Bulletin Number One 1986

Members of the English Language Teaching Unit using the computer for language instruction. Participants in this workshop came not only from the ELT Unit but also from other tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Future Directions The Unit is in the process of conducting an internally initiated review of its strengths and institutional commitments within the University and of its responsibilities to the local community. Excellence in the classroom will as always remain a major goal of the Unit, but at the same time creative and innovative instructional means will be sought after and developed by the Unit. Research endeavours continue to be stressed, some of which are theoretical in nature and some of which are pedagogical with direct relevance to the classroom. The Unit is also in the process of defining the other types of professional and academic contributions it can make to both the University an d the region. The eventual integration of Hong Kong into China as a Special Administrative Region (SAR) obviously presents the Unit with opportunities to share its experience and expertise with colleagues in China. In this respect plans are being formulated for cooperative ventures with institutions in China. In addition, the Unit has been invited to become a member of the All China Service English Association. Students In conclusion, the Unit is in a unique position within the University in that it has no specific group of students permanently attached to it as majors. It does, however, have students from all other Departments and from all the Faculties. In its teaching responsibilities, its service responsibilities, and its research responsibilities, the ELT Unit strives to keep the student at the centre of its attention. It tries to do whatever is within its resources and abilities to help the bilingual students of the University improve and maintain their facility with the Englis h language. Dr. Gail Schaefer Fu Chairman of ELT Unit Dr. Gail Schaefer Fu received her BA at Wellesley College and first came to Chung Chi College as the Wellesley-Yenching Junior Fellow in 1964. She obtained her MA degree at the University of Michigan in 1967 and her PhD degree there in 1975. She has been involved in language teaching at this University since 1969 and served for a number of years as Coordinator of the General English Programme of the Department of English. She has served as Chairman of the ELT Unit since August 1984 when the Unit was first established. Dr. Fu's professional interests lie first and foremost in the classroom where she strives to b e an active and effective teacher and where she focuses on the relationship between student and teacher as well as between student and student for better communication and therefore for more effective language use. Her research, publications and presentations deal with questions of affective factors in language acquisition; bilingual language policy and the language of instruction in Hong Kong; and the question of whether spoken English can be 'taught' in the classroom. Dr. Fu is married and has two children. 18 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS