On the difficulty of popularizing putonghua in Hong Kong : from teachers, students to syllabus

Abstract

香港是使用多语、多方言的地区。迄今为止 ,香港的普通话教育已经有几十年的历史了 ,但由于诸多不利的因素 ,香港的推普并未成功。本文从教师、学生以及学校的课程设置三个方面来探讨香港推普的困难 ,认为应当从普通话教师的语言能力、良好的语言环境和稳定的语文政策入手 ,强化普通话教学的力度 ,使普通话教学取得预期的效果。 Hong Kong is a multilingual society with different languages and Chinese dialects. Up to now, the history of Putonghua teaching in Hong Kong has already lasted for several decades, but because of many detrimental factors, the popularization of Putonghua in Hong Kong is unsuccessful. This study analyzes the difficulty of the popularization of Putonghua in Hong Kong by looking at three factors: teachers, students and syllabus. We suggest that the language ability of the teachers, a good language milieu and a stable language policy be strengthened in order to enhance Putonghua teaching to achieve the predicted results.