Forward-looking English teaching, strengthening learning motivation, and having both knowledge and attitude

TWGHs Lee Ching Dea Memorial College is committed to cultivating students to become outstanding talents, providing a high-quality learning environment, helping them discover their personal talents and strengths and develop their talents. Principal Tsang Wing ShanActively build a professional teaching team to improve learning and teaching effectiveness, cultivate students to establish a good learning attitude, implement the English teaching policies and strategies formulated by the school, and lay a solid knowledge foundation for students to enhance their interest, self-confidence and application ability in learning English.

Develop a comprehensive English strategy to promote professional communication among teams

In order to improve students' English learning effectiveness, the school invests abundant resources, optimizes teaching strategies, and provides a comprehensive and balanced English learning experience. Principal Tsang Wing Shan stated that the school will rationally allocate educational resources to improve the quality of teaching. In addition to comprehensively supporting the work of the teaching team, the school also attaches great importance to improving students' academic standards, of which English is of course the core focus. The school is committed to promoting the professional development and exchange of teachers and ensuring that the entire teaching team has a consistent philosophy, thereby providing students with the highest quality English education.

Principal Tsang Wing Shan once led a team to participate in the "Chief Executive's Excellence in Teaching Award" and received a commendation award to promote professional exchanges among teachers and review the effectiveness of education policies, hoping to establish a positive learning atmosphere at Li Runtian Memorial Secondary School. In addition, the English teaching team also participated in the "TWGHs Teaching Award" to jointly explore more effective and innovative teaching methods and strategies, organize interesting and inspiring English teaching activities, and strengthen communication and collaboration with parents, through school and family levels, to encourage students to try learning English in different areas and methods, such as English activities and competitions, to broaden their knowledge horizons.

Establish "Interdisciplinary English Group" to develop common skills

The school has one English class in each of Form 1 to Form 3, using English as the teaching language to teach English, mathematics and science subjects, creating an immersive English context, providing more course options for students with better language proficiency, and subtly improving students' English application abilities. In addition, the school also implements interdisciplinary learning elements to help students integrate knowledge from various subjects, and has established a "Language Across the Curriculum Committee" to increase students' opportunities to learn and use English in various subjects. The English subject team will organize different special studies and interdisciplinary activities to develop students' common skills such as communication, collaboration, and creativity, so that students can not only strengthen their subject knowledge, but also prepare for future university courses as early as possible.

Clear Curriculum Goals Three-tier Gifted Education

The school has formulated clear curriculum objectives based on the students' learning abilities and needs. In addition to the balanced regular curriculum, the school not only arranges homework tutoring for students who are slightly behind in progress, but also provides enrichment courses for students with better grades to cater for different learning needs and achieve the effect of top-notch, supplementary, and middle-class students. In addition, in order to develop the diverse potential of students, the school actively promotes gifted education to help students develop their talents.

Principal Tsang Wing Shan said: "I have noticed that some students are good at writing, and some students have excellent speaking skills, but overall, we hope that all students in the school can explore their potential and strive for excellence." Therefore, gifted education is the focus of the school's education and adopts a "three-tiered framework implementation model" to provide diversified learning experiences through whole-school, whole-class, and individual models to explore and cultivate students' potential, thereby inspiring their high-level thinking development.

Offer IELTS courses and obtain international language certification

For students with outstanding academic performance in the school, the school specially offers the internationally recognized IELTS course for students to take for free. The course content covers English test-taking skills, making students' path to further studies smoother and improving their personal competitiveness. The school’s teaching strategies have achieved remarkable results. In the past few years, many students have achieved good results in IELTS, which reflects that students have a solid language foundation and are able to cope with the obstacles they may face when using English, thereby stimulating interest and effectiveness in learning other subjects, cultivating independent learning habits, and improving learning efficiency.

Principal Tsang Wing Shan added: "Students participating in internationally recognized English proficiency tests in their spare time will be of great help to them when they take public examinations in the future. Especially the examination modes of both sides are similar. Students absorb the experience of taking the IELTS test, which can strengthen their confidence in taking the DSE test. This will bring endless benefits when choosing the direction of study in the future." At the same time, the school also leads students to visit various universities in Hong Kong to help students set goals, aspire to enter university, and develop their talents in different fields.

Achievements in external competitions and English teaching highly recognized

The school actively encourages students to participate in activities and competitions held inside and outside the school, use English to communicate in different scenarios, and learn the language in an interesting way. The English subject team cultivates students at all grades to become English ambassadors, provides them with training and opportunities for public speaking in English, and serves as host in morning assemblies, large-scale ceremonies or other activities, to enhance students' confidence in using English, so that they no longer resist expressing themselves in English.

In terms of out-of-school English exchanges, the school has even won the championship in the "Hands on Stage" Puppetry Competition and the runner-up in the "Speak Up – Act Out Improvised Drama Competition" organized by the English Teacher Program of the Curriculum Development Institute of the Education Bureau. Principal Tsang Wing Shan pointed out: "Students winning multiple awards are of course an affirmation of teaching work, but we place more emphasis on the enthusiasm of students to participate in activities." In the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival (English Speech), more than 110 students participate in English Solo Verse, Public Speaking and Choral Speaking every year, reflecting students' initiative and enthusiasm for English learning, and all teachers are encouraged by it.

Enrich English practice opportunities and incorporate daily life materials

Principal Tsang Wing Shan It is advocated that English learning should not be limited to the classroom, but should also allow students to express their creativity and learn the language in a relaxed and stress-free environment. The school is committed to creating opportunities for students to use English, and actively organizes various types of English-themed festivals to connect language with life and create a strong Western festival atmosphere. For example, during Halloween, teachers will arrange various games and lead students to hold holiday parties; at Christmas, there is also a school-wide English morning meeting. The school allows students to use English happily and happily through daily life, and uses different activities to let them feel the festive atmosphere, strengthen teacher-student interaction, and enhance their interest in English.

During this semester, the school has also participated in several overseas exchange groups. Among the students in English-speaking countries, they can also communicate fluently with locals in English, which shows that the strategy of developing English is very effective.

In addition to on-campus activities, the school will also arrange for students to interact with sister schools in the Mainland, such as English dialogues with Ningbo Foreign Languages ​​School through online platforms, promoting learning exchanges and collaboration between the two places, effectively improving students' communication and social skills, deepening their English cultural accomplishment, and gaining a deeper understanding of the culture and customs of different regions.

Cultivate the spirit of independent learning and establish good reading habits

Reading is an important channel for absorbing knowledge. Developing good reading habits can help broaden students’ learning horizons. The school has always attached great importance to reading teaching, and the teaching team has spared no effort to formulate policies and promote reading plans, hoping that students will absorb and digest knowledge from reading and lay a foundation for learning. The school focuses on promoting "Reading Across the Curriculum" to encourage students to read various types of books to consolidate knowledge in different subjects and increase students' learning autonomy. At the same time, the teaching team has also launched diversified reading programs, including the Reading Buddies program, in which senior students lead junior high school students to read. The school also designs appropriate reading materials, produces "Reading Booklets" for students, and cooperates with the reading award program to cultivate students' regular reading habits.