‘Asian learners’ re-examined: an empirical study of language learning attitudes, strategies and motivation among mainland Chinese and Hong Kong students

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengdong Gan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Hong Kong Students

Sleeping with strangers

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Benson
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Emotional Intensity ◽  
Hong Kong Students

Abstract Based on narratives from Hong Kong students on one-semester programmes at universities in Australia, Britain and Canada, this study focused on the emotional charge of expectations and day-to-day realities of homestay. It showed how, for many of the students, this emotional charge was related to the adoption of imagined identities as family members within the homestay. It also showed how a corresponding sense of inclusion or exclusion could arise from recognition or non-recognition of these imagined identities. The students’ experiences of homestay were often shaped by an expectation that a degree of emotional intensity within a family environment would lead to a successful language learning experience. Paradoxically, emotionally disturbing experiences could also contribute to a positive overall experience from the student’s perspective, if they led to a stronger sense of emotional inclusion. The experience was least satisfying overall in homestays where students were unable to feel this sense of inclusion.

香港与内地中学生偶像崇拜差异之调查与分析

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
晓东 岳 ◽  
成荣 黄 ◽  
宙桥 张
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Mainland Chinese Students ◽  
Sexual Characteristics ◽  
Hong Kong Students

本研究抽样调查了763名香港和中国大陆(南京、长沙和南通)中学生对自己偶像人物的看法。首先，受访者需提名三名其生活中最钦佩的人物，然后就其可成为个人之偶像或榜样的程度打分(1=最低，10=最高)。其后，受访者需填写一个26道题目的问卷，其中涉及个人在偶像崇拜方式、取向和选择方式的差异。结果表明，香港中学生主要提名娱乐界名人(如歌坛、体坛和演艺界名人)为其偶像，而中国大陆的中学生主要提名思想界名人(如著名政治家、科学家、文学家、企业家等)。此外，香港中学生所选择的偶像相当单一化和商业化，而中国大陆中学生所选择的偶像则相当多元化和政治化。最后，香港中学生在偶像崇拜中很看重偶像的浪漫性和性感特徵，而中国大陆中学生在偶像崇拜中很看重偶像的人格和思想性特徵。本文在结尾就香港和中国大陆青少年在偶像崇拜的差异进行了深入的探讨。 The present study examined how youths in Hong Kong and mainland China view idols in life; 763 high school students in Hong Kong, Nanjing, Changsha and Nantong (Tibetan students) participated in the study. They were first required to nominate three most admired people in their lives and rate them based on degrees to which these people could become their idols and models. Then, they were required to complete a 25-item questionnaire that examined their differences in manners, motives and perceived influence of idol worship. Hong Kong students mostly nominated recreational celebrities in the entertainment and sports industries while mainland Chinese students mostly nominated ideological celebrities in politics and academics. The most admired people nominated by mainland Chinese youths were a lot more diverse than those nominated by the Hong Kong youths. Hong Kong students were more interested in romantic and sexual characteristics while mainland Chinese students were more interested in personality and ideological characteristics of those whom they admire. The different idol worship cultures in Hong Kong and mainland China may be attributed to a strong commercialisation of adolescent idol worship culture in Hong Kong and a strong ideological identification of adolescent idol worship culture in mainland China.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study - Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Hong Kong Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Helen Wong ◽  
Raymond Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Accounting Professionals ◽  
Hong Kong Students ◽  
Hong Kong Education

This study aims to investigate students’ knowledge and interest on adoption of IFRS in Hong Kong, the preferred strategy and pedagogy of introducing IFRS, and the usefulness of learning IFRS. The results show that most Hong Kong students are eager to learn IFRS and they understand the positive impact of learning IFRS. The Hong Kong accounting professionals and educators have to develop relevant materials on IFRS.

Humor Styles and Loneliness: A Study among Hong Kong and Hangzhou Undergraduates

2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Dong Yue ◽  
Ashley Yuen Man Wong ◽  
Neelam Arjan Hiranandani
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
Hong Kong Students ◽  
Aggressive Humor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Loneliness

This study examined the relationship between humor styles and loneliness among a sample of Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese. A total of 159 Hong Kong undergraduates and 178 Hangzhou undergraduates were recruited to complete a survey composed of the Humor Styles Questionnaire and the Emotional and Social Loneliness Scales. Multiple regression analyses showed that self-defeating humor explained significant variance in both social and emotional loneliness for Hong Kong students, but only in social loneliness for Hangzhou students. Hong Kong students scored significantly higher on aggressive humor and self-defeating humor, and scored significantly lower on affiliative humor and self-enhancing humor than did their counterparts in Hangzhou. This could be attributed to the greater influence of Confucianism in Mainland China than in Hong Kong.

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