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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986
OT PLASCHEL WERE RECRUITMENT OF EXPATRIATE LECTURERS IN ENGLIS FOR THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN "DUCTION.
IN ADDITION, SCHOOLS WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH ATTAINMENT TESTS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE TO HELP THEM GROUP THEIR SECONDARY 1 PUPILS. -SUCH GROUPING SHOULD FACILITATE MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING, HE SAID.
HE ADDED: +A SCHEME TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC-SECTOR SCHOOLS TO EMPLOY EXPATRIATE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION AND SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSULTED ON THIS SCHEME.+
PROF POON HAD ASKED WHAT MEASURES WERE BEING TAKEN TO HELP STUDENTS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THEIR STANDARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH.
MR HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, IN ITS FIRST REPORT WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1984, HAD ENDORSED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1980 PACKAGE OF MEASURES FOR IMPROVING CHINESE AND ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS.
THE MEASURES RELATING TO ENGLISH INCLUDED REVISING THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH SYLLABUSES AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TEACHERS TO ALL PUBLIC-SECTOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR REMEDIAL ENGLISH TEACHING.
FURTHER MEASURES COVERED EQUIPPING PUBLIC-SECTOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH WIRE-FREE LOOP INDUCTION SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LISTEN TO WELL-SPOKEN ENGLISH AND TO IMPROVE THEIR LISTENING SKILLS, AND STRENGTHENING IN-SERVICE LANGUAGE TEACHERS EDUCATION THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION.
THESE MEASURES HAD ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, THOUGH THE REVISION OF ENGLISH SYLLABUSES WAS BEING CONDUCTED IN PHASES AND WAS NOT YET COMPLETE.
MR HENDERSON SAID PRIMARY SCHOOL SYLLABUSES HAD ALREADY BEEN REVISED, WHILE REVISION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL SYLLABUSES WAS BEING CARRIED OUT, STARTING THIS SEPTEMBER, IN THREE STAGES, AND WOULD BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 1988.
HE ADDED THAT THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD CONDUCT INSPECTIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT USE OF THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
+IT WILL ALSO ISSUE GUIDELINES ON SMALL-GROUP TEACHING, ORGANISE REFRESHER COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, AND REVIEW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SYLLABUSES WHICH WILL BE, IF NECESSARY, REVISED IN THE LIGHT OF DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.+
THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION ORGANISED FULL-TI ME REFRESHER COURSES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AND THESE WERE TO BE EXPANDED FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, HE ADDED.