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Major Concerns:

提升校園正能量，培育正面價值觀及推己及人的精神

提升校園正能量，培育正面價值觀及推己及人的精神

Aims:

This program renews our commitment to the teaching of English, not merely as an academic examination subject, but also as a gateway to the outside world, a medium of pursuing knowledge, a valuable asset in working life and a means of seeking pleasure and entertainment.
It continues to aim to provide students with assistance in acquiring the four basic skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking for developing proficiency in English.
It also aims at enhancing students’ both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation regarding the learning of English Language
A new emphasis is on teachers’ professional development and holistic curriculum planning to suit the blended teaching modes and optimized senior curriculum.

Present Situation:

Strengths

Weaknesses

Targets of this year:

(A) Major Concerns

Strategies	Work	Success Criteria	Assessment	Duration/time	Teacher(s)
To improve the leadership training in Senior Forms	Conduct activities for junior forms with the help of English Ambassadors	At least 70% of the English Ambassadors helped in the activities throughout the year	Check record	Whole year	English teachers
To encourage students to participate in both internal and external competitions so as to build up a positive self-image	Encourage mediocre students to participate in activities such as Toastmaster Programme and English Ambassador Team as well as nation-wide competitions e.g. Speech Festival (S1 to S5) and joint-school Oral Practices	At least 15 students joined the Speech Festival At least 30 students participated once in the Oral Speaking Practice at least once	From Data	Whole year	English teachers
To create opportunities for students to understand different people’s needs in the society and help them	Guide S2 students to explore social issues and learn about social enterprises in Hong Kong In collaboration with the Careers Guidance and Life Planning Team, organise a cookie-making class with i-Bakery to allow the participants to work with the mentally challenged workers at the social enterprise	80% of students finish the online assignment about the research of social issues in Hong Kong 60 students join the cookie-making class	Teachers’ observation Teacher’s record	June or July 2022	S2 English teachers
To enhance students’ sense of belongings to the nation and society by organizing activities relating to value education	Promote positive values and attitudes through English Sayings of Wisdom, e.g. Every cloud has a silver lining	At least 1 teaching activity regarding English Sayings of Wisdom is implemented in S1 to S5	Teachers’ record	Whole year
By organizing the Junior Form Study Skill and Note-taking workshops, teachers can design relevant assignment and learning activity accordingly	- Participate in S3 Cross-subject Project and enhance students’ collaboration and generic skills through helping them join the Study Skills workshops and leading them to complete the project	- Subject teachers led students to finish the project	Inspect students’ work Teachers’ observation	Whole year	English teachers
To strengthen graded school assessments and conduct courses to cater for learners’ diversity and enhance their learning ability	Set challenging questions for S1 and S2 EMI classes in quizzes - Conduct Enhancement and Enrichment course to upgrade students’ English standard	Attendance rate of the courses is more than 80%	Check record	Whole year	English teachers
To establish a talent pool to allow more opportunities to groom gifted students	Establish a talent pool and invite those students to join advanced English activities, such as English Debating Team and lead the English Ambassador Team	A talent pool is stored in the department staffbox by subject teachers	Teacher’s observation	Whole year	English teachers
To encourage talented students to join territory-wide competitions	- Encourage more-abled students to join challenging activities, such as Budding Poets Competition, Harvard Book Prize and Teen Time organized by RTHK in which participants have to research and record a radio programme at RTHK studio	2 territory-wide competitions are joined	Teacher’s record	Whole Year	English teachers
To make use of data collected to improve teaching	Review the data and exam reports of Pre-S1 Attainment Test, S3 TSA, HKDSE and internal exams, evaluate and modify the teaching pedagogies and exam skills training in order to help students excel academically Conduct measures such as remedial classes by Academic Prefects and online enhancement google classroom	Average pass rate of internal exams reach the following targets: S1-3: CMI classes – 60% EMI classes – 85% S4 – S6: 80%	Results of Yearly Exam & Mock Exam	Whole Year	English teachers
To employ various teaching and assessment strategies to equip students with better researching, note-taking, pre-lesson preparation, collaborative discussion skills and coach students to make good use of online learning resources and platform for self-learning	All teachers set up Google Classroom with all classes and upload learning materials for students to do preparation and revision Assign S3 students to do TSA practices on STAR Platform from HK Edcity S1-S5 students are introduced to given chances to purchase accounts of Solid Memory S4-S6 students are introduced to and given chances to purchase accounts of Wiseman DSE Reading platform	All teachers upload some learning materials to Google Classroom at least twice At least 2 practices are done by students on STAR Platform	Teacher’s observation	Whole Year	English teachers
To join training on e-teaching and learning and apply various teaching strategies for blended teaching modes	Organize school-based professional development workshops to learn about new online platforms and resources	All teachers attend at least one relevant workshop	From record	Whole Year	English teachers
To refine the curriculum content in order to comply with the education on national security	Organize activities on ‘Sayings of Wisdoms’ to promote positive energy and strengthen students’ mental health according to the suggested unit plan from the EDB as laid down in the scheme of work Display posters of ‘Sayings of Wisdoms’ on campus	S1 -5 implement at least one activity on ‘Sayings of Wisdoms’	From record	Whole Year	English teachers
To construct learning materials regarding national security education and enforce the teaching on information literacy in 2020-21	Design, implement and upload learning materials, as well as students’ good work, regarding national security education and information literacy in department staffbox	A data bank of learning materials regarding national security education and information literacy is established	From record	Whole Year	English teachers
To cultivate students’ reading habits and promote Extensive Reading	Morning Reading Session on Thursdays mornings Read more e-books Online reading of TV news or reading newspaper Assign students to use the online reading app Epic for extensive and leisure reading Incorporate reading activities in the English Fortnight	S1-S5 students read 2 books per year English Ambassadors host activities on e-books at least once S1-S5 students read online news or newspaper at least once biweekly	Teachers’ observation and record Students’ borrowing record from the library	Whole Year	English teachers

(B) English Teaching

Strategies	Work	Success Criteria	Assessment	Duration/time	Teacher(s)
To create an English learning atmosphere for students	Organise an inter-house champion league on English academic performance Generate the Top 10 LightSail readers in S1 in 3 different phrases Re-decorate the Language Room to a more student-friendly English learning center Organize English Speaking Days with the help of English teachers and English Ambassadors Hold weekly English Morning Assembly (Wednesday) or monthly English videos Organize English activities inside and outside the classroom To post student-designed posters on writing tips in all classrooms	At least 70% of the junior form students have the chance to interact with Senior Form students in English (English Ambassadors) at least two times per year Students show interest in the activities	Observe the Students’ participation	Whole year	English teachers
To foster students’ personal growth and diversify their learning experience with English activities	Organize English Fun Day and train 4H students to be the helpers Organize table manner workshops and talks in S4 Guide students to reflect on life planning with process drama in S4 Cultivate the reading culture with reading activities in S4	All S4 students take part in the activities	Observe the students’ participation	Whole year	S4 English teachers
To improve students’ discussion skills through Group Interaction	Conduct Group Interaction for S6 & S5 students on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (8:15am to 8:40am) or Friday afternoons for half-day schools Conduct inter-class speaking practice	All S6 & S5 students take part in at least 2 practices All S6 students join at least 1 inter-class speaking practice	Observation and Results of the Speaking Paper	Whole year	English teachers
To support weak students in learning English through collaborative learning	Implement Collaborative learning in S1 classes	Improvement shown in tests and exams	Results of tests and exams	Whole year	S.1 English teachers
To streamline the curriculum of Junior Levels and strengthen students’ language abilities in understanding Language Arts	To tailor-make the junior English curriculum by introducing Language Arts in S1	Students show interest in learning English	Observation by teachers and performance of students	Whole year	NET
To streamline the curriculum to avoid redundancy	To streamline the curriculum regarding grammar and writing genres from S1 to S5	Level coordinators design the Scheme of Work with respect to the streamlined curriculum	Observation by teachers	Whole year	All English teachers
To reduce the class size to cater for learners’ diversity	To allocate the CMI students into 3 small groups in S2 and S3	Passing rates of Half-yearly and Yearly Exam reach 60%	From data	Whole year	S2 and S3 English teachers
To relate the English curriculum to authentic setting	Organise a visit to an aesthetic medicine clinic in relation to Unit 8 in S3	30 students participate in the activity	Teacher’s record	June or July 2022	S3 English teachers

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