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This chapter, set in the context of a bilingual university in Hong Kong, illustrates that learning enhancement and language enhancement are inextricably intertwined. The chapter describes the Teaching and Learning Policy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and explores its undoubted impact on a recent articulation of the Policy on Bilingualism. The Teaching and Learning Policy is designed to focus primarily on learning enhancement through reviewing programmes and courses. However, it has also inevitably focused on students’ language capabilities in both Chinese and English. The subsequent articulation of the Policy on Bilingualism shows some shifts that exemplify the relationship between the two policies. Hong Kong has a highly complex linguistic environment and the Policy on Bilingualism operates within a framework of liangwen sanyu — two written languages (Chinese and English) and three spoken languages (Cantonese, Putonghua and English). A number of new initiatives for the implementation of the Policy on Bilingualism are integrated into the University’s Teaching and Learning plan, so as to enable such planning to be holistic and seek synergies between various initiatives and units.
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McNaught, C., Curtis, A. (2009). Using Policy Initiatives to Support Both Learning Enhancement and Language Enhancement at a Hong Kong University. In: Coverdale-Jones, T., Rastall, P. (eds) Internationalising the University. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230235007_6
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