CO129-211 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [8-9] — Page 296

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sooner will a knowledge of English be disseminated: but I do not

know

of any

method worth

apart from

a thorough educational training

in

a boy which

Knowledge of English

can at once be acquired

by a large number

of

Chinese

and other foreign residents.

To post Englishmen

as teachers would

involve an

enormous expense; and it is

only now

that

young

Chinese

and Indians who have had

an

English education are

becoming available

as

teachers. In earlier days,

(and the Government system of

education is hardly

a quarter of a century old) it

was not

easy to induce young men

to accept

such posts, as witness the great difficulty that was experienced in starting and retaining

a master for the first attempt,

(that made in the Village of Aberdeen in 1873) to have English taught in other schools besides the Central School.

5.

The establishment of

many schools have been

proposed as

a means of spreading

a knowledge of

colloquial English, especially among...

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4 ( 290 sooner will a knowledge of English be disseminated: but I do not know of any method worth apart from a thorough educational training in a boy which Knowledge of English can at once be acquired by a large number of Chinese and other foreign residents. To post Englishmen as teachers would involve an enormous expense; and it is only now that young Chinese and Indians who have had an English education are becoming available as teachers. In earlier days, (and the Government system of education is hardly a quarter of a century old) it was not easy to induce young men to accept such posts, as witness the great difficulty that was experienced in starting and retaining a master for the first attempt, (that made in the Village of Aberdeen in 1873) to have English taught in other schools besides the Central School. 5. The establishment of many schools have been proposed as a means of spreading a knowledge of colloquial English, especially among...
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4

(

290

cooner will a kamoledge of English be disceminated: but I do not

kum

method ww

apart from

a thorough lusitional training

!

boy which

Knowledge of Suicquist

Exquian sun at once be acquired

by a large munker

Chinesi

and other foreign recivent.

To post Englishmen

mists the Delage vohron

we

Craster wonca involve an

entrou expener; and it is

only now

thas

Young

Chinese

and indians who have had

an

English education are

becoming availabl

مران

teachers. I'm warlier daye,

(and the Goverment system of

here

education is hartly

of a centary on) &

emid not

a quarter

young men

se induced to accept

wrich posts, si witres the great difficulty that was experienced i wuting and retraining

getting

in a

masted for the first attempt,

(that made in the Village of Aberdeen in 1873) to have English taught in other schoon besides the Central School.

5.

The establishment of

might schools have been

proposed is

of spreating

Land

agood avrund

لمة

a "kumledge of

colloquial English, especially unus

ހދނއ

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