Enrich English learning activities to help build a happy learning spirit

Buddhist Chan Wing Kan Memorial SchoolAdhering to the purpose of running the Buddhist Federation, we develop basic education in a balanced manner with the spirit of compassion and fraternity to cultivate good talents for society. Relying on its forward-looking educational philosophy and high-quality school-based curriculum, the school has performed well in the allocation of places to secondary schools. Many students have successfully entered the secondary schools of their choice, making it a widely popular school among parents in the district. Principal Chen Manlin said that the teaching team will continue to strive for excellence in the future, strengthen English education, and create a strong English learning atmosphere through diversified English courses, interesting English activities and e-learning platforms, so that students can immerse themselves in an English context of listening and speaking more.

Unique school-based courses to create a spirit of “enjoyment in learning”

The school's curriculum design is student-centered, focusing on inspiring students' creative thinking through practice, developing their potential, and promoting lifelong learning. In terms of English teaching, the teaching team attaches great importance to the connection between kindergarten and primary school, grasps the "golden period" of students' language ability, introduces the "Space Town Programme" designed by the Education Bureau, and applies the "Lesson Plans" and "Student Booklets" of the curriculum to teach in units. Foreign English teachers will use "Big Books" to guide story reading in class, leading students to experience the beauty of the written world; schools will also use "Home Reading Books" and "Letter Books" to allow students to go home for extended reading, deepen their pinyin foundation, and establish self-study habits. Even in upper primary schools, the curriculum focuses on strengthening students' reading and writing skills. "Guided Reading" teaching is introduced in the fourth and fifth grades. Through group teaching, guided reading and independent reading, communication between teachers and students in the classroom is strengthened, and students are helped to build the confidence to express and share their opinions in English. In addition, the school also participated in the "Curriculum Leaders Professional Development Program" of the Education Bureau's "Language Teaching Support Section" last year, redesigning appropriate fifth-grade curriculum, and strengthening the professional development of the teaching team through class observations and teaching exchanges with sister schools.

Recruited 4 additional foreign teachers to establish a good English context

In addition to a complete curriculum framework for learning English, it is also very important to practice what you have learned in life and build the confidence to use English to interact with people. Therefore, the school has hired a number of foreign English teachers from different countries to create a good English context. Four foreign English teachers will use flexible teaching methods in class, such as singing games, games, dramas, discussions, etc., to help reduce students' fear of English and simultaneously enhance their interest and motivation in learning. Principal Chen said, "One of the foreign English teachers has been teaching at the school for more than 6 years. He is very familiar with the learning difficulties of the students in the school. He often designs interesting and targeted teaching activities to help overcome English difficulties and is deeply loved by students. Moreover, after the additional manpower is allocated, the foreign English teacher will not only be responsible for the junior primary courses, but also be fully responsible for the "Guided Reading" for the upper primary schools. He will also strengthen conversation training for the sixth grade students, teach English interview etiquette and skills, and prepare for the interviews for high school."

In order to create a more complete context, the school also simultaneously designed a series of school-wide English activities and made good use of the rich resources of the English room. Students can enjoy the experience of communicating in English in a pleasant environment. For example, on the campus TV station "English Wonderland" led by foreign English teachers, students will host special programs in English. Vice Principal Ho Chi Wai explained: "The program is rich in content and spans different disciplines, such as conducting scientific research experiments, making desserts for festivals, inviting guests for exclusive interviews, etc. By serving as program hosts, students can not only build their confidence in using English, but also make their peers watching the program understand that English is closely related to life and can be used as a daily communication tool, turning it into a motivation to learn English." In addition, the school also holds English learning activities during the "all-round learning period" every Friday, such as "English Debate Team" and "Drama" Club", "Cooking is fun", "English Fun Games", etc., encourage students to communicate more in English.

E-learning x reading to build self-study spirit

With social progress and changes in educational thinking, the teaching team has also kept pace with the times, adopted the concept of multiple intelligences, and developed comprehensive electronic teaching strategies to increase classroom interactivity and build students' self-learning spirit, including different electronic learning platforms, such as "Longman Elect Self-learning Platform", "Raz-Plus", "Space Town Go!", etc. In terms of teaching, the classroom also fully uses e-learning software "Classkick", "Kahoot", "Padlet", etc. for classroom teaching, and uses the electronic whiteboard in the classroom to continue to deepen and optimize teaching, and uses multimedia teaching materials to enhance teacher-student and student-student interaction to create an interactive learning classroom.

In addition, the school actively promotes English reading by implementing the "Space Town English Reading Scheme" in junior primary schools, the "Newspaper Reading Scheme" in upper primary schools, and the use of the online reading platform "Raz-Plus" throughout the school. The "English Ambassadors" of senior primary schools will also lead the "Reading Companion Program", leading junior primary students to read different English textbooks during lunch time to cultivate the whole school's interest in reading. At the same time, they can review the past and learn new things, strengthen their English expression skills, and create a friendly campus atmosphere.