A brief dialogue with Dr. James Lochead from the Br. Council

A group of lecturers from the Language Department were pleased to meet Dr. James Lochead, a British Council research officer, when he made a brief visit to the campus on 17th June. Dr. Lochead is currently working on a British-Council sponsored survey of issues related to English and English teaching in Malaysia. He visited Sarawak to meet with staff in schools and higher education institutions in the State, before returning to Penang where he is based. Speaking to the lecturers including Dr. Simon Botley (a fellow-Englishmanl), Mr. Caesar Delwis and Cik Angel Helen, Dr. Lochead discussed the British Council's plans, which include more outreach and support programmes for local schools and a Language and Literature Programmes. The English lecturers who came to the meeting exchanged views with Dr. Lochead and made some concrete suggestions in the hopes of fostering some profitable links with the British Council.