SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1988
HE
EVALUATION BAID THE
WAS MAKING USE
VARIETY OF A TECHNIQUES INVOLVING A NUMBER OF TESTS, QUESTIONNAIRES AND SURVEYS.
MR LI TOLD THE 240 PARTICIPANTS IN THE
WERE TECHNIQUES
EMPLOYED FAIRLY FREQUENTLY BY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT (ERE) VARIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS.
OF THE
EDUCATION
SEMINAR THAT THE THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT IN ITS
MANY OF THESE RELATED TO LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING WHICH
A
OF CLUSTER
STUDIES CONCERNING
INCLUDE QUESTIONS.
MEDIUM OF
AN EXPERIMENTAL
INSTRUCTION
OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDED
STUDY OF EXTENSIVE IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE INSTITUTE READING BEING CARRIED OUT
OF OF EDINBURGH AND AN LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION (ILE) AND THE UNIVERSITY EVALUATION OF THE REMEDIAL TEACHING SCHEME,
ACTIVITY
APPROACH
FURTHER PROJECTS INVOLVED ASSESSMENT OF THE AND A FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE SPLIT CLASS TEACHING OF ENGLISH PILOT SCHEME, IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE ILE AND THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
EELT PILOT SCHEME WAS NOTING THAT THE EVALUATION OF THE
OF WITH THE IMMEDIATE INTEREST, MR LI SAID: "WE ARE PRIMARILY CONCERNED LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE PUPILS AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS.
OF THE FIRST WB SHALL BE ABOUT
"WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THESE FACTORS AT THE END YEAR AND THEN, AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR AND CAREFUL NOT TO BE INFLUENCED BY PREMATURE, UNSANCTIONED REPORTS THE PROGRESS OF THE SCHEME FROM PERSONS WHO ARE NOT INVOLVED IN IT.
MR LI ALSO COMMENTED ON SOME REPORTS THAT EXPATRIATE TEACHERS THE WERE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO COPE WITH PUPILS IN FORM ONE BECAUSE PUPILS KNEW VERY LITTLE ENGLISH AND THE EXPATRIATE TEACHERS, MOST PART, KNEW NO CHINESE.
FOR THE
WERE, THROUGHOUT
HE SAID IT WAS WORTH NOTING THAT PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MOST SCHOOLS, TAUGHT ENGLISH FOR SEVERAL PERIODS A WEEK THE SIX-YEAR PRIMARY PROGRAMME.
SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THIS CONNECTION, MR LI SAID HE HOPED THAT
THEIR EXPERTISE то TEACHERS, WHETHER EXPATRIATE OR LOCAL, WOULD USE
THAT ENCOURAGE CHILDREN ENTERING FORM ONE TO BUILD UPON THE KNOWLEDGE THEY HAD SO THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO USE THE LANGUAGE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
BOTH INSIDE AND
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