Research

This page provides a comprehensive list of

academic research and reports relating to the teaching of Chinese to children from non-Chinese speaking backgrounds.

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CALHK

Mar 30
1 min

Audit Commission Hong Kong | EDB should step up monitoring of school receiving the NCS Grant.

Audit Commission Hong Kong, Director of Audits report No 76: The number of students from non-Chinese speaking families attending local...

CALHK

Mar 4
1 min

EOC | Calls for urgent action to develop Chinese as a second Language Curriculum.

Equal Opportunities Commission submission to the Legislative Council February, 2021. Page 8: On the educational challenges of...

CALHK

Nov 25, 2020
1 min

The Chief Executive's 2020 Policy Address

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

CALHK

Oct 8, 2020
1 min

CALHK Submission: HKSARG Policy Address Consulation 2020

CALHK Submission to HKSARG Policy Address Consultation, 2020.

Dec 31, 2019
1 min

Oxfam Hong Kong | Study on the Challenges Faced by Mainstream Schools in Educating Ethnic Minorities

The most comprehensive report to date describing the challenges faced by NCS students and their teachers.

Aug 31, 2019
1 min

EOC | Closing the Gap: Report of the Working Group on Education for Ethnic Minorities

Plug the gaps in the existing system in order to have in place a full-fledged Chinese-as-a second language curriculum.

Aug 26, 2019
1 min

Oxfam Hong Kong | The research report on the non-Chinese speaking kindergarteners learning Chinese

Unfortunately, we have seen an insufficiency in the government’s support to the non-Chinese speaking students’ early childhood education.

Jun 30, 2019
1 min

Hong Kong Unison | Submission to Policy Address Consultation 2019 on Equal Rights and Education

EDB should require kindergartens which received NCS grants make reporting transparent to safeguard the accountability of the funding

May 31, 2019
1 min

Hong Kong Unison | Ethnic Minority Parent Opinions- support measures, Kindergarten education scheme

The Chinese foundation of the children built in KGs does not give ethnic minority parents confidence to send their children to a mainstream

Feb 28, 2019
1 min

HK Policy Research Institute | Study for Chinese proficiency of the non-language subjects textbooks

Over 60% of non-Chinese speaking students reported that they could not effectively cope with non-language subjects.