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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1978
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH
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TEACHERS WHO WISH TO IMPROVE THEIR ENGLISH WOULD NOW HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SO, MR. ARTHUR BROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), SAID TODAY.
MR. BROWN WAS SPEAKING AT THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S FIRST IN-SERVICE REFRESHER COURSE ON + INTENSIVE ENGLISH FOR TEACHERS OF OTHER SUBJECTS.+
THE COURSE, A NEW VENTURE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BEING RUN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BRITISH COUNCIL.
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HE SAID: THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN RUNNING REFRESHER COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH SINCE 1965 AT ITS OWN LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE. NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO CONSIDER TEACHERS TEACHING OTHER SUBJECTS.
+THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE NEARLY EVERY TEACHER IN THE MAJORITY OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IS A TEACHER OF ENGLISH, USING ENGLISH AND ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS IN TEACHING VARIOUS SUBJECTS BE THEY SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, OR SOCIAL SCIENCES.+
MR. BROWN SAID THAT HE WAS CONVINCED THAT TEACHERS, AFTER ATTENDING THE COURSE, WOULD RETURN TO SCHOOLS MORE FLUENT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND BE ABLE TO USE IT WITH GREATER FACILITY IN TEACHING THEIR SUBJECTS.
THE COURSE AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL WHICH STARTED LAST MONDAY, IS A 10-WEEK PILOT PROGRAMME WHERE 17 SECONDARY TEACHERS OF SOCIAL STUDIES DEVOTE THREE HOURS OF THEIR DAILY WORK PERIOD TO IMPROVING THE IR ENGLISH AND THEIR ENGLISH TEACHING TECHNIQUES.
IF THE SCHEME IS SUCCESSFUL, THE COURSE MAY BE EXTENDED TO TEACHERS OF OTHER SUBJECTS.
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