SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1987
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TWO LANGUAGE RESEARCH REPORTS ON SALE
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TWO REPORTS ON LANGUAGE RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED FOR USE BY CURRICULUM PLANNERS, TEXT BOOK WRITERS, TEST CONSTRUCTORS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS.
THE REPORTS ARE TITLED +ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN JUNIOR SECONDARY TEXT BOOKS+ AND THE CHINESE LEXICAL UNITS COMMONLY USED AT THE JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL IN HONG KONG+.
THE FIRST REPORT DEALS WITH THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN JUNIOR SECONDARY FORMS. THE RESEARCH WAS JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY DR CHEUNG YAT-SHING OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
THE REPORT GIVES AN OUTLINE OF THE RESEARCH AND RESULTS ON THE STUDY OF 36 TEXTBOOKS USED AT JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL. IT CONTAINS A MASTER LIST OF 10 083 WORDS AND A SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF 3 431 WORDS WHICH HAVE APPEARED MORE THAN NINE TIMES IN SELECTED TEXT BOOKS.
BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY, A BASIC ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IS PROPOSED.
THE SECOND REPORT ON THE STUDY OF THE CHINESE LEXICAL UNITS AT THE JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL WAS CONDUCTED BY A COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY DR SIU PING-KEE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY. PROFESSOR LIU IN-MAU OF THE SAME UNIVERSITY SERVED AS A CONSULTANT WHILE OTHER MEMBERS INCLUDE LECTURERS OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS AND OFFICERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE STUDY RECORDED NEARLY HALF A MILLION LEXICAL UNITS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN NINE SETS OF TEXT BOOKS, FIVE DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS, 10 MAGAZINES AND 10 FICTIONS AND ESSAYS.
AFTER THOROUGH COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF THE DATA, ANNOTATED WORD LISTS AND STATISTICAL TABLES WERE OBTAINED AND GIVEN IN THE REPORT TO INDICATE THE VOLUME, SOURCE, OCCURRENCE, STRUCTURE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED CHINESE LEXICAL UNITS AT THE JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL.
THE REPORT ALSO SUMMARISED THE AIMS, SAMPLING, MARKING AND CODING GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES, ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH. THE TWO REPORTS ARE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
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