作者旨在思維、語言與寫作的關係上立論，說明邏輯思維訓練對於寫作教學的助益，建語文教師於進行語文教學時，隨來機應變，給學生灌輸一些邏輯的基本知識，加強思維的訓練，藉以改善學生的表達能力，相應提高語文水平。文中就教學上實際應用的層面，提出個人看法。（梁振威整理）

作者指出，小學課程的目標過份偏重智育，而且也以記誦為主，這便會影響學生的學習興趣，以及其他方面的發展（如德育、美育等）。課程的內容欠缺彈性，未能因應學習能力差異的學生施教（所謂因材施教），對學習能力較差的學生而言，現行課程太多且太深。在教學法方面，著重講授及注入式，難以培養學生自學興趣。在考核方面，強調書面考試，缺乏多元化的考核方法，過多的機械式書寫與背誦，實難真正提高學生學習。作者指出小學課程的路向應是：一、教材宜有彈性；二、教學方法要靈活；三、考核要多元化。（關之英整理）

鑑於30年代的作品在語言文字不夠成熟，也跟不上現今的時代，作者乃提出補救的方法：一、訂立選材範圍的綱領；二、應多選距當代（或距二三十年）的作品；三、對選文進行必要和適當的文字加工。並以葉紹鈞《古代英雄的石像》為例，提出落實改進語文教材的方針。（何文勝整理）

本文探討說話聆聽教學的目標和內容。作者提出教師可以參考龔寶善和瞿立鶴合編的《語文科教材教法研究》一書的內容，在教學中加強培養兒童聽話和口語發表的能力、良好的說話態度和思考的能力。（何文勝整理）

作者根據實地觀課和教學錄像所得的資料，分析本港小學的中文詞匯教學情況，其中包括教學時間、教學過程和教學方法等。作者探討了教師對關鍵字聯想法、脈絡提示法、定義分析和直接解釋法四種詞義教學技巧的運用情形。結果發現教師所採用的詞義教學法有非常明顯的偏向。教師普遍採用的直接解釋法，未能有效地幫助學生辨析和記取詞義，是詞匯學習未如理想的原因之一。（黃潔貞整理）

Standard Written Chinese is expected to be scripted or recorded in Putonghua expressions, the national lingua franca in China. However, due to the influence of mother tongue, Hong Kong students often unconsciously employ Cantonese dialect expressions in their writing. This paper introduces CPWrite, an implemented Web-based CALL package to help tackle this problem. The important functions of the software are to test and improve students' ability in Cantonese dialect recognition and Putonghua translation, at both lexical and grammatical levels. The underlying strategies employed by CPWrite can be applicable to converting authentic language to standardized formats.
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The authors investigated what and how instructional practices are related to students' motivation and performance in writing. The participants were 6 teacher interns and their (N = 209) secondary-school students in Hong Kong. In a 3-session instruction unit, the teacher interns taught their students how to write an expository essay. The students completed the essay and then a questionnaire to report their motivation in the task and their perception of the instruction. Results of structural equation modeling showed that students' motivation mediated the effects of instructional practices on writing performance. The authors found that when the teachers adopted more motivating teaching strategies, the students were more motivated. When the students were more motivated, they, in turn, had better performance in writing.
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