Reports on 7 case studies of a 15-hour conversational English program for Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong college students. A comparison of pretests, course work, and posttests showed a small rise in the scores of four students and a nonsignificant drop in the scores of three students. (contains 13 references) (MDM) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for…

Reports findings from a large-scale investigation into the implementation of Hong Kong's communicative English-language curriculum at the secondary level. Focuses on the roles of teachers and learners and the impact of these roles on patterns of interaction and the nature of language used in the classroom. (DSK)