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MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1991

DR BICKLEY EXPLAINED THAT THE SCHEME WAS THE RESULT OF A PROJECT IMPLEMENTED IN NINE PUBLIC-SECTOR SECONDARY SEPTEMBER 1986 TO AUGUST 1988 AS ONE OF THE MEASURES CURRICULUM AND THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS.

PILOT FROM

SCHOOLS ΤΟ IMPROVE THE

"THE GREATER EXPOSURE TO ENGLISH THROUGH EXTENSIVE READING

AND DESIRABLE ATTITUDINAL BOTH RESULTED IN

LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT CHANGES IN STUDENTS

IN GENERAL

READING IN PARTICULAR, HE SAID.

TOWARDS

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THE

LANGUAGE ENGLISH

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AND

i

GIVEN

AND

WITH

BICKLEY SAID THE 90 SECONDARY

ARE THIS YEAR 400 BOOKS, BOTH FICTION ACCOMPANIED CHARTS AND RECORDS TO HELP

EXPLAINING THE SCHEME, DR CLASSES FROM THE 19 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS RESOURCE PACKAGES EACH CONTAINING NON-FICTION, GRADED INTO EIGHT DIFFERENT LEVELS AND QUESTION CARDS, ANSWER CARDS, READING TEACHERS AND STUDENTS MONITOR PROGRESS.

WILL BE USED AND EACH RESOURCE PACKAGE COSTING OVER $16,000

SECONDARY 3. AND WILL PROVIDE EVERY SHARED BY THREE CLASSES UP TO STUDENT AN INDIVIDUALISED PROGRAMME TO DEVELOP INDEPENDENT READING.

PHASE 1 WAS ONLY 19

DR BICKLEY SAID APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN OVERWHELMING WITH 140 SECONDARY SCHOOLS APPLYING TO JOIN BUT SELECTED,

OF THE SCHEME. ABOUT 110 TEACHERS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS STAGE

ORGANISED ALL OF WHOM HAVE ATTENDED A SERIES OF SEMINARS ON THE HKERS

PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT BY THE ILE, WHICH IS ALSO PROVIDING CONTINUOUS TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS THROUGH VISITS AND CONSULTATIONS.

SCHOOLS HAVE REPORTED SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF AS PART OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM.

THE SCHEME

AS A FURTHER INCENTIVE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CLUB OF HONG KONG BAST HAVE SET UP AN AWARD FOR THE SCHEME.

ZONTA

PRESENTED то THE BEST COMPETITION ON LAUNCHING OF THE

CERTIFICATES AND BOOK COUPONS WILL BE READERS OF THE SCHOOLS AND WINNERS OF AN INTER-SCHOOL BOOK REPORTS IN JULY NEXT YEAR, ONE YEAR AFTER THE SCHEME.

CERAMIC PLATES TO COMMEMORATE POST OFFICE'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY

CERAMIC PLATES COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONG OF KONG POST OFFICE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT PHILATELIC COUNTERS

MR SEVEN OFFICES FROM WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 23), THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, DOMINIC S.W. WONG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).

THE SEVEN OFFICES ARE THE

GENERAL

POST OFFICE,

POST OFFICE, BEACONSFIELD

SHA TSIM

TSUI HOUSE POST OFFICE, PEAK

POST OFFICE + SHA TIN CENTRAL GRANVILLE ROAD POST OFFICE, AIRPORT POST OFFICE AND POST OFFICE.

/EIGHT CAREFULLY