Experience Sharing Seminar

Using NWTE (2 Edition) in English lessons 24.8.03 at Shengzhen, China

Prepared by North Point Government Primary AM School
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The plan of the seminar

Part I (65 minutes)
A. Framework of Hong Kong English Curriculum for Primary Schools
B. Curriculum tailoring
- What
- How (Examples of trimming down the learning materials, make additions and
teaching strategies)
C. Scheme of work
- Example (6A)
D. Assignments
- Homework policy
- Example: project work, web-based learning,
E. Time allocation for English teaching and learning per week
F. Assessment
- Types of assessment
- Setting papers criteria
Part II (30 minutes)
Break & Exhibition of pupils work (exercise books & project work)
Part III (45 minutes)
Teaching and learning in Primary One
1.Selection and adaptation of learning content (examples with task sheets)
2.Learning activities (Playing games with the participants)
3. Assignments (GE exercises, project work, web-based learning)
4.Assessment (P.1 exam papers, evaluating pupils learning regularly)
Part IV ( 10 minutes)
Guiding Principles for Quality Textbooks
Procedure and criteria for selecting textbook
Why do we select New Welcome To English (2nd Edition) as our textbook?
I.
Strengths
- Task-based Approach (Example (1A) Animal Riddles from the Task & Project
Book)
- Knowledge: Using adjectives to describe friends (6B-Reading: Trick or Treat)
- Skills: integrate 4 language skills in learning (any example in the textbook)
- Values & attitude: (6B-Unit8-Be a friend of the World)

- Daily life experiences: (6B-Unit1-Festivals in HK; Unit 5-Planning a day trip)

- Abundant teaching aids: IT & audio & visual aids (interactive CD-ROM,
PowerPoint Presentations & tapes, etc)
- Longman website
II.
Weaknesses
- Grammar: Extra exercises are needed for practice
- Phonics: Phonics skills are not practised in a systematic way
- Writing: Controlled or guided writing practice (textbook & RWS)
III Other supplementary materials
- RWS: too many reading tasks; some are not relevant to the target language
- Task & Project Book: Good but need to adapt the tasks to your pupils abilities
& needs
- Creative Writing: Training starts from guided writing and ends at free writing
(6A-Unit 3-Inventions)
- Grammar Practice: (1A-Unit 1-p,3, Unit 3-p.12, Unit5-p.20 Singular/Plural
form)
- Phonics Fun: (Enhancing reading and phonics skills, help Chinese pupils to
tackle their pronunciation problems-1A-Unit 8- s/zh)
Part V (30 minutes)
Open Discussion
Distribution of work
1.
Morning Section
Part I A
Part I B - E
Part I F G
Part II
Part III 1 - 2
Part III 3 - 4
Part IV
Part V
2.
Afternoon Section
Experience sharing

Teacher-in-charge
Miss Ngan
Miss Fung & Miss Cheung
Miss Wong & Mr Chow
Principals and all teachers
Miss Li & Miss Yan
Miss Ho
Miss Ngan
Principals and all teachers
Teacher-in-charge
Principals and all teachers

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