The Road
Map to
Promote
Spoken
English
Skills
in Sri
Lanka,
the
accelerated
English
Teacher
Training
Program,
aimed at
training
22,000
English
teachers
in
Government
schools
to
deliver
Spoken
English
courses
to
students
within
18
months,
was
launched
by
President
Rajapaksa,
at
Temple
Trees,
today,
June 22.
A new
'Teacher
Guide
and
Training
Manual
in
Spoken
English'
produced
by 40
English
teachers
trained
as
Master
Trainers
in
spoken
English
at the
English
and
Foreign
Languages
University
(EFLU),
Hyderabad,
was
presented
to the
President
on this
occasion.
The
event
saw the
participation
of 1400
English
teachers
from all
provinces,
to be
introduced
to the
new
programme.
It
will be
conducted
in a
manner
to
ensure
that
English
will be
taught
as a
Life
skill to
the
youth of
our
country,
said
Secretary
to the
President.
The
launch
including
a lively
interaction
among
the
President,
Minister
of
Education,
Secretary
to the
President,
Mr.
Sunimal
Fernando,
Advisor
to the
President
and
Coordinator
(English)
of the
Presidential
Task
Force on
the
English
language
initiative,
and the
teachers
present,
on
problems
relating
to the
teaching
of
spoken
English.
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