English
Aims of the Subject:
- To arouse students’ interest in learning English through various activities.
- To build up thinking skills through understanding and constructing meaning from different text types.
- To promote learner independence through the development of lifelong language learning skills and strategies such as vocabulary building skills, phonics skills and information skills.
- To develop learners’ generic skills, values and attitudes and expose them to rich learning experiences through moral and civic education, project learning, reading to learn.
- To cater for learners’ diversity through developing a wide range of open ended learning tasks and activities and employing teaching strategies that suit the specific needs of both less able learners and more able learners, as well as the needs of learners with different learning styles.
Members of the Subject:
Consultant | Ms. Jessica MAN |
Panels | Farm Road Campus: Mr. Henry KAO Sheung Heung Road Campus: Mr. Hugo FONG |
Subject Teachers | Farm Road Campus: Mr. William Billy GIRVAN, Mr. Clarence LAU, Ms. Kitty CHENG, Ms. Ginny CHIU, Ms. Jamie CHAN, Mr. Leo LEE Sheung Heung Road Campus: Ms. Zakia KHAN, Ms. Khristayle TAN, Ms. Katie LEUNG, Ms. Momoyo KIRA, Ms. Helen NIE |
Major Activities of the Subject:
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Achievement of the Subject:
Name of competition | Awards | No. of winners |
My Story Creation Competition 2019-20 |
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TOEFL Junior Test |
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71st Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival 2019 |
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Hong Kong School Drama Festival 2018/19 |
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Catering for Learner Diversity
- School Teams & Public Competitions
Choral Speaking Teams, English Drama Team, Public Speaking, Writing, Poetry Reading, Penmanship, Solo Verse Speaking - Activities
English Week, Excursions, RTHK Sunday Smile, TSA Oral Assessors - Remedial & Enhancement Classes
- 1 Phonics Screening Test, P.6 Interview Workshop
Online Learning Resources of the Subject:
- BBC Learning English for Kids: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/
- English newspaper reading: http://student.thestandard.com.hk/junior/index.asp
- Teach your monster to read: http://teachyourmonstertoread.com/