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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1991

INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE CONFERENCE ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD FROM DECEMBER IN HONG 17 TO 19 TO DISCUSS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE KONG ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND APPRAISAL.

THE CONFERENCE, WITH THE THEME OF "QUILL AND QUILT"

AND LEARNING, MAINTAINING AND ACHIEVING QUALITY IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

BY IS ORGANISED

OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE

INSTITUTE

OF

IT WILL BE OPENED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MR JOHN CHAN.

THE

MANPOWER,

EIGHTY-SEVEN

OF

THE

NEARLY

400

REPRESENTATIVES FROM 17 COUNTRIES.

PARTICIPANTS

ARE

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THE TEACHING AND LANGUAGE USE;

AMONG THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED WILL BE:

OF CONCEPT

QUALITY

IN LANGUAGE LEARNING,

LANGUAGE

QUALITY IN SCHOOLS: THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS;

RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS;

QUALITY IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC IMPERATIVES;

*

LANGUAGE STANDARDS;

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KEY AREAS IN THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY, AND

ASSESSMENT, APPRAISAL AND MONITORING.

SOME OF A

"AS IN THE PAST SIX CONFERENCES, THE SPEAKERS INCLUDE THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTHORITIES ON LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING, SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

OF

RESEARCH

NORTHERN THEY INCLUDE THE PROFESSOR

EDUCATION,

TERRITORY THE HEAD OF THE AUSTRALIA, PROF FRANCES CHRISTIE; UNIVERSITY,

ASTON UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, PROF DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT

OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND NIGEL REEVES; THE DIRECTOR

SHAW CHANG; CENTRE OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE,

BEN-NA, AND THE DIRECTOR OF HENAN TV UNIVERSITY, TIANJIN, PROF DR BONIFACIO SIBAYAN, A NOTED FILIPINO SOCIOLINGUIST.

DR LOO TIAN

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

THE

SEVENTH

ORGANISED

BY THE OPENED ON TUESDAY EXHIBITION CENTRE ON

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

BE IN EDUCATION WILL INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE (DECEMBER 17), AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT 8.45 AM.

COVER THE OPENING YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO

PLENARY

MEDIA SESSIONS

THE AND THE

DURING

THREE-DAY CONFERENCE.

"CENTRE REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE ON LEVEL SIX OF AT 8.30 AM.

THE

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