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INT'L LANGUAGE CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOPS

ON ECR 4 RECOMMENDATIONS

THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE KEY ISSUES ON PLANNING, MANAGING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LANGUAGE TEACHING AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN THE NINETIES WILL BE OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 17) ᎪᎢ THE CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE IN WAN CHAI.

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THE THREE-DAY EVENT, ORGANISED BY THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CONFERENCE EXTRA ON DECEMBER 20 (THURSDAY) IN WHICH A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WILL FOCUS ON SIX HONGKONGBANK FOUNDATION LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FUND'S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN RELATION то THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 4.

ABOUT 100 PAPERS WILL BE PRESENTED BY WORLD EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF LANGUAGE STUDIES.

THEY INCLUDE:

DR THELMA HENDERSON, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, BRITAIN;

PROF BERNARD SPOLSKY, BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY, ISRAEL;

PROF MERRILL SWAIN, ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION, CANADA;

PROF XU JIALU, BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA;

PROF ZHU ZUOREN, UNIVERSITY OF HANGZHOU, CHINA;

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PROF JACK RICHARDS, CITY POLYTECHNIC;

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PROF CHIU LING-YEONG,'UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG; AND

PROF SIU PING-KEE, CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

"THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 'WHERE FROM HERE?' WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER

19), A FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

WILL END SPOKESMAN

THE CONFERENCE EXTRA ON DECEMBER 20 WILL BEGIN WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION, DR V. BICKLEY, TO THE HONGKONGBANK FOUNDATION LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FUND'S PROJECTS AND HOW THEY RELATE то THE ECR 4, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOPS WILL BE:

* TARGETS AND TARGET-RELATED ASSESSMENTS

PRIMARY 3, PRIMARY 6 AND SECONDARY 3;

* PRIMARY TO SECONDARY BRIDGING COURSE;

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j* POST-SCHOOL