Language use and attitudes of bilingual children in Hong Kong

The study explored the language use and attitudes of
bilingual school aged children with Chinese L1 and
English L2.The main objective of the study was to
explore some demographic and attitudinal factors
associated with language use at home and school.The
sample was drawn from Year 3 and year 4 classrooms
from an English medium primary school in Hong Kong.

There was some evidence of negative influence of home
factors on the use of Chinese L1 and attitudes
towards L1. One of the negative factors was the
presence of siblings in the household. However,
gender or joint family residence did not have any
effect on the use of Chinese(L1).The use of
Chinese(L1) was more common in one-to-one than group
playtime at school. There was also evidence of
association between the use of Chinese(L1)at home and
school and the attitude towards Chinese(L1)
demonstrated in the questionnaire.

Autorentext

Gopa is pursuing her DPhil at the University of Oxford, under the
supervision of Prof Kathy Sylva. Her research interests include
language teaching to ESL learners and the use of computers in
language teaching among others.

Klappentext

The study explored the language use and attitudes of
bilingual school aged children with Chinese L1 and
English L2.The main objective of the study was to
explore some demographic and attitudinal factors
associated with language use at home and school.The
sample was drawn from Year 3 and year 4 classrooms
from an English medium primary school in Hong Kong.

There was some evidence of negative influence of home
factors on the use of Chinese L1 and attitudes
towards L1. One of the negative factors was the
presence of siblings in the household. However,
gender or joint family residence did not have any
effect on the use of Chinese(L1).The use of
Chinese(L1) was more common in one-to-one than group
playtime at school. There was also evidence of
association between the use of Chinese(L1)at home and
school and the attitude towards Chinese(L1)
demonstrated in the questionnaire.