Innovative English Teaching Design Literary Appreciation Facing the World

The Endeavourers Leung Lee Sau Yu Memorial Primary SchoolIn recent years, we have actively optimized the English curriculum, replacing part of the traditional textbooks with unique school-based literature units (LITERATURE BASED UNITS), and using children's literature and diverse extracurricular activities to cultivate students' reading habits and interests, improve their English proficiency and self-study ability, and connect with the world. The school teaches students in accordance with their aptitude and caters for the needs of students of different levels. In addition to cooperating with university institutions, the school also provides professional educational support to parents to help students build solid English skills.

Introducing international school curriculum design and children’s literature to cultivate reading habits

The school's new English subject director, Dr. Anita Tam, has many years of experience teaching English in DSS and international schools. Last year, she participated in the "Quality School Improvement Plan (QSIP)" work to assist different schools in designing English courses. This year, she introduced the teaching methods of international and DSS schools, optimized the school-based English curriculum, and transformed the units in the popular English textbooks into school-based literature units (LITERATURE-BASED). UNITS), and in line with the curriculum guidelines of the Education Bureau, key language skills and knowledge such as reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar are integrated into it.

The school has introduced children's literature since last year. The current school-based English literature unit includes Eric Carle, Julia. The works of Julia Donaldson and Ronald Dahl attract students to read through interesting English stories. Principal Chen said: "It is particularly important to cultivate students' interest in learning. Only by 'loving learning' can they promote independent learning and improve learning effectiveness."

In addition, English teachers will arrange reading guides for students in groups based on the content of the article, analyze story elements, article genres, and learn question-answering skills, pinyin, rhetoric, etc., so that students can break through the framework of traditional textbooks and learn English knowledge more comprehensively. In order to encourage students to read, the school requires students to read in English for at least 5 to 10 minutes every day. Students can choose appropriate English books according to their own level, so that students can gain a sense of success in reading, thereby cultivating their interest in reading.

Integrating English into campus layout and diversified activities to promote English learning

In order to improve the English learning atmosphere in the school, foreign teachers organize reading activities so that students can naturally use English to communicate in daily campus life. This not only helps to cultivate good teacher-student and peer relationships, but also trains students' English listening and speaking skills, creating a good English atmosphere and context. In addition, the school is also committed to creating an English environment and integrating English into campus life through various arrangements, such as English corners, English arrangements in classrooms, and multi-activity classrooms.

At the same time, the school actively organizes a variety of activities this year to promote English learning, with the "three-tier curriculum structure" as the core to improve students' English proficiency: the first level is English classroom learning; the second level is on-campus English activities, such as Thanksgiving, English cram schools, English extracurricular activities, recess English activities, etc.; the third level is English learning outside school, such as overseas exchanges, etc., to help students consolidate what they have learned in class.

Pay attention to the connection between freshmen and primary school and open the campus to understand the learning situation

The school attaches great importance to students' transition from kindergarten to primary school. After entering primary school, new students will take benchmark tests so that teachers can have a clearer and more in-depth understanding of their English proficiency. Students receive guidance from local English teachers and foreign English teachers in English classes and complete different classroom tasks. The two English teachers work together to cater for the needs of students at different levels: students with higher abilities can take on more challenging tasks and learn more deeply and broadly.

In order to encourage students to develop good reading habits, the school organizes workshops for parents so that parents can understand the skills to cultivate their children's reading habits at home, and also allow parents and children to enjoy the fun of reading together. In addition, the school holds a "Primary One English Open Class", which opens the classroom to allow parents and outsiders to watch the live performance of Primary One classes, allowing parents or outsiders to understand their children's learning mode at school and experience their children's campus life.

Provide additional online courses, topic learning, preparation for high school interviews and middle school courses

In addition to connecting kindergarten and primary school, the school will also cooperate with voluntary groups to provide online courses for newly arrived students to help them improve their English proficiency. Principal Chen pointed out: "The newly arrived students who join the LLSY family have good scores in Chinese and mathematics, but their English proficiency is relatively weak. For this reason, we provide additional online courses this year to help them keep up with the progress. Especially for primary five and primary six transfer students, the school will provide more intensive tutoring to help them adapt to the English curriculum of Hong Kong primary schools as soon as possible." The school will also set up group learning (Project learning) for senior students and conduct English project study once a week. In the process of exploration and study, students' thinking, language use and expression skills are cultivated, preparing them for interviews for entering middle school and transitioning to English learning life in middle school.