HKFP | Improving the quality of education for non-Chinese speaking students requires effort
Currently, there is a serious lack of teaching materials systematically designed for NCS students that cater to their varying academic level
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CALHK
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
HKFP | Hong Kong Teachers have a professional responsibility to non-Chinese speaking learners.
Manoj Dhar is the co-founder & CEO of Integrated Brilliant Education. "...Teaching, the noblest of professions, entrusts educator with..."
CALHK
- Feb 25, 2020
- 1 min
China Daily | Teaching Chinese to ethnic minority requires commitment
the current narrative hinges on educators’ tendency to frequently blame their failure on the ethnic background of NCS students. T
CALHK
- Feb 3, 2020
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SCMP | To tackle poverty, Hong Kong must end discrimination against all minorities
Ethnic minorities are disadvantaged by structural problems in the education system. The lack of a fully-fledged Chinese curriculum
CALHK
- Jan 23, 2020
- 1 min
SCMP | Hong Kong schools struggling to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students.
by Chan Ho-him Three in five teachers are not confident in teaching Chinese to ethnic minority students, a survey has found, sparking...
CALHK
- Jan 10, 2020
- 1 min
Bastille Post | The Hong Kong Pakistani teacher who teaches Chinese to ethnic minority students.
Hina Butt was born and bred in Hong Kong but suffered years of racial discrimination during her school years. She attended Chinese...
CALHK
- Oct 8, 2019
- 1 min
HKFP | Hong Kong’s education gap hurts ethnic minorities as much as society at large
Ricky Chu, Chairperson of the EOC, on the structural problems in Hong Kong's Chinese-as-a-second-language curriculum
CALHK
- Aug 28, 2019
- 1 min
hk01 | Ms Dou: Primary school teacher of 10 NCS students
Article about a Ms Dou, a teacher who was responsible for supporting 10 primary school children from Pakistani families.
CALHK
- Aug 22, 2019
- 1 min
ejinsight | Study finds poor Chinese language skills among NCS students
The Caritas Community Centre commissioned HKBU to find the average Chinese literacy rate among NCS students at high school
CALHK
- Jul 11, 2019
- 1 min
SCMP | Chinese language barrier for HK's ethnic minority students in Diploma of Secondary Education
Fears raised that students who do not speak Chinese are being let down by curriculum that prevents them reaching higher standards in local
CALHK
- Jul 1, 2019
- 1 min
SCMP | Race should not matter for getting a quality kindergarten education in Hong Kong
An open letter from Hong Kong Unison on the failings of The Free Quality Kindergarten Education Scheme
CALHK
- Mar 23, 2019
- 1 min
SCMP Letters | Let Hong Kong’s ethnic minority students learn Chinese alongside native speakers
A range of classroom-based support strategies to keep Chinese as Additional Language students learning alongside Chinese children in Chinese
CALHK
- Mar 11, 2019
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SCMP Young Post | Ethnic minority students lack support and Cantonese assistance at local schools
Ethnic minority students in Hong Kong only understand 70 per cent of what is taught in class, a survey has found.
CALHK
- Mar 10, 2019
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SCMP | Ethnic minority students in Hong Kong only understand 70 per cent of class syllabus
Ethnic minority students in Hong Kong only understand 70 per cent of class syllabus because of weak Chinese language foundation:
CALHK
- Feb 24, 2019
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HKFP | Primary school should apologise over reports it punishes students for speaking Cantonese
Activists urge primary school to apologise over reports it punishes students for speaking Cantonese
CALHK
- Feb 21, 2019
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SCMP | Problems parents face and how to solve the language question for ethnic minority pupils in HK
EDB for not doing enough to push schools and teachers to use various services on offer, urges it to review support measures to help NCS stud
CALHK
- Feb 20, 2019
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Ejinsight | Ombudsman urges more support for non-Chinese speaking students
Ombudsman urges more support for non-Chinese speaking students
CALHK
- Feb 19, 2019
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SCMP | Just 24 teachers in four years finish NCS training course
Just 24 teachers in four years finish training course and collect EDB grant to improve their skills teaching Chinese as a second language
CALHK
- Jan 5, 2019
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SCMP | 20-year-old student of Bangladeshi origin hopes to become Hong Kong’s first EM lawmaker
Having learned Cantonese since the age of two, she speaks like a native and says the language is key to building a life and career in HK
CALHK
- Oct 14, 2018
- 1 min
HKFP| Promoting Putonghua in schools is not about giving Hong Kong an ‘edge,’ it is political
the real “edge” of teaching Chinese in Cantonese in Hong Kong is that it’s the mother tongue of the majority of Hongkongers, and academic re
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