TY - BOOK AU - Yan,Xi TI - A Study of Macao Tertiary Students' Attitudes Towards Language After the Handover T2 - SpringerBriefs in Education, SN - 9789819968190 U1 - 418.0071 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Nature Singapore, Imprint: Springer KW - Language and languages KW - Study and teaching KW - Educational sociology KW - Education and state KW - Language Teaching and Learning KW - Sociology of Education KW - Educational Policy and Politics N1 - Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Literature Review -- Chapter 3 The Language Situation in Macao -- Chapter 4 Research Design -- Chapter 5 Questionnaire Survey Results -- Chapter 6 Interview Results -- Chapter 7 Discussion -- Chapter 8 Conclusions N2 - This book focuses on the attitudes of Macao tertiary students toward language after the handover. It shares the findings of a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews, which were conducted among freshmen of the University of Macao to investigate their attitudes toward Cantonese, Putonghua, English, and Portuguese, as well as their attitudes toward Macao's language planning and language policy. Utilizing a multidimensional and multilayered perspective in the study, this book also demonstrates the orientations of Macao tertiary students and the correlation between their social categories (gender and social class) and their attitudes toward language UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6819-0 ER -