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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1988
J
WITH THE
THERE THEY HEARD HOW THE ILE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982 PURPOSE OF RAISING THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF TEACHING CHINESE
AND PRIMARY
SECONDARY
AIM ENGLISH IN
SCHOOLS. THE
то WAS CHILDREN TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM DEGREE OF BILINGUAL COMPETENCE.
AND HELP
RELATING
TO
ORGANISING
ENGLISH,
AND
PROGRAMMES AS A TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE FOR
THE ILE IS ENGAGED IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING,
CHINESE AND IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS OF CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING, ARRANGING SEMINARS AND
CONFERENCES ON
LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING.
WORKSHOPS
AND INTERNATIONAL
TEACHING
IT IS ALSO PROVIDING CONSULTANCY SERVICES IN LANGUAGE AND IN LANGUAGE TEACHER TRAINING, PUBLISHING JOURNALS ON LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS.
BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN AND DESIGNS, AND TESTING PROTOTYPE
TEACHING
CHINESE AND
TWO EACH YEAR, THE ILE ORGANISES
16-WEEK IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR EXPERIENCED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH.
TWO
EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL IS PROVIDED WITH REPLACEMENT TEACHER FOR ONE ACADEMIC YEAR TO ENABLE FULL-PAY STUDY LEAVE TO BE RELEASED TO ATTEND CONSECUTIVE ABOUT 400 HOURS PER COURSE.
A FULL-TIME
TEACHERS ON COURSES OF
OF
ARE
ΤΟ DESIGNED THEORY AND PRACTICE IN'
THE BOE MEMBERS ALSO LEARNT THAT THE COURSES HELP TEACHERS TO GAIN FURTHER KNOWLEDGE LANGUAGE TEACHING,
ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY IN
THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO INCREASE
CANTONESE,
PUTONGHUA AND
AND ΤΟ ENHANCE ABILITY ΤΟ SOLVE LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING PROBLEMS AT CLASSROOM LEVEL AND TO EVALUATE TEACHERS' OWN PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE.
THE
THE VISITORS INSPECTED TWO CLASSROOMS
WIRE-FREE AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A AND A VIDEO-CASSETTE RECORDING SYSTEM,
EQUIPPED INDUCTION
WITH
MODERN
LOOP
SYSTEM
THEY ALSO TOURED A COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE LABORATORY AND A FULLY- EQUIPPED MICROCOMPUTER ROOM.
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