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Valtorta CollegeAs a well-known English middle school in the region, it has been favored by parents and students for many years. With its forward-looking and outstanding educational concepts, it promotes students' comprehensive language development and cultivates professional talents for different fields of society. The school pursues a strict but caring educational spirit, which not only promotes students’ academic success, but also helps them achieve balanced emotional, social and moral development. The new principal Wong Ling Yan has rich experience in English education. Her many years of management experience in English middle schools enable her to lead the teaching team to formulate comprehensive and balanced language policies, create an immersive English learning environment, and help students develop their potential, expand their international horizons, and become outstanding talents in society.

4E concept promotes whole-person development and diverse experiences broaden learning horizons

The school has always been committed to pursuing "Academic Excellence", providing high-quality holistic education, responding to students' learning needs and parents' expectations, actively mobilizing the enthusiasm of the teaching team, and leveraging their professional abilities to help students achieve their academic and personal development goals. Principal Wong Ling Yan said: "As a regional prestigious school, students are very focused on reading and studying, so we have the responsibility to provide students with more learning opportunities outside the classroom to help them get "Exposure". This is not limited to overseas exchanges, but also includes encouraging students to participate in various competitions to combine knowledge with practice
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In addition, the school also actively enriches students' "Learning experience". Principal Wong Ling Yan pointed out that learning does not only happen in the classroom, but also through interaction with others, participation in competitions and extra-school activities to enrich students' learning experience. The teachers in the school are very active and arrange a variety of "Experiential Learning Days" for each grade to provide a variety of learning opportunities to help students enjoy learning in their daily lives and stimulate their motivation to learn.

On the other hand, since students have high academic requirements and face a certain amount of pressure, the school creates "Enjoyment" for students from different levels, pays attention to their learning pleasure, and deliberately adds a variety of campus life and interesting activities. Principal Wong Ling Yan added: "Earlier, after the exam on November 7, we held a forum called "Trouble Let it Go, eat ice cream together" activity, arrange for students to enjoy ice cream together with their class teacher. This activity not only allows students to relax, but also encourages them to write down their stress on cards and make plans to encourage themselves. We hope to enhance students' resilience, promote cohesion within the class and between teachers and students, and create a positive campus culture."

Flexible biliteracy and trilingual policy Learn professional English vocabulary

As a well-known English-speaking secondary school in the region, except for Chinese, Chinese history, social studies, Mandarin, ethics and religion, and physical education, all other subjects are taught in English. The school is committed to improving students' language skills, laying a good learning foundation for different subjects, and extending and absorbing knowledge in different areas. The school's English learning is divided into two parts. One is General English, which involves general skills and daily use of English, such as the expressions of commonly used words and phrases, or the indicative vocabulary that appears in test questions; the other is professional vocabulary used in subjects, such as the Renaissance, the fuse of the World War, etc. Some Chinese nouns that most students are familiar with, but have not been exposed to English expressions. The school's clear division of English vocabulary teaching can formulate appropriate teaching strategies based on students' learning progress and personal characteristics.

At the same time, in order to allow students to explore learning methods that suit them, cultivate a spirit of independent learning, and integrate different knowledge points, the school splits the classroom content. Taking biology as an example, teachers will break down different types of English words such as human body, organism, plant, etc., and then lead students to conduct relevant scientific explorations and experiments to understand the diversity and complexity of biological sciences. In this process, students need to design their own experimental procedures, collect and analyze data, and write up experimental results. Not only can they apply the knowledge they have learned in different situations, but they can also implement the concept of interdisciplinary learning, broaden their knowledge, and cultivate students' good biliteracy and trilingual skills.

Situational teaching applies English knowledge and effectively masters language skills

Authentic learning situations help students apply their language knowledge. The school actively encourages students to participate in different English competitions and activities, such as English speech competitions and English debate competitions, to improve their oral expression and debate skills. The school also organizes English drama and English movie appreciation activities to enrich students' English learning experience and broaden their knowledge through drama performances and movie viewing. Students can not only learn English immersively, but also apply the knowledge they have learned in daily life. English teachers will lead students to the cultural center to learn about the history and knowledge of drama, observe how others perform in English on stage, feel the strong cultural atmosphere, and increase their exposure to English.

The school also has a pilot course cooperation program with the University of Hong Kong. University lecturers will lead Form 4 students to conceive and write articles around different themes. They will be taught to use advanced equipment to record and edit short films, and then dub by themselves. The students all enjoyed and engaged in it very much, and found that English can be widely used in different aspects, which enhanced their interest in learning. At the same time, the school plans to arrange for students to participate in guided tours at the University of Hong Kong to provide them with learning motivation and further study goals, equip themselves early and in a planned manner, and cooperate with the school's comprehensive teaching policies to help students improve their personal competitiveness.

In addition, the school is committed to improving students' biliteracy and trilingual skills, especially in English, through various co-curricular activities. For example, the daily morning meetings are all hosted by student organizations (including the Catholic Alumni Association, the Student Union, the Four Clubs, and leading students, etc.) in English. In the weekly meetings, good book promotion and short lectures on moral values ​​are permanent projects. In recent years, students are often responsible for sharing, so that students can become accustomed to using biliteracy and trilingualism for public speeches. Extracurricular activities are also actively supported. For example, a student stood out and was selected as the "Student Cultural Ambassador of the Hong Kong Palace Museum" and served as a biliterate and trilingual tour guide. In terms of STEAM, Secondary 2 students learned to give presentations in English under the guidance of English teachers, introducing their design concepts and product features. All these are aimed at creating a good language environment for students and preparing them for joining the society in the future.

Enrich English learning resources and provide opportunities to leverage your strengths

The school provides a variety of English courses and learning resources, such as rich reading, writing, listening and speaking materials, as well as online learning platforms, to meet students' different learning needs and comprehensively develop their English abilities. Through a variety of learning materials, students can practice and apply the English knowledge they have learned in different situations. The school will submit excellent articles written by students to the South China Morning Post and publish them on the school's official website to enhance students' writing interest and enthusiasm, and give them recognition and a sense of accomplishment. Earlier, some students joined the "South China Morning Post Reporter Team" to provide top students with opportunities to develop their personal strengths.

Innovative English learning program to cultivate higher-order thinking skills

The school combines different innovative educational concepts and launches a variety of English learning projects, striving to create an immersive learning environment for students. Through the introduction of F.2 STEAM project learning, science, technology, engineering, mathematics and English are organically combined, and students' high-level thinking is inspired through the inquiry process, including logical reasoning, analysis, synthesis and other abilities. Students will give English reports in the last project study session to show what they have learned. At the same time, the school also cooperates with the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups. Institutional mentors will come to the school to conduct collaborative teaching with school teachers to promote the development of students' design and creative thinking. They are required to submit a complete report at the end of the project and conduct a report in English.

In addition, the school has also set up a “Let’s Art” exhibition corner for students to learn English in different subjects. The exhibition corner regularly changes themes, such as design, history, science and other fields, so that English learning is not limited to the classroom, allowing students to understand English vocabulary in different knowledge areas. For example, when the theme of the exhibition corner is design, the exhibits will contain students' creative design drawings, models or works of art, with corresponding descriptions and explanations in English, so that students can appreciate the talents and efforts of their peers by viewing, reading and discussing the exhibits, and can also develop interest in different knowledge in English learning.

Provide one-to-one study guidance and develop personalized study plans

Individualized support allows students to focus on their own learning needs. For this purpose, the school has an English corner and an English tutor group to provide one-on-one learning guidance to answer students' learning questions and difficulties. Vice Principal He Shichang pointed out: "The school provides personalized English learning and hires English tutors to provide students with one-on-one or group learning guidance to consolidate students' knowledge base. The tutors will work with students to help them develop personalized learning plans to overcome different learning challenges and improve their English ability."

In addition, the school has established a learning strategy group to teach students effective language learning skills, arrange for class teachers to share different learning strategies, such as grammar knowledge, note-taking methods, etc., and encourage students to make good use of online learning platforms and resources to improve their English proficiency through independent learning. Vice Principal Yuan Jiabao said: "The school also arranges students to participate in the Spelling bees spelling bee. Through a relaxed and enjoyable learning mode, students can deepen their vocabulary and demonstrate their spelling skills, and then train them to become independent and reflective learners who can regularly review their learning results." Afterwards, teachers in the English subject group will select appropriate reading articles and materials for students in reading classes based on their different learning levels to help students collect and accumulate words in different categories and improve the effectiveness of cross-subject learning.

Pioneer in e-learning, making good use of artificial intelligence to deepen interactive learning of English

As a pioneer in the electronic teaching model, the school has achieved school-wide WiFi coverage by laying optical fiber networks throughout the school, and each classroom is equipped with an electronic whiteboard. Electronic teaching enhances the interactivity of the classroom, for example, by integrating information, instant questions and answers, etc. to present rich and diverse teaching content and deepen students' absorption and understanding of knowledge. During the epidemic, the school also made good use of online platforms to conduct online teaching, allowing students to master teaching materials more easily and promoting active learning.

Big data analysis can help formulate personalized learning plans and teaching strategies for students. The school implements the teaching policy of "score tracking" to create a performance progress chart for each student and record the rankings of different subjects to help students control their own learning progress. The school will make a competency assessment list to understand the different needs of students and the learning difficulties they may face, and specifically present the students' learning progress through score and data analysis. Different from other electronic teaching, the school makes good use of technology and data to bring warm care to students and is committed to providing appropriate learning support.

In addition, the school has introduced an artificial intelligence robot called VC Buddy to communicate with students in English. The robot has speech recognition and language processing capabilities. It can understand students' questions and answer them in fluent English, helping students improve their oral expression and listening skills. VC Buddy will walk around the library and auditorium on weekdays, providing real-time English practice opportunities and creating a creative English learning atmosphere. Students can interact with VC Buddy in their spare time, and the robot's instant feedback can help students improve their pronunciation and language sense, and enhance their learning motivation.

Comprehensive transition plan to high school to adapt to interdisciplinary learning model

Transition planning to middle school plays an important role in the transitional stage for students when they first enter middle school. The school has specially designed an orientation course for students from Primary 6 to middle school, which is jointly developed by English, science, history, geography, life and social studies, in order to help first-year students successfully adapt to the new learning environment, strengthen their sense of belonging to the school, and master the learning model of middle school. The content of the orientation courses covers different learning areas such as scientific experiments, historical inquiry, geography, and life and social sciences. It improves students' English proficiency at all levels and adapts to the interdisciplinary learning model, thereby cultivating their learning ability and self-discipline, laying a solid foundation for future learning, and becoming global citizens with both good character and academic performance.

Principal Wong Ling YanIn the first two weeks of school, we will personally visit the new students in Form 1 in the classroom and introduce themselves in English to let them understand the principal and the core values ​​of the school. She said: "After the visit, every student needs to write a reply to me. About 80% of the students choose to write in English. Some write well, and some have grammatical errors, but the important thing is that they are willing to try. In addition, students generally report that the teacher's teaching method is quite solid and can provide guidance according to individual needs. In class, the teacher will teach step by step. To ensure that students can fully understand every knowledge point. If students need more support in English learning, the school also has after-school reading classes to provide additional help. "In addition, the school has a complete senior system, and junior students have high praise for their seniors. They receive good care and support both academically and socially, and promote their overall development.