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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1976
WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
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THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE SETTING OF A LANGUAGE LABORATORY SHOULD BE CONTEXTUALISED RATHER THAN MECHANICAL.
THIS IS THE MESSAGE MISS JANET MCALPIN, A LECTURER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING INSTITUTE, LONDON, TRIES TO BRING ACROSS TO TEACHERS OF ENGLISH HERE.
MISS MCALPIN, WHO IS ON A LECTURE TOUR OF SOUTHEAST ASIA UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL, IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING TWO WORKSHOPS AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE.
MISS MCALPIN FEELS THAT LANGUAGE LABORATORY MATERIALS SHOULD BE PRODUCED IN SUCH A WAY THAT STUDENTS WOULD BE PRACTISING THE LANGUAGE IN A CONTEXT AND +NOT JUST PRACTISING SOUNDS AND WORDS.+
THIS PRINCIPLE ALSO APPLIES TO TEACHING ENGLISH IN THE CLASSROOM.
THE TWO WORKSHOPS, EACH LASTING A WEEK, BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 9 AND 16 RESPECTIVELY. EACH WORKSHOP HAS 17 PARTICIPANTS.
THE PARTICIPANTS ARE FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH LANGUAGE LABORATORY FACILITIES, THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENGLISH INSPECTORATE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE.
THROUGH PLENARY SESSIONS AND GROUP WORK, PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GOOD DIALOGUES, DRILLS AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES AND RELATED VISUAL AIDS AND THEIR USES IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY.
THE TWO WORKSHOPS WILL EACH WRITE AND RECORD A TAPED TEACHING
UNIT AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THEIR COURSE.
+THE TAPES ARE TO BE TAKEN AS MODELS OF TWO APPROACHES TO MATERIALS CONSTRUCTION,+ MISS MCALPIN SAID. THEY BOTH ATTEMPT TO EXEMPLIFY THE CONCEPT OF CONTEXTUALISATION IN PRESENTATION AND PRACTICE MATERIALS.+
SCHOOLS THAT MAY WANT TO OBTAIN THE TWO TAPES CAN SEND IN BLANK TAPES TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE FOR DUBBING, SERVICES ARE FREE.
THE CENTRE RUNS COURSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF FIVE WEEKS' TO THREE MONTHS' DURATION ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING BASED ON THE CONTEXTUALISED APPROACH FOR BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH.
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