A teacher welcomes his students on the first day of school at Hing Tak School in Tuen Mun. Some recent test results may be an indicator of improving English standards among Hong Kong’s youth. Photo: Edward Wong
English in Hong Kong may be getting better, so forget the nitpicking
Paul Stapleton says there may be signs of an actual improvement in how the locals are speaking English, and that most of the complaints are coming from native speakers who can’t be bothered to learn any Cantonese
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A teacher welcomes his students on the first day of school at Hing Tak School in Tuen Mun. Some recent test results may be an indicator of improving English standards among Hong Kong’s youth. Photo: Edward Wong