Seminar on Using Online Resources in English Learning and Teaching cum TVnews 2007/08 Award Presentation Ceremony 4th October 2008 (Saturday) Organized by: English Campus, HKEdCity

25 Jan 2006 TVnews – a free, online, self-access English learning platform Objectives Encourage students to learn English via multimedia and authentic online resources Help students build their habit of viewing English news Enrich students’ vocabulary and enhance their listening skills Increase students’ awareness of social affairs in HK Enhance students’ self-access learning and IT skills

25 Jan 2006 Feedback from teachers Q1: Do you use ‘Teacher Ideas’ ( ‘After watching’ ) in class? as writing ideas for follow up work good insight for us to make use of authentic materials insightful, stimulating good for discussion Q2: How do you incorporate TVnews into your teaching? as supplementary exercises at home as part of the continuing assessment marks On-going coursework assessment

25 Jan 2006 Feedback from teachers Q3: Do you think TVnews provides effective English resources for teaching? 96% teachers agree Q4: To what extent do you agree TVnews has helped students in the following aspects? Average 88% teachers agree TVnews has helped students in:  enhancing listening skills  enriching vocabulary  raising awareness in social affairs  increasing initiatives to learn English

25 Jan 2006 Feedback from students “I seldom watch television, especially English TV programmes. However, I like TVnews because I can learn a lot in just about 15 minutes. TVnews provided a chance for me to practise my listening and comprehension skills.” (Emily Sze, Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School) “My listening skill has significantly improved after doing a series of TVnews practices. I have also acquired a lot of vocabularies and developed a habit of watching TV news.” (Rosy Tsang,Carmel Divine Grace Foundation Secondary School)

25 Jan 2006 TVnews 08/09 Two sections: 1.News Archive 2.News Practice

25 Jan 2006 News Archive a.Daily local English news for easy access and frequent viewing b.Student Forum discussion topics provided

25 Jan 2006 News Practice a.online exercises on vocabulary and listening b.45 exercises and 15 quizzes c.updated every Monday and Thursday d.Start from 16 Oct 2008 to 1st June 2009, excluding public holidays

25 Jan 2006 Exercise – Before you watch What you know (guiding questions) New Words and Phrases (with online dictionary)

25 Jan 2006 Exercise - Watch 15 questions based on the news clip (on listening comprehension and vocabulary from the clip)

25 Jan 2006 Exercise – After watching News Extra (linguistic items from the news) Voting Student Forum Links Teacher Ideas (for carrying out writing and speaking activities)

25 Jan 2006 Exercise – My Learning Log guidelines and sample sentences are given to students for learning reflection

25 Jan 2006 Quiz a.Listening comprehension + vocabulary test (based on last three news practices) b.Answer questions in 25 minutes

25 Jan 2006 Facilitate students’ self-directed learning 1. Listening Hints + Useful links (online dictionaries, text to speech, overseas online news)

25 Jan 2006 Facilitate students’ self-directed learning 2.Student Forum

25 Jan 2006 Facilitate students’ self-directed learning 3. My Profile a. Vocab book b. Performance c. My Learning Log

25 Jan 2006 Support teachers’ learning & teaching activities 1.Reports each class' and student's participation and performance of each exercise and quiz total participation and scores of exercises & quizzes in the accumulated total Teachers can give feedback to each student or the class online (Only the submission of ‘Watch’ and ‘Quizzes’ will be calculated as submission rate.) 2.Teacher Ideas ideas for in classroom activities

25 Jan 2006 Support teachers’ learning & teaching activities

25 Jan Admin function to grant access right for students and teachers to enter the TVnews platform. (Should the TIC change, please inform as soon as Administration for teacher-in-charge / panel-head

25 Jan ‘Organize My Groups’ to create special groupings of students for TVnews. (Should the TIC change, please inform as soon as Administration for teacher-in-charge / panel-head

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