Introduction to Curriculum Leadership and Management Series for New Primary School Curriculum Leaders (2012/13)

Key Emphases and Strategies in Planning the English Language Education KLA

11 October 2012

English Language Education SectionCurriculum Development Institute

Education Bureau1

Curriculum Documents for the Implementation of the English Language Curriculum

English Language Education Key Learning Area Curriculum Guide (Primary 1 – Secondary 3) (CDC, 2002)

English Language Education Key Learning Area Curriculum Guide (Primary 1 – Secondary 3) (CDC, 2002)

English Language Curriculum Guide (Primary 1 – 6)(CDC, 2004)English Language Curriculum Guide (Primary 1 – 6)(CDC, 2004)

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Components of a School-based English Language Curriculum in Primary Schools

• About 40% of the lesson time

• Closely linked to the learning and teaching in the GE Programme

• About 60% of the lesson time

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Generic Skills?

Values and Attitudes?

Key Emphases of the English Language Curriculum

• Adopting a task-based approach

• Learning and teaching grammar in context

• Strengthening a ‘reading to learn’ culture

• Promoting assessment for learning

• Developing vocabulary-building strategies

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Task-based Approach

Purpose

ContextProduct

Process: a mode of thinking and doing

Framework of Knowledge and Skills Five Features

of a Task

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Using a task-based approach

Students learn grammar items and structures for use in meaningful contexts and for purposeful communication

Teaching Grammar in Context

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Resource Package

Nurturing Pupils’ Creative Thinking in the Upper Primary English Classroom

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PDP 2012-2013

Developing Creativity in Pupils in the Upper Primary English Classroom (New)

26, 27 Oct 2012

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Key Emphases of the English Language Curriculum

• Adopting a task-based approach

• Learning and teaching grammar in context

• Strengthening a ‘reading to learn’ culture

• Promoting assessment for learning

• Developing vocabulary-building strategies

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Reading Workshop

s

Storytelling

Reading Aloud

Shared Reading

Supported Reading

Independent Reading

Teaching Strategies for Reading

English Language Curriculum Guide (Primary 1-6), p. A29

KS1

Construct meaning from texts

KS2

Guess the meaning of unknown words by using pictorial and contextual clues

Identify key words for the main ideain a sentence

Understand the information on the book cover and contents page

Recognise the features of some common text types

Progressive Development of Reading Skills from KS1 to KS2

Work out the meaning of unknown words by using word association, visual clues, context & knowledge of the world

Skim a text to obtain the main ideas

Understand intention, attitudes and feelings conveyed in a text

Understand the information provided on the book cover, index and glossary

Recognise the features of a variety of text types

Available Reading Programmes

• Primary Literacy Programme – Reading [PLP-R (KS1)]

• Primary Literacy Programme – Reading and Writing [PLP-R/W (KS1)]

• Key Stage 2 Integration Programme (KIP)• The Integrated English Language Programme

[IELP (KS1)]• The Learning to Learn English Language

Programme [LLELP (KS2)]• Read, write, Inc.

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Resource Package

LiteracyInstructionForTeachers

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PDP 2012-2013

Developing Primary Pupils' English Reading Strategies to Enhance their Learning Capacity to Facilitate the Transition from KS2 to KS3 (New)

Apr-May 2013

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Creating a Conducive Language Learning Environment

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Widening the Space of Learning and Teaching English

• Arouse students’ curiosity and interests in observing language use in the school campus and the real world (e.g. signs, announcements, advertisements)

• Give assignments which require students to make use of the materials displayed in the school and outside school

• Encourage students to watch TV programmes or listen to radio programmes in English (e.g. Sunday Smile on RTHK3)

• Encourage students to take part in English activities organised by other institutions (e.g. HK Speech Festival)

• Set up Reading Award Schemes

• Nurture a school reading culture through role-modelling of teachers and the school head

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RTHK radio programme – Sunday Smile http://app1.rthk.org.hk/special/sundaysmile/

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Key Emphases of the English Language Curriculum

• Adopting a task-based approach

• Learning and teaching grammar in context

• Strengthening a ‘reading to learn’ culture

• Promoting assessment for learning

• Developing vocabulary-building strategies

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Modes of Assessment in Schools

Assessment for / of

Learning ?

Learning Tasks and Activities

Assessment Tasks

Shared Writing and

Process Writing

Projects

Oral Presentations

Homework

Examinations

Dictation

Conferencing

Purposes of Doing Dictation

Practising listening and spelling skills

Practising phonics skills

Practising writing skills

Promoting autonomy in language learning

Promoting assessment for learning

Using Dictation to Promote Assessment for Learning

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There is a big ship in the sea…………He studied until twelve o’clock last night.

Using Dictation to Promote Assessment for Learning

There is a big sheep in the

sea……

......He study until twelve

o’cock last night.

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Making use of context

It is about something you can see in the sea. What should it be?

I got it. It should be “ship”.

There is a big sheep in the sea.

Mistake made:

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Using Dictation to Promote Assessment for Learning

Making use of grammar knowledge

This sentence is about things that happened “last night”. What tense should you use?

He study until twelve o’cock last night.Mistakes made:

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Using Dictation to Promote Assessment for Learning

Applying phonics skills in spelling

Mistakes made:

How do you spell the word “class”?...Now, listen to this word again, “o’clock”. Do “class” and “clock” begin with the same sound? Now try to apply your phonics skills and spell “o’clock”.

He study until twelve o’cock last night.

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Using Dictation to Promote Assessment for Learning

Learning Progression framework (LPF)

• The reference points of students’ understanding, which allow students compare their own learning over time with descriptions and examples of expected learning.

Speaking

Writing

Reading

Listening

Level Skills

Outcome Statements

Pointers

Learning Outcomes

Learners at this level can, for example,

Content

Organisation

Language and style

Underlying principles

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PDP 2012-2013

Using the Learning Progression Framework to Enhance Learning, Teaching and Assessment for English Language at Primary Level (Re-run)

Mar 2013

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Key Emphases of the English Language Curriculum

• Adopting a task-based approach

• Learning and teaching grammar in context

• Strengthening a ‘reading to learn’ culture

• Promoting assessment for learning

• Developing vocabulary-building strategies

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Developing Vocabulary Building Skills

• Promoting learner independence through the development of lifelong language learning skills and strategies such as vocabulary building skills, phonics skills and information skills

• Providing opportunities for the mastery of the enabling skills through purposeful tasks and in meaningful contexts

• Encouraging learners to read extensively to acquire vocabulary in natural contexts, especially the high frequency words

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Resource Package

Enhancing Vocabulary Learning and Teaching at Primary Level

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Where could I find suitable resources to

enhance English Language learning

and teaching?

Where could I find e-learning resources

to motivate students to use English inside and outside classrooms?

Resources and Support

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Where could I get more teaching ideas

in developing students’ language

skills?

E-Learning English ResourcesEDB One-stop Portal

http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/edbosp-eng/eng/home.html31

E-Learning English ResourcesPrimary English E-learning Resources (PEER)

http://peer.edb.hkedcity.net/32

33http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=2365&langno=1

Resources and Support

http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=2402&langno=1 34

http://tcs.edb.gov.hk

Training Calendar

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Central Resources Centre

Address:Podium Floor, West Block,EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre,19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong

Telephone no.: 3698 4437

http://crc.edb.gov.hk/crchome/en/default.htm

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More Information

• General – circulars, training calendar, links, etc. http://www.edb.gov.hk

• Quicker access to information regarding the English Language Education Key Learning Area – training opportunities, references & resources, etc. http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?langno=1&nodeID=2402

• English Language Education Section, CDIRoom 1206, 12/F., Wu Chung House, 213 Queen’s Rd. East, Wan Chai, HK (Fax: 2834 7810)Ms Wendy TSANG (Tel: 2892 6570)Ms Iris CHAN(Tel: 2892 6414)

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