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Think Wide and Fly High

for a Bright Future

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Divider Presentation Outline

A. Reasons for the

implementing an English QEF

Project

B. Project DetailsEvaluation:

Student’s Learning

Effectiveness

Challenges faced in the

project

Conclusions

The Learning Programme

Students work and

photos

Te a c h e r s ’ P r o f e s s i o n a l E x p e r i e n c e S h a r i n g M o n t h O r g a n i z e d b y E d u c a t i o n B u r e a u

Think Wide and Fly High for a Bright Future

March 17, 2012

Presented by

Miss Sau Lai Ng & Choi Sze Wong Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School

Mr. Kenneth LiuWiseman Education

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A. Reasons for implementing an English QEF project

B. Project detailsC. Evaluation: Students’

Learning EffectivenessD.Challenges faced in the

projectE. Recommendations

To cope with challenges students face nowadays

a. English as a global language

b. Communicating with people of the world

c. Preparing students for studying in secondary schools

a. School Background

b. Students Background

c. Teachers’ Readiness

d. Parents’ Expectations

B. Project Details 1) Needs Assessment

a. School Background


b. Students’ Background


c. Teachers’ Readiness


d. Parents’ Expectations


a. To establish a lively and language- rich environment to encourage learning, thinking, and using English.

b. To enhance students’ social awareness and generic skills to make connections across fields of knowledge.

B. Project Details 2) Project Objectives

c. To develop a school-based curriculum to address learning diversity and promote teacher collaboration.

d. To foster pupils’ development for self and life-long learning and teaching effectiveness through I.T.

B. Project Details 2) Project Objectives

B. Project details 3) Target Groups

a. To develop P.5-6 students ability and confidence in communicating in English, and incubate their awareness of social issues and multiple perspective thinking skills

a. Prepare project timetable

b. Discuss and define the curriculum framework and courseware requirements

c. Find sources and confirm developers

d. Prepare School I.T. facilities

B. Project details 4) Resources Planning

B. Project details4 ) Resources Planning

Date Stage Objectives Implementation Activities

Preparation

Launch & Development

Implementation & Enhancement

Evaluation

a. Prepare project timetable


I. Teacher Workshop

II. Design Principles

III. Key Learning Area

IV. Learning and Teaching

b. Curriculum Framework



I. Teacher Workshop



II. Design Principles

• Enjoyable• Flexible• Learning diversity and interests• Connect between English Language and Social Issues• Balance between breadth and depth in language

learning• Build on knowledge, skills, attitudes• Prepare for Pre-S1• Enlighten and Engage students


III. Key Learning Area

• to think and communicate;• to acquire, develop and apply

knowledge;• to respond and give expression to

experience;



IV. Learning and Teaching

• Template• Bite-size• Variety• Appealing• Teen friendly topics• Team dynamics



• Copyright

• Experience

• Support

c. Finding Sources and Developers

d. Prepare School I.T. facilities


B. Project details 5) The Learning Programme

3 modules:Songs, Social Issues, Popular Culture

Language Skills:

Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Vocabulary, Suitable Language items (e.g. Simile, metaphor, etc.)

Generic Skills:

Communication skills, Collaboration skills, Creativity


Blended Approach:

Classroom Teaching◦Participation, Interaction, Creation

Self-directed Learning◦Reinforce learning◦Auto-marking


For each module:

Activities: Classroom teaching is a blend of whole-class, group, and individual instruction.

On the Web: It provides interactive self-learning exercises to reinforce previous knowledge and perform what students have learnt.

Performances: Ongoing assessments should be conducted to monitor student progress.

Each unit includes integrated skills development with more input in the beginning and maximum output (Performances) towards the end.


Project Deliverable

•A school interface

•A school based curriculum

•Interactive Lessons

& Assessments

•Teacher Resources

•Student Workbooks

•Teacher Guides

•Teacher Training

B. Project details 6) The Learning Platform

http:// lmcp.wiseman.com.hk

Students writing new lyrics for a song.

Students working in the school computer room doing the online

exercises.

a. By teachers’ observation

1. Students have more confidence in using English

a. By survey

2. Students’ motivation of learning English can be enhanced.

a. Result of the survey

i. 54% of P.5 students agreed that the project could motivate them to learn English. 31% of them

strongly agreed with that.ii. 46% of P.6 students agreed that the project could motivate them to learn English. 49% of them

strongly agreed with that.

2. Students’ motivation of learning English can be enhanced.

a. Result of the survey

i. 53% of P.5 students agreed that the project improved their English language skills. 33% of them strongly agreed with that.ii. 43% of P.6 students agreed that the project improved their English language skills. 51% of them strongly agreed with that.

3. Students’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills are improved.

b. By students’ academic results

c. By teachers’ observation

3. Students’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills are improved.

Learning Effectiveness

The programme is helpful in developing students’ ability in language and learning, and cultivate their attitude and awareness across knowledge fields.

Teachers also reported that the programme increases opportunities for class discussion and helps students make sense of abstract issues.

The programme lays a good foundation of students’ ability to enquire, explore and extend their knowledge, and prepares students well for their secondary education.

A. From students’ point of view

B. From teachers’ point of view

A. Teachers workshop is a crucial.

B. Students enjoy the readings and find them especially helpful as a summary to the multimedia videos presented in the class .

C. Songs are their favorites

Thank you very much!

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Documents

project timetable slide

project details c

project details evaluation

project objectives

world slide

photos slide

needs assessment slide

project conclusions