English combined with technology to improve learning efficiency

San Wui Commercial Society School Focusing on improving students’ English learning motivation, we closely follow the new trends in educational development and break through the limitations of traditional classrooms. Principal Hu Lifeng leads the teaching team to organically combine English teaching, technology applications, interest activities and other categories, and build interesting and immersive learning scenarios to allow students to improve their comprehensive English ability through natural interaction and achieve dual improvements in learning motivation and academic performance. In last year's secondary school allocation, the school achieved excellent results, with 100% of students successfully admitted to their first three choices, including King's College and St. Stephen's Girls' School, which are highly recognized by parents.

Learning English for daily life, balancing interests and learning

Principal Hu believes that integrating English teaching into areas that students are interested in can effectively enhance the joy of learning. To this end, the school uses interests as the starting point, and through diversified extracurricular activities and sports projects, English is naturally infiltrated into it, and English learning is realized in daily life. Take the twisting and dice teaching course as an example. The courses are taught in English by foreign teachers who are proficient in twisting and dice skills. In the classroom, the teacher also used English computer software to guide students to explore the method of restoring twist meters and dice. Students not only need to communicate with the teacher in English for questions and answers, but also understand the English instructions of the program.

The same is true for sports and arts projects. The school has opened English football classes and English netball classes based on students' different interests. In the football class, the coach explains football skills in English. While improving their skills, the students have accumulated a large amount of English vocabulary related to football, laying the foundation for future participation in international exchanges in the field of football. The netball class also uses an all-English teaching mode, allowing students to take into account English learning while exercising and fitness. Principal Hu said that integrating English elements according to students' interests not only makes students happy in learning, but also helps them flexibly apply the English they have learned in their daily lives and future studies.

Technology empowers English practice, taking into account both ability and value cultivation

The school uses technology as an auxiliary means to keep up with the pace of educational development. In the curriculum system, the school introduces artificial intelligence tools to guide students to accurately input instructions in English to generate poster designs and value story comic creations on themes such as anti-drugs and anti-smoking. Students need to constantly optimize the logic and accuracy of English expression to ensure that AI tools accurately understand their needs; at the same time, the activities allow students to understand the connotation of values ​​in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and achieve subtle moral shaping.

In addition, the school has introduced a variety of electronic dog devices with English conversation functions, among which high-end models support Scratch programming. Its English operating interface not only effectively cultivates students' logical thinking in programming design, but also allows students to naturally come into contact with English professional vocabulary and expressions during learning, laying a solid foundation for learning high-level programming languages ​​in middle school in the future.

English penetration into aerospace courses, based on the basics and looking to the future

The school offers progressive aerospace courses, teaching aerospace knowledge of corresponding difficulty according to the abilities of different grade students, and fully integrating English teaching into it. When students are exposed to basic aerospace theories or participate in simulated flight practice, they need to use a lot of English control instructions and related professional vocabulary. President Hu emphasized: "Daily work in the aviation industry requires communication and collaboration with professionals from all over the world, and various positions have high requirements for English proficiency. If students are interested in joining the aviation field in the future, a solid English foundation is essential."

Some students have a strong motivation to learn English because of their dream of aviation, and strive to achieve their life goals through improving their abilities. Principal Hu shared that there was once a student with a weak English foundation who showed outstanding talent in simulated flight training. During the participation, he not only accumulated English vocabulary in the aviation field, but also gradually built up his self-confidence in English learning, and his overall English score improved steadily.

Use programming as a medium to improve English skills

Principal Hu pointed out that English is of irreplaceable importance in the programming world. The school takes students' interests as the starting point to promote the in-depth integration of English learning and programming teaching. In programming design, students need to constantly reflect on and revise their works, and communicate and discuss with classmates. In the process, they will inevitably be exposed to a large number of English programming elements and instruction terms. Using programming design as a medium, students unknowingly utilize English knowledge and improve their English abilities in the process of completing practical tasks, further consolidating their English learning results and achieving the dual improvement of "skills + language".

Interdisciplinary theme reading, fun to consolidate knowledge base

This year, the school uses "Care for Marine Life" as its annual interdisciplinary theme, closely connecting English learning with science, computer and other subjects. The school has specially purchased a batch of English books related to the theme, so that students can accumulate English vocabulary and improve their reading comprehension skills while learning marine biological science knowledge and ecological protection concepts. In order to enhance the fun and interactivity of reading, the school introduced a giraffe-shaped interactive AR learning tool. When used with an iPad, the book pages can display a three-dimensional animation effect, and English audio explanations are simultaneously provided to make static reading come alive and effectively guide students to build their interest in reading.

In addition, the school integrates this theme into the literary performance, organizes students to perform English dramas, and encourages students to independently design the content of the drama - students need to first consult relevant English materials, and then take the initiative to use their creativity to complete the creation and interpretation of the script. This process not only increases students' participation, but also gives them the opportunity to flexibly apply the English knowledge they have learned into practice, break their fear of expressing themselves in English, and boldly express themselves in English on the stage.

Game-based learning helps connection, learning through fun and integration into campus

In the transition stage from kindergarten to primary school, the school adopts a game-based learning model in English teaching to allow students to learn and use English in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. For example, arrange students to participate in the "Hat Guess Object" game - students put pictures of objects on hats, and other students describe the characteristics of the objects in English for their peers to guess. This activity not only allows students to express more during interaction, but also continues the happiness of learning in kindergarten through simple and interesting games, helping students make a smooth transition.

The classes of foreign teachers also focus on interest and design a series of teaching activities centered on games to encourage students to communicate more and practice more - while "hands-on" operations, they also pay more attention to "verbal" expression to stimulate students' interest in learning English. For example, a painting session is set up. After students complete their works, they need to carry out a "Show and Tell" activity and introduce their works to the whole class in English. Starting from the cultivation of listening and speaking skills, they gradually build up their self-confidence in English learning.

In addition, in order to reduce the academic pressure on students, the school has made targeted adjustments in the assessment mechanism: the number of exams in the first grade is reduced by one time compared with other grades, and the number of silent readings is reduced by one-third compared with the past. The school hopes that by focusing on the transition needs from kindergarten to primary school, students can gradually adapt to the learning rhythm of primary school and lay a solid foundation for subsequent English learning.