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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

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SIMILARLY, THE DEMAND FROM OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS GREATER NUMBER OF SCHOOL LEAVERS ABLE TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ENGLISH IS NOT BEING ADEQUATELY MET," HE SAID.

LEARNING AND

BUT, MR WONG ADDED, MANY PEOPLE ALSO FELT THAT WRITING SKILLS IN CHINESE WERE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY SHOULD BE.

IN SCHOOLS,

"WE NEED

TO DO MORE THEREFORE

HE SAID. INSTITUTIONS AND IN THE WORK PLACE,

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IN

TERTIARY

AND

GROUPING

HE SAID HONG KONG'S LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION POLICY WAS CLEAR THAT IT COMPRISED FOUR MAJOR PARTS, THE FIRST BEING LANGUAGE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

ON

HONG KONG WAS DEVELOPING A TARGET-ORIENTED CURRICULUM BASED TASK-CENTRED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT AND EMBRACING CHINESE AND ENGLISH AS MEDIUMS OF INSTRUCTION AND AS CORE SUBJECTS, MR WONG SAID.

EXPRESSING

CONSTRUCTING THOUGHT AND FOR

"THE EMPHASIS WILL BE ON THE USE OF LANGUAGE FOR KNOWLEDGE, FOR LOGICAL THINKING, FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS, HE SAID.

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WOULD THE TEACHING AND THE CURRICULUM, BUT

MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT NOT ONLY LEARNING EMPHASISE THE USE OF LANGUAGE ACROSS SCHOOL ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATIONS WOULD REQUIRE THIS TOO.

AT SEVERAL WORK PLACE,

ALSO DEVELOPED WAS A VOCATIONAL ENGLISH PROGRAMME

IN THE EMPLOYEES AND LEVELS FOR

LEAVERS SCHOOL CERTIFICATED BY THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

GOOD ADDED.

"WE HOPE TO DEVELOP A PARALLEL PROGRAMME TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR PLACE, HE WRITTEN CHINESE SKILLS AMONG EMPLOYEES IN THE WORK

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MR WONG SAID HONG KONG WAS ALSO DETERMINED QUALITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION AND OF TEACHING IN SCHOOLS.

OF THE APART FROM ENSURING TEACHERS COULD MAKE EFFECTIVE USE

INTENTION TO LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY TAUGHT, "WE HAVE ANNOUNCED THE MOVE GRADUALLY TOWARDS AN ALL-GRADUATE TEACHING PROFESSION," HE SAID.

THERE WAS ALREADY A POLICY FOR 70 PER CENT GRADUATE TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

"THUS OUR INITIAL TARGET IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IS TO HAVE 35 CENT GRADUATE TEACHERS BY THE YEAR 2007," HE SAID.

PER

OF OUR EDUCATION IN-SERVICE

MR WONG ADDED: "IN THIS RESPECT, THE COMBINED EFFORTS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF TO BE ESTABLISHED NEXT YEAR, WILL BE CRUCIAL IN PROVIDING PART-TIME BACHELOR OF EDUCATION PROGRAMMES."

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WILL THEREFORE SEE THAT A SERIES OF MEASURES ARE IN PLACE THE RESULTS TAKE TIME TO IMPROVE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN HONG KONG. TO EMERGE.

MR WONG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ANNOUNCED THE ESTABLISHMENT A $300 MILLION LANGUAGE FUND TO LAUNCH NEW INITIATIVES.

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