 | How can NCS students learn online if they don't understand the questions?
hk01 | School closures mean a loss of Chinese language environment for ethnic minority students
Reuters | NCS students may fall behind as Coronavirus Forces Online Learning.
HKFP | Improving the quality of education for non-Chinese speaking students requires effort
HKFP | Hong Kong Teachers have a professional responsibility to non-Chinese speaking learners.
China Daily | Teaching Chinese to ethnic minority requires commitment
SCMP | To tackle poverty, Hong Kong must end discrimination against all minorities
SCMP | Hong Kong schools struggling to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students.
Bastille Post | The Hong Kong Pakistani teacher who teaches Chinese to ethnic minority students.