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Both programmes are being introduced on a pilot
basis and will be evaluated after a year to see whether
they are achieving the desired objectives and whether they
can be modified and improved. If all goes well,
goes well, and we
have no reason at this stage to expect otherwise,
programmes will be expanded.
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I would emphasise that these are additions to a
package of measures designed to improve the quality of
English teaching which were originally introduced in 1981
and further augmented in the light of the recommendations
contained in the Education Commission's first report in
1984.
This package includes revision of primary and
secondary school syllabuses,
syllabuses, provision of an additional
teacher for remedial teaching in Forms 1 to 3, provision
of wire-free loop induction systems to enable students to
listen to authentic and well-pronounced English and
strengthening of in-service English language training for
teachers through the various programmes run by the
Education Deparment's Institute of Language in Education.
In addition to these measures, those schools adopting
Chinese as the medium of instruction will be provided with
additional teachers of English, a second
loop-induction system and grants for additional reading
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materials and teaching aids.