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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1979
ENGLISH COURSES FOR TEACHERS
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SPEECH COURSES FOR TEACHERS IN ENGLISH SUBJECT IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE COURSES ARE FOR NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS. THE ONE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE HELD EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 24 AND DECEMBER 21- WHILE THAT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE HELD EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BETWEEN OCTOBER 2 AND DECEMBER 20.
TEACHERS CAN EITHER ATTEND THE COURSE IN THE MORNING OR IN THE AFTERNOON AND THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 24 MEETINGS.
EACH MEETING WILL BEGIN WITH AN INTRODUCTORY TALK ON ENGLISH PHONETICS.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LANGUAGE LABORATORY PRACTICE IN PRONUNCIATION, STRESS AND INTONATION, SENTENCE PATTERNS, DIALOGUE AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRACTICAL SESSION WHERE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL TAKE PART IN DISCUSSIONS, CONVERSATIONS, SHORT TALKS, POETRY RECITATION, PROSE-READING OR DRÁMA.
FOR THIS SESSION SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO EITHER LEAD A DISCUSSION ON A SELECTED TOPIC RELEVANT TO THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH OR DEMONSTRATE AN ENGLISH TEACHING TECHNIQUE.
PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE ATTENDING THE COURSE AT THE KOWLOON UNIT OF THE TEACHING CENTRE AT MA TAU KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES, SECOND FLOOR, 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD.
THE COURSE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE HELD AT 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG.
THE COURSES ARE FREE, AND A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE AWARDED TO EACH PARTICIPANT WHO HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED THE COURSE.
HEADS OF SCHOOLS WHO WISH TO NOMINATE THEIR ENGLISH TEACHERS TO THE COURSE SHOULD SEND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER COURSE IS SEPTEMBER 19, AND THAT FOR THE SECONDARY COURSE SEPTEMBER 24.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE AT THE CENTRE ON TELEPHONE 5-482537.
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