Mee Ling Lai
Biographic Data
| ID | 6175344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mee Ling Lai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mee Ling |
| FAMILY NAME | Lai |
| SIGNATURE | LAI M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
English linguistic neo-imperialism – a case of Hong Kong
Phillipson, R. (2012, “Linguistic Imperialism Alive and Kicking.” The Guardian, March 13. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/13/linguistic-imperialism-english-language-teaching) warned that ‘linguistic imperialism is alive and kicking’. Although the validity of the linguistic imperialism construct may be questioned in the twenty-first Century as the Anglo-American colonial powers further retreat from the Asian region, linguistic neo-i…
English as a Lingua Franca”: Rhetoric or Reality? Attitudes of Prospective English Teachers in Post-colonial Hong Kong
As a consequence of English developing into a global language, new varieties of English have emerged and the language has assumed the role of a common medium of communication among speakers of different ethnolinguistic backgrounds. When Hong Kong was transforming from a British colony into “Asia’s World City” after its sovereignty was returned to China, the notions of “World Englishes” (WE) and “English as a Lingua Franca” (ELF) were also introdu…
The linguistic landscape of Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty
This study about the linguistic landscape of Hong Kong was conducted 12 years after the People's Republic of China (PRC) reclaimed sovereignty over the city. A total of 1160 visual signs displayed in open public spaces in four selected areas of Hong Kong were analysed. These sites extend from the very heart of the city to a small town near the border with the PRC. Through analysis of the assembled photographic evidence, it is able to establish ba…
Tracking language attitudes in postcolonial Hong Kong: An interplay of localization, mainlandization, and internationalization
Four years after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was returned from Britain to China, a survey was conducted in 2001 to examine the attitudes of students toward Cantonese (the vernacular language), English (the colonizer’s and international language), and Putonghua (the new ruler’s language) in the early postcolonial era of Hong Kong. Eight years after, as Hong Kong moved into the second decade after the political handover, which has been characteriz…
Cultural identity and language attitudes – into the second decade of postcolonial Hong Kong
As it entered the second decade of the postcolonial era, Hong Kong had undergone significant socio-economic changes which had impacted students' perceptions of cultural identity and their language attitudes. This study, conducted in 2009, reports on an investigation into the related perceptions of the postcolonial generation who grew up in Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty. A total of 1265 questionnaires were analysed and group interviews…
Social Class and Language Attitudes in Hong Kong
This article examines the relation between social class and language attitudes through a triangulated study that analyses the attitudes of 836 secondary school students from different socioeconomic backgrounds toward the 3 official spoken languages used in postcolonial Hong Kong (HK; i.e., Cantonese, English, and Putonghua). The respondents were divided into 3 social class groups (viz. middle, lower-middle, and working class), according to their …
Cultural identity and language attitudes – into the second decade of postcolonial Hong Kong
As it entered the second decade of the postcolonial era, Hong Kong had undergone significant socio-economic changes which had impacted students' perceptions of cultural identity and their language attitudes. This study, conducted in 2009, reports on an investigation into the related perceptions of the postcolonial generation who grew up in Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty. A total of 1265 questionnaires were analysed and group interviews…
The linguistic landscape of Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty
This study about the linguistic landscape of Hong Kong was conducted 12 years after the People's Republic of China (PRC) reclaimed sovereignty over the city. A total of 1160 visual signs displayed in open public spaces in four selected areas of Hong Kong were analysed. These sites extend from the very heart of the city to a small town near the border with the PRC. Through analysis of the assembled photographic evidence, it is able to establish ba…
Tracking language attitudes in postcolonial Hong Kong: An interplay of localization, mainlandization, and internationalization
Four years after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was returned from Britain to China, a survey was conducted in 2001 to examine the attitudes of students toward Cantonese (the vernacular language), English (the colonizer’s and international language), and Putonghua (the new ruler’s language) in the early postcolonial era of Hong Kong. Eight years after, as Hong Kong moved into the second decade after the political handover, which has been characteriz…
English linguistic neo-imperialism – a case of Hong Kong
Phillipson, R. (2012, “Linguistic Imperialism Alive and Kicking.” The Guardian, March 13. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/13/linguistic-imperialism-english-language-teaching) warned that ‘linguistic imperialism is alive and kicking’. Although the validity of the linguistic imperialism construct may be questioned in the twenty-first Century as the Anglo-American colonial powers further retreat from the Asian region, linguistic neo-i…
English as a Lingua Franca”: Rhetoric or Reality? Attitudes of Prospective English Teachers in Post-colonial Hong Kong
As a consequence of English developing into a global language, new varieties of English have emerged and the language has assumed the role of a common medium of communication among speakers of different ethnolinguistic backgrounds. When Hong Kong was transforming from a British colony into “Asia’s World City” after its sovereignty was returned to China, the notions of “World Englishes” (WE) and “English as a Lingua Franca” (ELF) were also introdu…
Social Class and Language Attitudes in Hong Kong
This article examines the relation between social class and language attitudes through a triangulated study that analyses the attitudes of 836 secondary school students from different socioeconomic backgrounds toward the 3 official spoken languages used in postcolonial Hong Kong (HK; i.e., Cantonese, English, and Putonghua). The respondents were divided into 3 social class groups (viz. middle, lower-middle, and working class), according to their …
Cultural identity and language attitudes – into the second decade of postcolonial Hong Kong
As it entered the second decade of the postcolonial era, Hong Kong had undergone significant socio-economic changes which had impacted students' perceptions of cultural identity and their language attitudes. This study, conducted in 2009, reports on an investigation into the related perceptions of the postcolonial generation who grew up in Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty. A total of 1265 questionnaires were analysed and group interviews…
The linguistic landscape of Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty
This study about the linguistic landscape of Hong Kong was conducted 12 years after the People's Republic of China (PRC) reclaimed sovereignty over the city. A total of 1160 visual signs displayed in open public spaces in four selected areas of Hong Kong were analysed. These sites extend from the very heart of the city to a small town near the border with the PRC. Through analysis of the assembled photographic evidence, it is able to establish ba…
Tracking language attitudes in postcolonial Hong Kong: An interplay of localization, mainlandization, and internationalization
Four years after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was returned from Britain to China, a survey was conducted in 2001 to examine the attitudes of students toward Cantonese (the vernacular language), English (the colonizer’s and international language), and Putonghua (the new ruler’s language) in the early postcolonial era of Hong Kong. Eight years after, as Hong Kong moved into the second decade after the political handover, which has been characteriz…
English as a Lingua Franca”: Rhetoric or Reality? Attitudes of Prospective English Teachers in Post-colonial Hong Kong
As a consequence of English developing into a global language, new varieties of English have emerged and the language has assumed the role of a common medium of communication among speakers of different ethnolinguistic backgrounds. When Hong Kong was transforming from a British colony into “Asia’s World City” after its sovereignty was returned to China, the notions of “World Englishes” (WE) and “English as a Lingua Franca” (ELF) were also introdu…
English linguistic neo-imperialism – a case of Hong Kong
Phillipson, R. (2012, “Linguistic Imperialism Alive and Kicking.” The Guardian, March 13. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/13/linguistic-imperialism-english-language-teaching) warned that ‘linguistic imperialism is alive and kicking’. Although the validity of the linguistic imperialism construct may be questioned in the twenty-first Century as the Anglo-American colonial powers further retreat from the Asian region, linguistic neo-i…
Linguistics (6 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · China (3 works)