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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1984
LISTENING COMPREHENSION FOR TEACHERS
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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD TWO WORKSHOPS ON THE TEACHING OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NEXT MONTH.
THE TWO-DAY WORKSHOPS WILL INCLUDE SHORT TALKS ON THE TEACHING OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION AND DEMONSTRATION OF VARIOUS LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES.
THEY WILL BE HELD ON JULY 10 AND 12, AND JULY 17 AND 19, AT THE TEACHING CENTRE ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF TO KWA WAN MARKET AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 165 MA TAU WEI ROAD, TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON.
THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH WORKSHOP WILL BE LIMITED TO 24. CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE AWARDED TO TEACHERS WHO HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A WORKSHOP.
HEADS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WHO WISH TO SEND THEIR TEACHERS TO ATTEND SHOULD APPLY TO THE SENIOR INSPECTOR, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG, ON OR BEFORE JUNE 27.
ENQUIRIES ON THE WORKSHOPS MAY BE MADE TO THE CENTRE AT
5-482537.
AWARD-WINNING BOOKS ON DISPLAY
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EIGHT LOCALLY PRODUCED BOOKS WHICH HAVE WON URBAN COUNCIL AWARDS ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE CITY HALL ADULT LENDING LIBRARY FROM NOW TO JUNE 20 AND WILL GO ON EXHIBITION AT THE TO KWA WAN PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM JUNE 25 TO 30.
THE EIGHT BOOKS WERE SELECTED FROM SOME 300 ENTRIES NOMINATED BY PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AWARDS FOR THE BEST PRODUCED BOOKS IN HONG KONG 1983+.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY RECENTLY, URBAN COUNCILLOR MR SHUM CHOI-SANG SAID, THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD SCHEME IS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS TO PRODUCE MORE BOOKS OF GOOD QUALITY FOR THE PUBLIC.+
HE SAID THAT THE AWARDS WOULD BE PRESENTED ANNUALLY FROM NEXT YEAR.
THE JUDGES FOR THIS YEAR'S ENTRIES HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT TWO NEW CATEGORIES --
-- PERIODICALS AND ANNUAL REPORTS BE INCLUDED IN THE AWARD SCHEME NEXT YEAR.
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MR SHUM SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING CENTRE FOR PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HIGH-QUALITY BOOKS AT LOW COST. ABOUT 5 000 TITLES WERE PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN HONG KONG LAST YEAR.
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