THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1994
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY SURVEY AGREEMENT SIGNED
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(THURSDAY)
APPOINTED
THE HONG
KONG
OF PERCEPTIONS ABOUT
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY POLYTECHNIC TO CONDUCT A $1.5 MILLION SURVEY LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.
THE SURVEY IS PART OF AN ONGOING STUDY ON LANGUAGE BY A WORKING GROUP SET UP UNDER THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.
WAS
SIGNED
ON BEHALF
OF
THE
PROFICIENCY
GOVERNMENT
AND ON BEHALF
IN THE
FACULTY
BY
OF OF
THE AGREEMENT THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH AND SECRETARY TO THE WORKING GROUP, MR C D GODWIN,
ASSOCIATE THE POLYTECHNIC BY THE COMMUNICATION, PROFESSOR CHEUNG YAT-SHING.
DEAN
"FINDINGS FROM THE SURVEY WILL BE INCLUDED GROUP'S REPORT TO THE COMMISSION IN THE SUMMER,
EXPECTS TO
H
IN THE WORKING MR GODWIN SAID.
PROPOSALS AIMED
AT
H
PUBLISH "THE COMMISSION STRENGTHENING LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN THE AUTUMN,
EDUCATORS,
THE AIMS OF THE SURVEY ARE TO IDENTIFY THE VIEWS OF
LEVELS OF LANGUAGE EMPLOYERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS ABOUT CURRENT
AND PROFICIENCY IN CANTONESE, WRITTEN CHINESE, PUTONGHUA AND ENGLISH;
TO IDENTIFY
FACTORS
HELP WHICH
AND FACTORS
STUDENTS OF DESIRED LEVELS DURING THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION.
ACQUISITION BY
THE
HINDER WHICH OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
PROFESSOR CHEUNG
TEACHERS,
EXPLAINING HOW THE SURVEY WOULD BE CONDUCTED, SAID: "THE SURVEY WILL COVER 8,000 STUDENTS, PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYERS, WITH SAMPLES DRAWN FROM 60 PRIMARY 60 SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND SEVEN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
AND
11
PARENTS,
SCHOOLS,
FONG-YING
CHINESE,
IN
THE POLYTECHNIC TEAM IS LED BY SENIOR LECTURER MR YU
OF DEPARTMENT IN THE DR LECTURER
DANIEL SO, BOTH
AND PRINCIPAL LECTURER MR PK LUI TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION; THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SOCIAL STUDIES.
THE
TEAM INCLUDES
SEVERAL EXPERTS
ON LANGUAGE AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY FROM THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE CITY POLYTECHNIC.
THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE WORKING GROUP,
MS ANGELA
HAS CHEUNG, PART IN THE SURVEY, WRITTEN TO ALL THE SCHOOLS SELECTED TO TAKE EXPLAINING ITS PURPOSE AND SEEKING THEIR COOPERATION.
"WE
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BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST SUCH SURVEY EVER IN HONG KONG,' MS CHEUNG SAID.
CONDUCTED
"THE WORKING GROUP HOPES THAT ALL THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WE HAVE WITH APPROACHED WILL RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SURVEY, AND WORK US TO ENSURE THE FULLEST POSSIBLE RESPONSE RATE.
"PILOT WORK HAS ALREADY BEGUN IN A SMALL NUMBER SCHOOLS, SAID THE TEAM LEADER, MR YU.
"THE MAIN FIELD WORK WILL TAKE PLACE IN ALL TOWARDS THE END OF MARCH," HE ADDED.
OF SELECTED
SELECTED SCHOOLS
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