Department & Centre Highlights 11 FHM Newsletter ． 人文學院通訊 Best Approach for ESL Instruction: Comprehension vs Skill Building by Professor Stephen Krashen It was our honour to host Professor Stephen Krashen, a renowned expert in second language acquisition, to give a talk on 13 October 2014. The talk attracted 168 participants including colleagues and students at HKIEd, and friends and teachers from outside. Two opposing hypotheses for ESL instruction were introduced: Comprehension vs Skill Building. Participants learned the most effective (and pleasant) approaches to teaching English as a second language to children. Practical tips, the latest research and best practice case studies in the US, China and Taiwan were shared. For more information about ELE, please visit http:// www.ied.edu.hk/ele.
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