Learning Chinese 'despite the education system' instead of 'because of it'. A comprehensive article from SCMP about the issues facing...

A new computer tool has been developed which places a Cantonese pronunciation guide on top of each character. Cantonese tones are shown...

“I feel the whole education system is built to disadvantage us because we have Chinese as a second language,” second-year medical student...

Opinion post by Manoj Dhar, co-founder and CEO of Integrated Brilliant Education. Despite government funding to the tune of HK$200...

A long article about the history of learning Chinese as a second language. The story begins in 1759 with Emperor Qianlong, who forbids...

HKFP: People from ethnic minority groups expressing concern about language policy in locals schools and issues surrounding the Chinese...

This Oxfam project involved 74 kindergartens, along with 1,200 NCS students and 170 teachers. "Comparing scores in pre- and post-tests,...

by Chester Wong Another plea for suitable CSL teaching materials: "Chinese teacher Lee Yin-fong of ECF Saint Too Canaan College in Kwun...

Hong Kong Unison calls for a standardised conversion mechanism for Chinese-language exams outside the local system. Many students from a...

Ricky Chu from the Equal Opportunities Commission: clear learning outcomes for language proficiency must be set and monitored closely if...

The RTHK Backchat discussion features: John Tse, executive director of Hong Kong Unison, Puja Kapai, Associate Professor at the Dept. of...

Nice to hear young people from NCS households speaking positively about their experience learning Chinese - and even Chinese history. The...

by Ricky Chu, Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) "Language is often brought up as a barrier that prevents those from...

RTHK's Radio 3 programme Hashtag Hong Kong features CALHK Co-founder, Maggie Holmes. The need for centrally available resources to teach...

Why we shouldn't lump all ethnic minority students together - students in the CMI system have different needs to those learning in EMI...

Interview with Phyllis Cheung, Executive Director of Hong Kong Unison. She discusses measures to improve the teaching of Chinese to...

Hong Kong Unison says: Vague guidelines, not lack of funding, blamed for Hong Kong schools’ failure to develop ethnic minority students'...

Grace Nijoku decided to learn Cantonese so she could communicate with her friend’s mother, who did not speak English. She taught herself...

In anticipation of the Chief Executive's 2021 Policy Address, Hong Kong Unison asks the HKSARG to rebuild the Chinese second language...

by Shameel Ibrahim Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students face inadequately prepared teachers and a lack of sufficient resources for...

Kainaat's family are from Pakistan. She was born and bred in HK and is studying Nursing at HKU. She is working on multi-lingual resources...

Studying in a mainstream school should be a fast-track way to attain Chinese language fluency. But, as this article explains, non-Chinese...

Hong Kong Unison calls on The Education Bureau to develop guidelines for money spent by schools to support children from non-Chinese...

"It is time to fix this gaping hole in our education system, not simply because it is the right thing to do, but because it is an...

Article by Emma Russell Another article which reports how the suspension of face to face classes has a negative impact on children from...

A write up of the Audit Commission's March report. Read Full Article here:

Some 283 schools receive the Grant for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students up to HK$1.5 million. However, the latest government’s audit...

Article by Chan Ho-him Some highlights: Restrictions on schools during the pandemic have also affected children from ethnic minority...

Article by CALHK explaining why romanisation is a necessary tool for students of Chinese (Cantonese) as an additional language. Read Full...

Article about Integrated Brilliant Education, which has managed to stay open for face to face lessons during the pandemic. Read Full...

Ming Pao 明報 has devoted a whole section of its magazine to the issue of students from ethnic minority groups learning Chinese in Hong...

(Photo by 黃炒謙） Kulsoom was born and bred in Hong Kong. She went to a 'designated' primary school but her Dad was adamant she should go to...

by CALHK's Maggie Holmes The term NCS is not appropriate because many of the students do speak Chinese. It's a self limiting term, which...

Supplement: Chapter 8. Caring Society. Page 129 The HKSARG WILL: Continue to provide NCS students with the support for Chinese language...

On the eve of the Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Policy Address: Hong Kong Unison laments the lack of teacher training for teachers of...

CALHK is making language support materials available online, including vocabulary lists as well as videos and Chinese poems

The article explains the structural problems within the HK Education system, which have caused in educational segregation

learning a language is not a preference but a right which every student in Hong Kong should be able to enjoy....

Non Ethnic Chinese parents lament that the focus on learning Chinese causes a great deal of stress, disappointment and confusion.

Dr Simon Chan from HKBU said a tailor-made Chinese-language curriculum is needed...

How comedian Vivek Mahbubani came to be the funniest person in HK – in Cantonese and English

the difficulties faced by children from non-Chinese speaking families since school classes schools moved online.

School closures mean a loss of Chinese language environment for ethnic minority students and their Chinese levels are suffering.

Hong Kong Unison's Phyllis Cheung adds: 80% of the 30 families they contacted were unable to help with homework because of language barrier

Currently, there is a serious lack of teaching materials systematically designed for NCS students that cater to their varying academic level

Manoj Dhar is the co-founder & CEO of Integrated Brilliant Education. "...Teaching, the noblest of professions, entrusts educator with..."

the current narrative hinges on educators’ tendency to frequently blame their failure on the ethnic background of NCS students. T

Ethnic minorities are disadvantaged by structural problems in the education system. The lack of a fully-fledged Chinese curriculum

by Chan Ho-him Three in five teachers are not confident in teaching Chinese to ethnic minority students, a survey has found, sparking...

Hina Butt was born and bred in Hong Kong but suffered years of racial discrimination during her school years. She attended Chinese...