Mission
CBRC was officially established in March 2008 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Our mission:
- to achieve excellence in research in childhood bilingualism and multilingualism
- to serve children and parents in Hong Kong and the region by studying childhood bilingualism and propagating its positive outcomes
- to document the development of bilingualism in bilingual children from its inception to maturity and demonstrate their achievements in attaining bilingual competence in childhood
- to raise the public’s awareness of Hong Kong children’s development of biliteracy and trilingualism
- to study and support revitalization of minority and heritage languages in the context of bilingual and multilingual education
香港中文大學兒童雙語研究中心於二零零八年三月正式成立。
我們的使命包括:
- 致力發展兒童雙語及多語研究並達致卓越成果
- 通過研究兒童雙語發展及傳播其正面效果，服務香港及鄰近區域的兒童及家長
- 記錄雙語兒童從獲得語言初期到語言能力逐漸成熟的雙語發展過程，展示他們在童年階段的雙語能力
- 提高社會各界人士對香港兒童發展兩文三語的意識
- 研究並支持少數民族語言和繼承語在雙語及多語教育環境下的振興