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MONDAY, JULY 19, 1982

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'FOCUS ON ENGLISH' WEEK

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A 'FOCUS ON ENGLISH WEEK AIMED AT DEMONSTRATING THE NEW WAYS AND MEANS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IS NOW OPEN TO TEACHERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNTIL FRIDAY AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AT 9A BONHAM ROAD, HONG KONG.

OPENED TODAY BY THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MRS LOUISE MOK, 'FOCUS ON ENGLISH' IS ORGANISED BY THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE AND THE ENGLISH SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.

THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK THERE WILL BE DAILY SHOWINGS OF TWO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING FILMS, NAMELY 'THREE CLASSROOMS' AND *COMMUNICATE. BOTH FILMS WERE RECENTLY PRODUCED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO DEMONSTRATE THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH AND SOME OF THE TEACHING TECHNIQUES RECOMMENDED IN THE REVISED ENGLISH SYLLABUSES FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL.

THE FILMS WILL BE SHOWN DAILY AT 9.30 AM, 11 AM AND 2.30 PM. THERE WILL BE TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS AFTER THE SHOWING OF THE FILMS.

TEACHERS WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF TRYING OUT

A WIDE RANGE OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION MATERIAL AVAILABLE FROM THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE.

A ROOM IN THE CENTRE HAS ALSO BEEN FITTED WITH THE WIRE-FREE INDUCTION LOOP SYSTEM AND TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO FAMILIAR ISE THEMSELVES WITH THIS VERY USEFUL AUDIO AID.

THERE WILL ALSO BE A DISPLAY OF SOME OF THE WORK ACHIEVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY THE FIVE SCHOOLS WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE LOOP TRYOUT SCHEME.

INSPECTORS FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE AT THE CENTRE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO ENGLISH

LANGUAGE TEACHING WHILE PUBLISHERS HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO MOUNT A DISPLAY OF COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED MATERIALS.

WATER FIGURES ***

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 64.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 375.028 MILLION CUBIC METRES, EQUIVALENT TO 248 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 222.930 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 38.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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