Discover the joy of learning English and move towards your ideal future

Assembly of God Hebron Secondary SchoolAdhere to the spirit of the school motto of "Faith, Love, Diligence, and Determination", take Christian education as the basis, and strive to enable students to achieve "whole-person development." The school firmly believes that every student is unique and teachable, so it actively provides diversified learning activities and campus environment so that students can realize their potential both academically and physically. Principal Choi Hong Nin has profound experience in English teaching. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the EDB Committee on English Language Education. He leads the teaching team to design teaching policies and school-based curriculum that keep pace with the times, and creates an inspiring English learning environment, thereby enhancing students' motivation to learn English and opening up a rich life.

Diverse English teaching strategies to enrich learning and communication opportunities

The school is committed to designing diversified teaching strategies to allow students to acquire Chinese knowledge from multiple aspects, such as setting up English corners, organizing English inter-subject activities, and making English reports in morning meetings, etc., to enhance students' initiative and enthusiasm in English learning. In recent years, the school has launched a large-scale English activity "English Friday", with different learning themes every month, including movies, sports, crafts, technology, etc., providing students with immersive English learning opportunities. English teachers will design various types of English games and activities, such as movie screenings, festival celebrations, board games, etc., so that students can have more exposure to English outside the classroom and apply what they have learned.

Every English Friday morning, the school will play English short films and have an English campus TV program (English Friday Morning Channel). Students will take turns hosting and serving as screenwriters, directors, starring actors, photographers and other positions to bring English knowledge into life and practice what they have learned. In the English short film, students and English teachers will introduce the day's activities and review the activities of the past week. By combining pop music elements and eye-catching special effects, students' attention will be enhanced in learning English. At the same time, the school also makes good use of information technology, using the Zoom platform to conduct English Friday in video format to enhance students' language knowledge and cultivate their ability to apply innovative technologies. Principal Choi Hong Nin pointed out that even though the event was affected by the platform’s number limit, the number of participants in English Friday was as high as 200, reflecting the students’ active learning spirit.

Publish campus English publications to apply what you have learned and increase your sense of success

In order to allow students to learn and use English effectively and create successful experiences, the school publishes two campus English publications - Hebron Times and Hebron Anthology, and arranges students to experience interview work and apply English in real situations. The Leisure English Newspaper focuses on the latest developments in English teaching in schools, including messages from principals and English teachers to students, as well as sharing of English activities, outstanding schools, and foreign English teachers. It will also showcase the latest English-related courses in schools. Previous issues of the Kang Le English Collection used famous paintings by William Shakespeare and Vincent Van Gogh as covers to deepen students' cultural and artistic cultivation.

The Kang Le English Anthology collects 60 students' English compositions and 60 student paintings, which are carefully divided into different themes. The content is 100% original by the students, so that their artistic potential and creative talents can be fully unleashed. At the same time, the excellent articles in the English anthology will become reading materials for other students, breaking the boundary of teachers being the only readers of students' works. The school is committed to providing students with different creative platforms so that teachers, parents, and students can appreciate their students' works and achievements together, thereby establishing a learning culture of mutual appreciation on campus and promoting students' continuous progress.

Teacher Wen Xuewei, director of the English subject, said: "It has always been our ambition to provide students with a good English education. The English teacher team of Hong Le Middle School hopes that after students enter Hong Le Secondary School, they will not only learn and love English in a strong and pleasant English environment, but also lay a good foundation in English and equip themselves so that they can get good results in public examinations. With the joint efforts of the entire English subject team, we have witnessed the graduates achieving great results in recent years. Following the 2020 graduate, Tang Yongxuan, obtained Level 1 in English. 5. After successfully entering the Department of Law at the University of Hong Kong, the 2022 graduate Li Jiayao also entered the Department of Science at the University of Hong Kong with a score of Level 5 in English. The English department team of Kang Le will continue to work hard to create a good English learning environment for students. "

Adding English classes for public examinations to help students get into their favorite universities

In order to help students achieve excellent results in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, the school takes this as its main teaching goal. With the full support of the principal and the school, the Saturday HKDSE English cram school was successfully launched in September 2022. About 50 students were invited to return to the school on Saturdays to receive additional enrichment courses, practice HKDSE past examination papers, and improve their English application skills. Principal Choi Hong Nin said: "Judging from student questionnaires and attendance rates, this course has received positive and positive responses from students. More importantly, students have significantly improved their Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination scores in the past year." The HKDSE English cram school on Saturday played an important role in improving students' English proficiency. The course will continue to be offered this academic year and will be expanded to enroll nearly 100 students, providing them with additional enrichment courses in English to help students prepare for the public examinations with the best performance and enter the university of their choice.

School-based vocabulary study book Online English reading platform

The school understands the importance of English vocabulary to language ability and is committed to helping students use English flexibly and successfully cope with English exams. To this end, the English subject team has specially designed a school-based English vocabulary study book for students in Form 1 to Form 5, which introduces about 3,000 commonly used English words. These vocabulary words revolve around different learning topics and match students' learning progress. The new word study book not only provides a unified learning resource, but also encourages students to actively learn and memorize new words, so that they can gradually build a rich English vocabulary library, so that they can communicate and express in English more freely, laying a solid foundation for taking English exams in the future.

At the same time, reading is one of the important ways to absorb knowledge. Through reading, students gain new perspectives, expand their knowledge, and improve language skills and reading comprehension. In order to cultivate students' good reading habits, the English subject group promotes different reading plans and continues to subscribe to the Raz-Kids online reading platform, which provides students with about 800 English e-books for free. The teaching team will also carefully guide students with different English abilities and reading speeds, select appropriate English books for them, and provide them with appropriate reading suggestions, so that they can gain something and make great progress.

Open English classes at the intermediate level to create a strong English context

In order to provide more opportunities for students to gradually come into contact with and apply English at the junior high school level, the school, in line with the goal of "mother-tongue teaching and proficiency in both Chinese and English", arranges for one class of intermediate-level students with better English proficiency in the 23/24 school year to study mathematics and science subjects with English as the medium of instruction, creating a strong English learning environment and allowing students to have more extensive exposure to and use of English. In these courses, students will complete classroom tasks in English and use English teaching materials and resources to provide more English practice opportunities and cultivate students' intercultural communication skills and global perspective. Through English-based teaching, students will have a deeper understanding of the culture and values ​​of English-speaking countries, and know how to communicate and cooperate with people from different backgrounds to enhance their personal competitiveness.

Make good use of the integrated resources of the school and the school to organize weekly English activities

As a Christian school with deep ties to the church, the school has long been supported by the Tai Po Church of the Assembly of God in Zhuyuan District. Principal Choi Hong NinExplore the potential and opportunities and actively promote cooperation with foreign pastors, evangelists and English subjects of the church. Students are invited to gatherings planned in collaboration with foreign pastors and evangelists from the church. During the activities, students will work together on word games, memory games, drama performances, group sharing and other activities, and connect with Pastor Vick, Pastor John and other missionaries, listen to the gospel of the Bible, promote the growth of students' religious beliefs and values, and cultivate their spiritual development. The cooperation model between schools and churches not only provides students with a richer learning experience, but also provides students with comprehensive education and support, and can also learn authentic and pure English.

In addition to cooperating with church pastors and preachers, the school also organized an English Net Team composed of a number of preachers to provide students with support and guidance in English learning. The members of the English Net Team are missionaries with rich English teaching experience and professional knowledge. They provide students with one-on-one or group English tutoring and guidance, including English conversation practice, grammar and vocabulary learning, and the improvement of writing skills. In addition, the English Net Team also organizes various English activities, such as English reading clubs, English competitions, etc., to create a pleasant and interactive learning environment, stimulate students' interest in English and motivation to learn, and provide opportunities to apply what they have learned.