Managing the English Curriculum  Self Introduction  Classroom Teaching  Supporting Language Programs  Extra-curricular Activities  Teacher Development  Useful Websites  Useful Books

Self Introduction  Mrs Maggie Hung’s Homepage & teacher training documents: Mrs Maggie Hung  Teaching experience: 20 years in Yan Chai Hospital Lim Por Yen Secondary School S.1 – S.7 English, S1 – 3 Phonetics  Professional qualification: MA in ELT at PolyU (to be completed in Dec 2003)  address:

Classroom Teaching  Key Learning Area Curriculum Guide P1-S  Making the most of your Textbook (Task-based learning with projects as end product) Making the most of your Textbook  S. 1 – 3 Phonetics Curriculum S. 1 – 3 Phonetics Curriculum  Incorporating lang. arts: songs, poetry, storieslang. artssongs  Effective teaching strategies: Cooperative Learning & Language gamesCooperative Learning  Using IT: bulletin board to prepare, powerpoint to present, games to practise (not IT), Hotpotato ex. to consolidate, language learning websites to consolidate (at home)language learning websites  Using a Vocab. Book & mind mapsVocab. Book  Dictation Dictation

Supporting Language Programs  Self-access Programs / Room e.g. News Listening ExercisesNews Listening Exercises e.g. Summer Website ExercisesSummer Website Exercises e.g. Editorial Reading Exercises e.g. Magazine Reading Exercises  Tutorial Classes (after school / Sat. / long Holidays) e.g. elite / remedial / foundation classes  Summer Bridging Courses (P6 to S1, S3 to S4, S5 to S6)  SRA (graded Reading Comprehension cards) SRA  ERS (Extensive Reading Scheme)

Extra-curricular Activities  English Corner (3 times a cycle during lunch)  Schools Speech Festival: Solo Verse Speaking & Choral Verse Speaking  English Speaking Day (once a week/cycle)  Fun Day (once a term)  Annual English Speaking Camp (3-d 2-n)  Visits (e.g. to museums)

Teacher Development  Reading e-journals (U libraries on Internet)  Navigating useful websites (Refer to the suggested ‘language learning websites’ under ‘Classroom Teaching’)  Sharing with local teachers & NETs within & outside school through CmC & lesson observation  Attending seminars, talks, workshops, local (SSETA) or overseas courses (British Council)  Pursuing a higher degree in ELT

Useful Websites  Refer to the suggested ‘language learning websites’ under ‘Classroom Teaching’

Useful Books on Self-Access Learning  Learning to learn English, A Course in Learner Training by Gail Ellis & Barbara Sinclair (CUP 1990)  Learning to Learn by S A Malone (The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants 1995)  How to be a More Successful Language Learner by Joan Rubin & Irene Thompson (Heinle & Heinle Publishers 1982)  Establishing Self-Access: From theory to practice by David Gardner & Lindsay Miller (CUP 1999)

Useful Books on CmC  for English Teaching by Mark Warschauer (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. 1995)  Network-based Language Teaching: Concepts and Practice edited by Mark Warschauer & Richard Kern (CUP 2000)

Useful Books on Teaching Language Skills  Teaching Writing Creatively edited by David Starkey (Heinemann 1998)  Interactive Approaches to Second Language Reading edited by Patricia Carrell, Joanne Devine & David Eskey (CUP 1988)  Developing Vocabulary Skills by Dennis Keen (Newbury House Publishers, Cambridge 1985)  Understanding & Developing Language Tests by Cyril Weir (Prentice Hall Europe 1993)

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