HK English Festival attracts 1.6 million viewers
22/5/2005 10:22
The first English Festival organized by the Standing Committee on Language
Education and Research has recorded an encouraging 20,000 participants in its
various activities, and over 1.6 million viewers of its TV program on English
usage.
According to a government press release on Saturday, Committee
chairman Michael Tien said he was proud of the results by saying " what
impressed us the most is not the participant figures. Rather, it is the degree
of involvement of our participants."
Tien added that "with the support of the
Education and Manpower Bureau and the Legislative Council, we are now actively
devising different measures to strengthen our support for language teachers and
students in the pre-primary and primary levels through the use of the Language
Fund."
He said, "We would wish to focus more resources on teachers'
professional development and to address other imminent needs of primary schools
and kindergartens. The committee will also examine ways to recruit more quality
young men and ladies to join the profession."
English Festival 2005 has seven
activities to give students and public members of different ages and education
background to learn and use English in ways that they would enjoy the
most.
Tien said there are thousands of ways to improve English outside the
classroom and it is open for each individual to explore and seize the
opportunities.
Xinhua
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