Create an immersive context to learn and apply English

Kiangsu-Chekiang College takes creating a real immersive context as the core direction of English teaching and encourages students to use English in daily life. Principal Fong Chung LunWe must first help students eliminate their fear of English so that they are not afraid of exposure to English; and then guide students to use this language tool proficiently, not only to achieve good results in public examinations, but also to lay a solid foundation for further university studies in the future. Through classroom support, context construction, technology cooperation, etc., the school guides students to gradually make breakthroughs and achieve progressive growth of "not afraid of using, knowing how to use, and making good use of it", so that every step of language learning is closely linked.

Leverage the advantages of "one school, two systems" to build diversified development options

The school leverages the advantages of "one school, two systems". Students from the International Department and Direct Support Department share the same campus, effectively creating a multicultural learning atmosphere and a unique English context. Students from the International Department, whose main communication language is English, can meet and communicate with students from the Direct Support Department during their spare time, so that students can get used to using English in daily life. The school will also arrange for junior high school students to participate in special classes in the International Department to promote "peer learning" between local students and foreign students.

In addition, the school offers dual-track courses. After completing the Secondary 3 (Year 9) course, DSS students can choose to study the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) or the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) founded by the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In addition, you can also choose to study the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) or the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) after completing the Secondary 4 (Year 10) course. Students have more diversified choices, and with the school's appropriate support and guidance, they can move towards success.

Foreign teachers are deeply involved in the immersion English teaching system

The school actively meets the needs of students, optimizes the team configuration of the English subject, constructs a real English context, and promotes the integration of English learning into daily life. In recent years, the school has continued to introduce more foreign teachers, further strengthening the teaching team. The foreign teachers not only have solid academic backgrounds but also have excellent English teaching abilities. Some of them are fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, effectively promoting cross-language communication among students. They fully participate in classroom teaching, implement immersive English teaching in some classes, and some foreign teachers serve as class teachers, enriching the school's teaching model and cultural atmosphere.

Principal Fong Chung Lun believes: "The above arrangement not only allows teachers and students to have formal teaching interaction in the classroom, but also promotes extracurricular communication. For example, interacting with students during morning meeting time allows students to become familiar with daily English interaction in a relaxed and pleasant situation." Some foreign teachers have Mandarin and Cantonese skills, which also facilitates home-school communication. This all-round teaching arrangement allows students to get used to using English as a tool for daily communication and learn to use English in daily life, so that students can improve their English abilities in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

In terms of teaching division, in order to ensure that the teaching content corresponds to the Hong Kong system assessment of Secondary 3, Secondary 3 English is taught by experienced junior high school English teachers, laying a solid foundation for students and ensuring that the teaching content closely follows the curriculum requirements. After entering high school, the teaching team became more diverse: in addition to local teachers responsible for core teaching, experienced foreign teachers took the lead in Secondary 5 English, strengthening students' listening and reading skills through immersive teaching, so as to calmly cope with the challenges of DSE.

In addition, the school specially hired English teaching assistants this year to provide personalized tutoring support for high school students and fully help students from Jiangsu and Zhejiang prepare for the entrance exams.

Systematic tutoring program to cater for learning needs

In order to comprehensively cater for students' English learning needs, the school implements a systematic tutoring program for students in Form One to Form Six.

For junior high school students, the school will cooperate with the Education University of Hong Kong to further optimize the tutoring model based on the tutoring courses jointly organized with external institutions last year. In addition to arranging daily lectures, it will also adopt a one-to-five group model to encourage students to speak more English with daily communication content, giving students more opportunities to practice English conversation. As for high school students, the school offers remedial courses for them, focusing on the key points of the DSE examination. Regular tutoring is provided every week to strengthen reading, writing and speaking training to help them cope with public examinations.

In addition, the school attaches great importance to the cultivation of language and culture. In order to support students in the school who use Mandarin as their daily language, a Cantonese club has been set up to help them learn Cantonese through interesting activities, situational dialogues and cultural lectures, and help them better adapt to local life.

AI technology precise support improves English learning effectiveness

The school actively uses technology to assist English teaching, builds a complete online learning system with the i-Learner independent learning platform as the core, and strives to cultivate students' independent learning abilities. The platform has been used at the junior high school level for many years, and this year it has been further expanded to high school levels from Form 4 to Form 6. The i-Learner platform comprehensively covers the four core skills of English reading, writing, listening and conversation, and can provide instant feedback on practice scores, allowing students to understand their learning status in a timely manner, flexibly adjust their learning pace, and develop independent learning habits.

In response to the needs of Form 6 students preparing for DSE, the school purchased an additional AI conversation practice platform, which contains ten sets of practice questions corresponding to DSE course requirements, allowing students to freely combine virtual group members of different levels to carry out conversational group discussion exercises. This learning model is extremely practical. It not only breaks the limitations of time, space and region, but also allows more introverted students to get rid of the fear of speaking English in public and dare to practice spoken English boldly using the system.

Principal Fong Chung Lun pointed out: "In the sprint stage of the DSE English speaking test, students need to find peers to practice frequently; now with the help of the platform, they can also complete the exercises efficiently through systematic analogy group discussions." At the same time, AI can analyze students' weaknesses in real time and record learning trajectories, making up for the limitation of teachers who cannot provide 24-hour guidance, providing students with precise support and improving English learning effectiveness.

Diversified teaching models stimulate interest and improve efficiency

English learning cannot be limited to textbooks. The school holds an "Inquiry Learning Day" every March and organizes interdisciplinary projects, such as combining visual arts and mathematics, and leading students to visit the Kadoorie Farm. During field exploration, students need to write travel notes in English, record what they see and hear, and practice their writing skills in practice.

At the same time, the school continues to optimize teaching facilities, transforming the original Audi Visual Room into a small auditorium equipped with complete IT equipment to facilitate English teaching through multimedia such as watching movies; all classrooms have been replaced with electronic whiteboards to facilitate the playback of online teaching materials. These arrangements allow students to break out of the traditional classroom and deepen their understanding and application of English through rich experiences. They also make teaching more diversified and interesting, stimulate students' learning motivation, and improve learning effectiveness.

Enrich learning experience and integrate English into life

Through multiple learning activities, the school builds a high-quality English context for students and improves their English ability in practice. The school organizes overseas study tours every summer to visit countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia where English is the main language of communication. Through the natural English context, students are encouraged to apply what they have learned.

Earlier, the school held the "Explore Australia Tour", which arranged students to stay with local host families, participate in local all-English classes, learn and use English in daily communication and study, and experience special activities such as panning for sand gold and riding a century-old steam train. While broadening their horizons and experiencing exotic customs, they also have a deeper understanding of the significance of language connecting the world.

In addition, the school implements the "One Art for Life" plan and offers more than 40 extracurricular activities, covering basketball, badminton and other fields. By participating in extracurricular activities, students can establish friendships with like-minded classmates and even peers in the International Department. This not only improves their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, but also builds confidence in using English, allowing language learning to truly integrate into life.