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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1979

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TEACHERS OF CHINESE TOLD TO MAKE FULL USE OF

CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE

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TEACHERS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE WERE URGED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CHINËSE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL STANDARD OF CHINESE AMONG PUPILS.

MR. R.M. CAMERON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) SAID THE CENTRE HAD BEEN SET UP WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE METHODS OF TEACHING CHINESE LANGUAGE IN BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MAINLY THROUGH REFRESHER COURSES FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHERS.

MR. CAMERON WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TWO-DAY JOINT DISPLAY OF TEACHING PROJECTS ON SPEECH TECHNIQUES IN CHINESE AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AT THE CENTRE AT NO. 1 MA TAU KOK ROAD, KOWLOON.

THE WORKS ON DISPLAY ARE SELECTED FROM THOSE SUBMITTED BY TEACHERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE CENTRE'S SHORT COURSES ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR PUPILS' SPEECH TECHNIQUES IN CHINESE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS+ HELD IN MAY, JULY AND SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

+AS FAR AS DISPLAYS OF TEACHERS' WORKS ARE CONCERNED, THIS JOINT DISPLAY IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, WHICH WE HOPE WILL GROW INTO A LONG SERIES IF THIS PROVES TO BE A SUCCESS, MR. CAMERON SAID.

HE REMINDED TEACHERS THAT THE CENTRE WAS MEANT FOR THEM TO EXCHANGE THEIR VIEWS, EXPERIENCE AND IDEAS WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE METHODS OF TEACHING CHINESE IN SCHOOLS.

+DISPLAYS OF TEACHERS' WORKS WILL THEREFORE SERVE AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DEMONSTRATING TEACHERS' NEW IDEAS,+ HE SAID.

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