English teaching stimulates potential and achieves students’ diversified development

NLSI Lui Kwok Pat Fong College Implement holistic education according to biblical truth, teach students to learn various subjects, cultivate students' good character, and achieve sound development in spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetic aspects. Principal CHEUNG Fung leads the teaching team to develop new English teaching strategies, and helps students learn to use English flexibly and embark on the road to success through comprehensive school-based courses, a strong English learning environment, and diverse extracurricular activities. As a Christian secondary school popular among parents in the district, its students performed well in the 2025 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination. Many students obtained excellent results at Level 5**, Level 5* and Level 5, and the overall percentage of students who achieved Level 4 or above was also higher than the Hong Kong average, reflecting students' continuous efforts and stable learning attitude towards their ideals.

Interdisciplinary courses to improve comprehensive English ability

The school promotes an interdisciplinary curriculum led by English, aiming to combine language skills with multiple subjects such as geography, economics, science, and history. This teaching method can improve students' pronunciation, vocabulary, reading and reporting skills in different subject areas. For example, the geography subject helps students improve their pronunciation and spelling skills through the study of place names and professional terms; the science subject enriches students' subject-specific vocabulary and increases their mastery and application of subject knowledge; the history subject strengthens reading comprehension skills through historical documents. Through interdisciplinary collaborative teaching, students can not only gain a deeper understanding of subject knowledge, but also strengthen their language skills.

In addition, the English Department makes good use of technology to create a reading atmosphere for students. By encouraging students to use electronic platforms, they are encouraged to be exposed to articles and materials from different disciplines, echoing the concept of interdisciplinary curriculum. At the same time, the English Department leads students to read cross-disciplinary topics every year, which not only promotes the all-round development of students' learning, but also helps them prepare to successfully cope with various challenges and communicate effectively in a knowledge-driven world.

Participate in artificial intelligence research and innovate to build English confidence

Junior high school students in the school participated in a pilot study using artificial intelligence speaking tools, and their oral communication skills showed significant growth. Throughout the trial, students demonstrated dedicated engagement, remained enthusiastic, and actively completed daily conversation tasks, making the program particularly successful. Based on the above results, school teachers also received valuable sharing opportunities and published this encouraging research result at Jiangnan University. This positive result also encourages the school to further expand this program so that more students can build their confidence in English speaking through this innovative way. As these learning opportunities are further expanded, Principal CHEUNG Fung looks forward to seeing students continue to improve and use English effectively.

Practice public speaking and develop careful thinking and discernment

The school is committed to helping students become confident and effective communicators, a concept that can be seen in the active promotion of Toastmasters and the Debate Society. Students meet regularly to practice public speaking, learning how to construct opinions and express their opinions and ideas forcefully. In the Debate Society, students focus on developing their ability to think critically and construct solid arguments, skills that are indispensable for their future development. The students' investment in these societies has yielded fruitful results, and they have recently won numerous awards in various competitions, which has enhanced their self-confidence and interest in learning.

English Drama Society Space for creativity

The school also provides students with creative space to express themselves through the English Drama Society. The society aims to give students the opportunity to express themselves. Students can not only learn basic acting knowledge, but also write their own original scripts for performances. Through the performance process, students not only cultivate teamwork spirit, but also give full play to their creativity. Principal CHEUNG Fung said: "We are deeply proud of the performance of the Drama Society. The school was recognized for its overall excellent performance in the inter-school drama festival, winning many awards such as outstanding script, director and stage design."

Gifted English Education: Unleash your language potential

The school’s persistence in gifted English education is reflected in its participation in the gifted education program of the Hong Kong Education Bureau (EDB) for five consecutive years. The school is committed to creating an environment where students can truly realize their potential in language learning, providing students with valuable learning opportunities, allowing them to hone their skills in various competitions, and establish connections with the wider community.

An encouraging example is that a student once participated in a large-scale English writing competition and after winning the award, he had a close exchange with the winner of the Shaw Prize, which is highly respected in the industry. This is an extremely rare opportunity to learn valuable experience. Other unique experiences include interacting with leaders such as Secretary for Housing Ms. Edwin Ho, allowing students to gain valuable insights and see first-hand the powerful impact their communication skills can have in the real world.

Implement the concept of sustainable development and cultivate global citizenship

In order to deeply integrate the concept of sustainable development into campus education, the school uses a whole-school participation model to transform the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into implementable teaching practices. English courses covering the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are taught at Form 1 to Form 3. Through multiple forms such as thematic reading, situational dialogue, and issue debates, the 17 goals such as no poverty, gender equality, and climate action are transformed into distinct and three-dimensional language learning materials, cultivating students’ cross-cultural communication skills in using English to explain global issues and proposing solutions, so that language learning and the cultivation of global citizenship can be deeply integrated.

Students conduct research around SDGs issues of interest, from collecting and organizing data to refining opinions, and through the training of careful thinking and discernment throughout the process, transforming research results into fluent English expressions, and deepening their understanding of the issues during presentation and communication. More importantly, this goal does not rely solely on the advancement of English subjects, but forms a cross-disciplinary synergy, allowing the knowledge systems of different disciplines and the SDGs concept to empower each other, so that sustainable development can be transformed from an abstract concept into a daily literacy that students can perceive, participate in, and practice.