NOTE TO EDITORS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1980
ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN PRESS CONFERENCE ****
AN INTENSIVE MONTH-LONG ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT ON SEPTEMBER 14,
DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 5) IN KINGSWOOD RESTAURANT, 125A DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG, AT 1 PM.
THE CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, MR CHAN LING-FUNG- ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR BOWEN LEUNG- CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, MR KARL STUMPF AND CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), MR EDDY CHAN, WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE
COVERED.
ENGLISH SPEECH COURSES FOR TEACHERS ****
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE WILL BE HOLDING A NUMBER OF COURSES IN ENGLISH SPEECH IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH WHO ARE NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS.
THERE WILL BE TWO COURSES EACH FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. A COURSE WILL COMPRISE 24 MEETINGS EACH OF TWO-HOUR DURATION.
THE COURSES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE HELD AT THE KOWLOON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AT MA TAU KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WHILE THOSE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE HELD AT THE CENTRE AT 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG.
BOTH LEVELS OF COURSES WILL BEGIN WITH AN INTRODUCTORY TALK ON ENGLISH PHONETICS.
THE COURSE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL INCLUDE LANGUAGE LABORATORY PRACTICE IN PRONUNCIATION, STRESS AND INTONATION, SENTENCE PATTERNS, DIALOGUE AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRACTICAL SESSION IN WHICH EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE EXPECTED TO TAKE PART IN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DISCUSSION, CONVERSATION, SHORT TALK, POETRY RECITATION, PROSE- READING OR DRAMA. NO FORMAL LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN.
FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER COURSE, THE PRACTICAL SESSION WILL REQUIRE PARTICIPANTS TO LEAD A DISCUSSION ON A SELECTED TOPIC RELEVANT TO THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH OR DEMONSTRATE AN ENGLISH TEACHING TECHNIQUE.