LLELP at Shak Chung Shan Shak Chung Shan Memorial Catholic Primary School

Background Among the P.4 teachers, 3 of us are the first year teachers Two are in the second year, they are more experienced. Some of us are trained in the IELP We found that the workshops are very useful for us to manage the teaching skills, especially the video clips. The school visits are useful, the educators provided valuable suggestions. The sharing of our experienced teachers is precious. The team preparations help us to solve a lot of problems.

Our Students Our students like the project very much. They are used to the Shared Book Approach for three years (from P.1 to P.3). They are not interested in the textbook based approach. The Guided Reading acts as a good transitional period for them to switch to the new learning strategies. The KWL and Retelling help our students to think critically and they are really learning to learn. The smart students show their progress obviously.

The support of our school The team preparations The team preparations The IT support: The IT support: WELTS (Web-based English Learning System) WELTS (Web-based English Learning System) The application of Smartboard The application of Smartboard The teacher assistants and parents help to produce the teaching aids. The teacher assistants and parents help to produce the teaching aids.

Every students have their own accounts.

The Reading Room helps students to read the text independently, especially for the slower progress students. This system helps to motivate them to read more.

It show the text in flash files. The animations help the students to understand the texts more.

The Playground helps students to practise the format of different text types.

This game helps students to do some classification of words. Students learn through games and activities.

Book shop provides more story books for students. Students have more exposure to English story books

The Bulletin Board let students share their ideas.

: The gain of the teachers : The project enhanced teachers’ professional development. The project enhanced teachers’ professional development. We learn different teaching strategies. We learn different teaching strategies. The project helps us to find a new horizon of teaching English. The project helps us to find a new horizon of teaching English. It helps students to learn in a happy and effective ways. It helps students to learn in a happy and effective ways. Both teachers and students enjoy English lessons. Both teachers and students enjoy English lessons.