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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1975

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

LANGUAGE COURSES FOR TEACHERS

PROVED POPULAR

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OVER 1,400 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE ATTENDED THE VARIOUS COURSES RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE SINCE ITS INCEPTION LAST SEPTEMBER

OPERATING AS PART OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IT SHARES WITH ITS WELL-ESTABLISHED COUNTER-PART - THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE, . THE IMPORTANT TASK OF RAISING LANGUAGE STANDARDS AND IMPROVING THE TECHNIQUES OF LANGUAGE TEACHING IN BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS,

MR. SO FAI-CHO, PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR

PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (CHINESE) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID: +BY INTRODUCING MODERN AND MORE STIMULATING TEACHING APPROACHES, THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF WORD BY WORD TEXT EXPLANATION WILL SOON BECOME SOMETHING OF THE PAST.+

COURSES WHICH COVER ALL THE MAIN ASPECTS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING, INCLUDING COMPREHENSION, READING AND SENTENCE PATTERNS, ARE REGULARLY ORGANISED FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS.

+SO FAR, THESE COURSES HAVE RECEIVED A VERY GOOD RESPONSE. SIMILAR COURSES WILL BE HELD IN THE FUTURE SO AS TO CATER FOR AS MANY TEACHERS AS POSSIBLE,+ SAID MR. SO,

A WIDE RANGE OF TEACHING MATERIALS IS BEING DEVISED AND WILL BE LOANED TO TEACHERS. A VARIETY OF TAPES ON DICTATION, VERSE SPEAKING, READING, CONVERSATION AND DRAMA ARE DUBBED FREE FOR SCHOOLS. BLANK TAPES CAN BE SENT TO THE CENTRE IN EXCHANGE FOR THESE LANGUAGE TAPES.

IN ADDITION, PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN THE PREPARATION OF AIDS FOR THE TEACHING OF CHINESE LANGUAGE, E.G. THE BUILDING UP OF SETS OF PHOTOGRAPHS BASED ON VARIOUS THEMES WITH A LOCAL SETTING. A 10-PICTURE SET ABOUT SEEING SOMEONE OFF AT THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THIS WILL SERVE AS A USEFUL AID FOR ORAL PRACTICE AND COMPOSITION EXERCISE.

SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS, SELECTED FROM DIFFERENT MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, AND BOOKS, ARE ALSO BEING PREPARED FOR VARIOUS TEACHING PURPOSES IN CLASS SO THAT PUPILS CAN HAVE A WIDER ACCESS TO ALL KINDS OF CHINESE READING MATERIALS.

MR. SO CONTINUED: +THE CENTRE HAS PREPARED VARIOUS PAMPHLET SHOWING TEACHERS HOW TO USE THESE MATERIALS. IT IS HOPED THA. BY MEANS OF IMPROVED TEACHING METHODS THE PUPILS WILL IMPROV THEIR SPOKEN AND WRITTEN CHINESE AS WELL AS DEVELOP A REAL INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT.+

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191