A Study of Macao Tertiary Students' Attitudes Towards Language After the Handover

This book focuses on the attitudes of Macao tertiary students toward language after the handover. It shares the findings of a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews, which were conducted among freshmen of the University of Macao to investigate their attitudes toward Cantonese, Putonghua, English, and Portuguese, as well as their attitudes toward Macao's language planning and language policy. Utilizing a multidimensional and multilayered perspective in the study, this book also demonstrates the orientations of Macao tertiary students and the correlation between their social categories (gender and social class) and their attitudes toward language.

Explores Macao's history in relation to language and its peoples' attitudes toward language Provides a multidimensional and multilayered perspective on language attitudes in Macao Showcases qualitative and quantitative studies that investigate attitudes of Macao tertiary students toward language

Autorentext

Xi Yan obtained his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Macao and is currently Associate Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Southeast University, China. His research interests include linguistic landscapes, language attitudes, language ideologies, language planning, and language policy in Mainland China and Macao. He has published in journals such as Current Issues in Language Planning, Language Problems and Language Planning, Language, Culture and Curriculum, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Language Awareness, Asian Englishes, and Chinese Language and Discourse.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Literature Review.- Chapter 3 The Language Situation in Macao.- Chapter 4 Research Design.- Chapter 5 Questionnaire Survey Results.- Chapter 6 Interview Results.- Chapter 7 Discussion.- Chapter 8 Conclusions.