EDUCATION experts have made the most of a $20 million language development fund to study the burning issues concerning language in education in Hong Kong.
The research output was displayed at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) recently.
Funded by the Hongkong Bank Language Development Fund, eight research and development projects were carried out to study issues affecting language in education in Hong Kong.
The fund, established in May 1990, allocated $20 million to research and development projects with the objectives of promoting the learning of language and improving language standards in the territory.
Each approved project, with a direct bearing on the implementation of language in local education policy, was carried out by a team of experts from Hong Kong and abroad, beginning in 1991, in conjunction with members of local education institutes including the former Institute of Language in Education (ILE), the University of Hong Kong and the British Council.
Some of the projects, such as the Target-Oriented Curriculum study, which received the largest fund allocation of more than $8 million, have already received practical application in Hong Kong.