A Standalone but not Lonely Language: Chinese Linguistic Environment and Education in Singapore Context

• Main Authors: Huang, Min, Cheng, Kangdi
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Chinese; Linguistic environment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82311; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43526
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bilingual education policy in Singapore permits the students learn both English as working language and mother tongues, such as Chinese, as L2 anchoring to culture heritage. Starting from historical and sociolinguistic reasons, this paper is intended to provide a panoramic view of Chinese education...