Inter-Institutional Language in Education Coordinating (ILEC) Network
brings together Hong Kong institutions and researchers, curriculum
developers, teachers, teacher educators and others involved in the policy development, research, teacher education and teaching of English, Chinese and other languages and/or in the use of these languages for teaching and learning purposes. It aims to provide an opportunity for participants to share information, initiate, advise on and respond to policy and research developments, support, promote and initiate professional development activities and discuss language issues in the full range of educational contexts: kindergarten, primary, secondary, tertiary, vocational and adult education as well as language teacher education in Hong Kong and internationally.

ILEC embraces:

 

Language in education policy development

Language and learning

Language, culture and society

Language across the curriculum

Language for vocational and professional purposes

Bilingual and multilingual education

Mother-tongue development and the development of literacy

Second and foreign language teaching and learning literature

Language curricula

Language evaluation and assessment

The learning and teaching of literature

Teaching critical and visual literacies

Research in language education

Language teacher education

Professional development for language teachers and language teacher educators

International programmes, links and exchanges in language in education