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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1989

SOME 130 ENGLISH AND 100 CHINESE

PAPERS WILL BE PRESENTED.

ON LANGUAGE

THERE WILL ALSO BE FOUR WORKSHOPS AND A PANEL DISCUSSION PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING LANGUAGE USE.

MR K.Y. YEUNG, AND AT THE

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, WILL JOINTLY OFFICIATE OPENING CEREMONY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU

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INVITED TO COVER

THE

OPENING

CEREMONY OF CONFERENCE AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, ONE, LEVEL TWO, AT 8.45 AM ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 13).

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SEMINAR ON HOW TO SOLVE TEACHERS' PROBLEMS

THE THEATRE

PROBLEMS

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A SEMINAR ON WHAT TEACHERS CAN DO TO SOLVE THEIR OWN IN SCHOOL WILL BE HELD FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN GASCOIGNE ROAD, YAU MA TEI. SATURDAY (DECEMBER 16).

DEPARTMENT'S

THE ONE-DAY SEMINAR, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION. WILL CONSIST OF PLENARY PRESENTATIONS BY VISITING SPEAKERS AND PRACTISING LOCAL TEACHERS, AND THERE WILL ALSO BE GROUP AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.

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CUEST SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR INCLUDE PROFESSOR JOHN SINCLAIR FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO WILL SPEAK ON 'IMPOROVING CLASSROOM INTERACTION": PROFESSOR LI YING-CHE FROM THE UNITED STATES ON "PROSPECT FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN HONG KONG"; DR JOHN ROBIN, ALSO FROM THE UNITED STATES, ON "MAKING LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVE"; AND PROFESSOR LIN TAO FROM CHINA ON "A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM OF FOREIGNERS AND CHINESE IN PUTONGHUA PRONUNCIATION LEARNING".

DR THEODORE RODGERS, FROM THE UNITED STATES, WILL SPEAK ON "IMPROVING OUR CLASSROOM TEACHING MATERIALS* AND PROFESSOR XU SI-YI, FROM CHINA, ON "USING LITERARY WORKS TO TEACH LANGUAGE".

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SCHOOL HEADS ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS FOR ATTENDANCE TO THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

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