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Thisthesisisanexcellentillustrationofhowonecancreativelyexploitaconventionalresearchgenreforcriticalsocio-ethnographicinvestigations.Itmakesaveryinterestingandinformativereading,bringingtolightsomefthehiddencomplexitiesofsocio-politicalundercurrentsoftenimplicationllyinfluencingsocio-linguisticandeducationalreforms.Itisalsoaveryboldattemptfouncoversomeofthehiddenmysteriesshaping,thoughoftenindirectly,suchsocio-educationalreforms.Itisalmostlikeaforensicinvestigationbeneaththefacadeofwhatappearstobeandfeeicient,self-assuredandsociallymotivatedconsensualsystem.Inaverymodestway,thethesisunfoldsthestoriesandexperiencesofeducationlptactitionerswhotakeuponthemselvesthearduonstaskofintroducinglinguisticandeducationalreformsbasedonstuedntcenteredliberaleducationalideologiesfromthewesternpedagogiesinatypicallocalcommunityofpracticesituatedinGuangwai,theheartlandofpedagogiesinatypicallocalcommunityofpracticesituatedinGuangwai,theheartlandofeconomicreformsinChina,whichapparentlyisheavilyinfluenced,maybedominatedbyDanwei,theideologyofcentralplanninginthePeople'sRepublicofChina.