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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1974

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S +ENGLISH BULLETIN+ COMES OF AGE

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS NOW DISTRIBUTING TO ALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF + THE ENGLISH DULLETIN+.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY EXPLAINED THAT +THE ENGLISH DULLETIN WAS FIRST ISSUED ON A TRIAL BASIS IN 1953 AS AN AID TO TEACHERS OF ENGLISH IN HONG KONG, RESPONSE WAS SO ENCOURAGING THAT FURTHER EDITIONS WERE COMPILED AND THE PUBLICATION SOON BECAME AN ESTABLISHED FEATURE OF THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL SCENE.

THE

+ONE OF THE MOST GRATIFYING DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THOSE EARLY DAYS IS THE REPUTATION WHICH THE BULLETIN HAS GAINED OVERSEAS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

+WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS FOR COPIES FROM MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND HAVE REGULAR READERS IN, FOR INSTANCE, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, MALAYSIA, PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, SARAWAK, THE SEYCHELLES, SINGAPORE, THAILAND, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER,

HOWEVER, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE EULLETIN IS STILL, AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, TO OFFER HELP TO THE · TEACHER OF ENGLISH IN HONG KONG.+

THIS HELP IS OFFERED IN SIX DIFFERENT WAYS - BY BRINGING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ENGLISH TEACHING TO THE ATTENTION OF HONG KONG TEACHERS= BY SUGGESTING UP-TO-DATE METHODS OF ENGLISH TEACHING, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON CLASSROOM PRACTICE-. EY SUGGESTING SOLUTIONS TO PRODLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN ENGLISH TEACHING IN HONG KONG SCHOOLS= BY ACTING AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON ENGLISH TEACHING- BY INVITING AND ANSWERING QUERIES- AND BY REVIEWING ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS. THE EMPHASIS THROUGHOUT IS ON SOUND CLASSROOM PRACTICE, ALTHOUGH LANGUAGE TEACHING THEORY IS NOT NEGLECTED. THE NEEDS OF CHINESE-SPEAKING LEARNERS OF ENGLISH ARE ALWAYS TAKEN FIRMLY INTO ACCOUNT.

THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION INCLUDES A TRANSCRIPT OF.. A TALK GIVEN IN HONG KONG IN MAY BY PROFESSOR PETER STREVENS, THEN DIRECTOR OF THE LANGUAGE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, ON *RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH,+

AN ARTICLE ON THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN PRIMARY

SIX LY MRS. AGNES CHENG, OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE,

AND SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WAYS IN WHICH HEADS

OF SCHOOLS CAN HELP TO PROMOTE MORE EFFICIENT ENGLISH TEACHING.

/THE EDITOR