Create an English learning atmosphere and create a new AI learning model

Ho Ming Primary School (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen)With "Love to Learn, Learn to Love" as the core teaching belief, in English teaching, we are committed to creating a relaxed and enjoyable learning environment for students and cultivating their confidence in learning English. Principal Tan Fengting hopes that students can get rid of their fear of English, enjoy learning English, and integrate English into their lives. Therefore, in terms of teaching planning, the school integrates English with other areas through context construction, curriculum design, activity planning, etc., so that English is no longer limited to a simple subject, but penetrates into various fields as a basic language tool.

Cut into the campus environment and incorporate English elements

In order to create a strong English learning atmosphere, the school integrates English elements into the campus environment and facility planning to make them organically combined and naturally connected. Chinese-English bilingual content has been added to various places on campus, including some English words related to values ​​education. For example, the words "We need to think, and we need to have ideas, and try and try again, and then you can succeed" are painted to convey perseverance to students. Relevant value content is displayed in conjunction with the theme of monthly weekly meetings, which not only allows students to understand the use of English words and phrases, but also cultivates the connotation of values ​​​​in a subtle way.

Diversified English activities let English penetrate naturally

The school designs diversified English activities to create an immersive learning context covering the whole school, so that English can naturally penetrate into every corner of campus life. English learning begins when students step into school. The school implements the "Come and Talk" program, which requires students to read English sentences aloud under the guidance of English ambassadors when they enter the school every day. If they master all the sentences, they can redeem the clip doll rewards. The input of a small amount of sentences every day makes it easier for students to enter their brains, and the reward mechanism is more effective in improving learning motivation.

This year, the school optimized the weekly meeting on Monday. The weekly meetings use monthly values ​​as the theme, and English teachers or foreign teachers are invited to be the speakers, and students are arranged to participate in all English, so that students can simultaneously improve their pronunciation and oral expression skills in the process of listening and sharing. "Movie Time" and "Melody Break" activities will also be carried out during the recess period, allowing students to immerse themselves in English through English movies and English songs in an interesting way and stimulate learning motivation.

Create opportunities, show confidence and let students shine

Cultivating students' self-confidence and leadership skills is the school's concern. To this end, the school has launched a memorable star to create opportunities for each student to show off. The "Creative Stage" section is set up to allow students to share English stories, recite and other school-wide English performances on the stage. Through stage performances, they can overcome their fears and strengthen their confidence in learning English. The school also organizes students to participate in internationally recognized English exams to accurately understand their English proficiency, which will then become the driving force for their progress and gain self-confidence from the exam results. Earlier, some students took the Cambridge English exam and achieved perfect scores in different levels. In the future, Principal Tan plans to invite students to participate in international English tests such as TOEFL, so that students can improve their English proficiency through challenges.

In addition, the school has an English Ambassador Program that allows students to participate in the design and execution of English activities. In addition to building an English learning atmosphere, it also supports the cultivation of leadership skills. Principal Tan said: "By participating in English Ambassadors, they have established a sense of mission to share English with their classmates and a sense of ownership of English activities. This not only improves their own speaking skills, but also drives other students to take the initiative to communicate in English through peer interaction, further consolidating their English confidence."

Organically integrate different fields to create a diverse interdisciplinary experience

The school deeply integrates English learning with learning in different fields, and timely incorporates English elements into different activities to create a diverse interdisciplinary experience. For example, senior students are organized to carry out AI learning in English composition. Students need to first accumulate English vocabulary, and then input instructions for the AI ​​to assist in generating songs, achieving an organic combination of English, music, and AI elements, making English teaching more interesting.

In addition, the school organizes exchange groups to let students understand the latest developments in the world. Earlier, the school selected six senior primary school students to participate in the BETT Show educational technology exhibition in the UK. The students set up stalls at the site to introduce their works. The school also leads students to exchange with sister schools in Beijing, teaching local students to carry out STEAM activities in English, and allowing peers to communicate and learn from each other. Through exchange activities, not only can English and STEAM subjects be deeply integrated, and knowledge points can be consolidated through the experience of applying what they have learned, but it can also enable students to use English as a bridge to see the world. In the future, the school plans to go to Australia to conduct exchange groups related to environmental protection, ecology and artificial intelligence, and continue to deepen the interdisciplinary application of English and STEAM.

Make good use of AI tools to take care of personalized learning

The school makes good use of AI tools to assist students in learning and provides personalized support through the AI English learning platform to cater for the needs of each student. The school designs AI learning plans to meet the needs of different grades. The first and second graders start with interests and engage in parent-child English learning tasks, such as AI English song creation and English AI video production, integrating learning elements in a relaxed atmosphere to let students "Love to Learn, Learn to Love"; the third and fourth graders use the AI ​​platform to carry out vocabulary dictation to help students string together words; the fifth and sixth graders use the reading, writing, listening and speaking AI platform to give students more opportunities to practice. They can obtain scores through the AI ​​platform's recording function, train their personal English pronunciation, cultivate independent learning abilities, and build confidence in English expression.

Promote English reading culture and create special reading activities

In order to promote English reading in all aspects, the school creates special reading activities to cultivate students' English reading habits. The school uses "DEAR Time" (i.e. "Drop Everything and Read") as the direction to promote reading. It arranges students to read after meals every eighth period to establish reading habits. It also holds a "Creative Reading Club" and implements the policy of "every Chinese book borrowed must borrow an English book" to ensure students' English reading. The library also often cooperates with other disciplines to promote interdisciplinary reading. According to specific topics, students are arranged to borrow relevant English books from the library to support subject learning.

The school has launched the "Reading Tuesday" activity since 2024, which includes a variety of activities, such as the "English Fun Reading" program, in which foreign English tutors enter the class room to accompany students in English reading. At the same time, the principal's storytelling and reading skills classes are integrated to enrich reading forms. The school regularly holds large-scale reading activities. In April last year, the school held an English Reading Day with the theme of "Aesop's Fables". The event was held in the form of a carnival, with different English activities in the classrooms and auditorium. While promoting reading, it was hoped to increase students' interest in learning English.

Primary 1 “English-Advanced Class” Program to Fully Develop Your English Potential

Starting from September 2024, the school will open the "English Enhancement Class", which will provide all-English teaching in English, science, and mathematics for students whose native language is English and who have advanced English skills. It will create a strong English atmosphere through daily interactions, give students more opportunities to use English, take care of the diversity of learning, and implement teaching in accordance with their aptitude. Currently, this model has been extended to second grade and plans to extend it to other classes. At the same time, Primary One implements a no-examination policy throughout the year, replacing paper-based assessments with diversified progressive assessments, and increasing students' oral English training opportunities through learning tasks, parent-child tasks, etc.