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:

http://www.geocities.com/maggiehung2222/index.html Teaching experience: 20 years in Yan Chai Hospi

tal 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)

E-mail address: mrshung@teacher.com

Classroom Teaching Key Learning Area Curriculum Guide P1-S3 2002 Making the most of your Textbook (Task-based lea

rning with projects as end product) S. 1 – 3 Phonetics Curriculum Incorporating lang. arts: songs, poetry, stories Effective teaching strategies: Cooperative Learning & Language games 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)

Using a Vocab. Book & mind maps Dictation

Supporting Language Programs Self-access Programs / Room e.g. News Listening Exercises e.g. Summer Website Exercises e.g. Editorial Reading Exercises e.g. Magazine Reading Exercises Tutorial Classes (after school / Sat. / long Holida

ys) e.g. elite / remedial / foundation classes Summer Bridging Courses (P6 to S1, S3 to S4, S

5 to S6) SRA (graded Reading Comprehension cards) 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 websit

es’ under ‘Classroom Teaching’) Sharing with local teachers & NETs within & out

side school through CmC & lesson observation Attending seminars, talks, workshops, local (SSE

TA) 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

E-Mail 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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