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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1975
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS SET UP AS EARLY AS 1965. OVER 5,000 TEACHERS FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE ATTENDED VARIOUS INTENSIVE COURSES. REFRESHER COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT.
REFRESHER COURSES ON TEACHING METHOD AND SPEECH
TRAINING ARE REGULARLY GIVEN.
A 2-1/2 MONTH COURSE AIMED AT IMPROVING SPOKEN ENGLISH HAD JUST BEGUN FOR TEACHERS IN LOWER SECONDARY FORMS, AND WILL PE REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. A SERIES OF SUMMER COURSES AND WORKSHOPS IS ALSO DEING PLANNED TO CATER TO THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS,
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EIGHT CATEGORIES OF TAPES ON SENTENCE PATTERNS (AT ELEMENTARY, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS), DICTATION, READING, STRESS AND RHYTHM, INTONATION AND PRONUNCIATION ARE AVAILABLE AS IS A TEACHERS GUIDE+ TAPE ON TEACHING TECHNIQUES. THESE TAPES ARE DUBBED FREE FOR SCHOOLS. SO FAR, OVER 13,000 TAPES HAVE DEEN SENT TO SCHOOLS.
TO GUIDE PARTICIPATING TEACHERS IN MAKING GOOD USE OF THE NEW TECHNIQUES LEARNT FROM THE COURSES. INSPECTORS OF BOTH THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE SUBJECTS VISIT THEM IN THEIR SCHOOLS AFTERWARDS. WAYS OF IMPROVEMENT ARE DISCUSSED IN THESE FOLLOW-UP VISITS. IF COMMON PROBLEMS ARE FOUND AMONG TEACHERS, FURTHER COURSES GEARED TO SOLVING THEM WILL DE RUN. TEACHERS FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ARE OFTEN INVITED TO GROUP DISCUSSIONS SO THAT TEACHING EXPERIENCE CAN DE EXCHANGED.
BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRES HAVE UNITS IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. THEY ARE AT 9A BONHAM ROAD, 1ST FLOOR, HONG KONG AND 405 NATHAN ROAD, 167U FLOOR, KOWLOON,
SPECIAL LIBRARIES ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING HAVE BEEN SET UP AT BOTH CENTRES WHICH ARE OPEN TO ALL TEACHERS, HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LIMITED COPIES OF BOOKS ON INDIVIDUAL TOPICS, DOOKS CANNOT BE BORROWED AS YET. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING LIBRARY IS STILL UNDER PREPARATION.
INSPECTORS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE AT THESE CENTRES TO ANSWER QUERIES FROM TEACHERS, AS THE CENTRE IS SPECIALLY SET UP FOR TEACHERS, THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO COME WHENEVER THEY NEED · AND MAKE GOOD USE OF ITS FACILITIES,* MR. SO SAID.
COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPUS OF THE LANGUAGE CENTRE ARS AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE GIS PARIS ROCH.
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