An Analysis of EMI in Hong Kong Middle Schools using a COLT Observation Scheme
Yoshiki YOKOYAMA, Hokkaido University of Education
This study will explore how English-mediated instruction in Hong Kong secondary schools is implemented in the English classes. In Hong Kong, there were significant reforms in 1900 and in 2000, which shifted their system to the band system with English immersion programs. To investigate how the programs conducted, this study will employ a COLT observation scheme, which has been used to assess communicative orientation in second language classrooms. The result shows that regardless of bands, the instructors employs exclusively English. They rarely switched to Chinese or mixed codes. However, a significant difference was observed in a form/meaning orientation. In Band 1 schools, the instructors were more content-oriented, while in Band 2 and 3, they were more form-oriented.