Sep 03 2012
東山夏日英語興趣班-簡報
Tung Shan English Summer School
2012
Report
Introduction
This is the second year of the summer school. The teaching team consists of six voluntary student teachers and an English teacher. The course ran from 19th – 29th July in a rural village in China. There were 42 students in the course. They were put into three groups. Group A comprises capable students from Primary 4 to Secondary 2, while Group B comprises less able learners from the same forms. Group C are students from Primary 1 to 3.
Goals
Assess and train up English reading skills.
Nurture English reading habit.
Expected outcome
At the end of the course:
Students can read aloud simple paragraphs fluently.
Students know how to sound out new words with phonics skills.
Students know the meanings of simple paragraphs, sentences and phrases.
Students know how to look up new words in a dictionary.
Calendar
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Day 1 |
Assessment 1 (Diagnostic tests) Student interview |
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Day 2 |
Teaching day 1 |
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Day 3 |
Teaching day 2 |
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Day 4 |
Teaching day 3 |
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Day 5 |
Assessment 2 Student interview |
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Day 6 |
Teaching day 4 |
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Day 7 |
Teaching day 5 |
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Day 8 |
Teaching day 6 |
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Day 9 |
Teaching day 7 Assessment 3 Competitions and performances |
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Day 10 |
Prize presentation |
Timetable for teaching days
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8:00 – 8:30 |
Assembly student leader speech / story telling / class teacher praise |
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8:30 – 11:30 |
ABC |
Handwriting |
Dictionary |
Phonics |
Grammar |
Read aloud |
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11:30 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 – 3:00 |
Reading period |
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3:00 – 3:30 |
Singing |
Assessments & results
Groups A & B
Primary 4 – Form 2 students:
Total number of students: 27
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Tests |
Passing criteria |
No. of students passing the test |
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Assessment 1 |
Assessment 2 |
Assessment 3 |
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1. ABC dictation |
Able to dictate all 26 alphabets |
5 |
5 |
17 |
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2. Handwriting |
Able to write words neatly and fluently |
0 |
1 |
7 |
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3. Sentence structure |
Able to distinguish dictionary word order |
1 |
0 |
7 |
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4. Dictionary skill A |
Able to understand basic sentence structures |
6 |
12 |
23 |
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5. ABC read aloud |
Able to read aloud all 26 alphabets |
10 |
18 |
22 |
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6. Phonics |
Able to sound out new words |
2 |
11 |
18 |
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7. Dictionary skill B |
Able to look up three words in two minutes |
4 |
16 |
17 |
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8. Read aloud |
Able to read paragraphs fluently |
0 |
7 |
16 |
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Total number of passes |
28 |
70 |
127 |
Group C
Primary 1 – Primary 3 students:
Total number of students: 15
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Test |
Passing criteria |
No. of students passing the test |
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Assessment 1 |
Assessment 2 |
Assessment 3 |
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1. ABC dictation |
Able to dictate all 26 alphabets |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Average marks |
7.3 / 26 |
11.9 / 26 |
14.8 /26 |
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2. Handwriting test |
Able to write words neatly and fluently |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Average marks |
4.5 / 10 |
5.2 / 10 |
6.5 / 10 |
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5. ABC read aloud |
Able to read all 26 alphabet |
1 |
2 |
5 |
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Average marks |
11.8 / 26 |
16.9 / 26 |
21.1 / 26 |
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Total number of passes |
2 |
5 |
7 |
Conclusion
Last year, the course was a success. This year the course has far surpassed it, thanks to the hard work of the teaching team: Kenneth Kwok, Karen Ip, Nicole Kwan, William Leung, Theodora Lai and Candice Au.
Volunteer: George Li
Coordinator of the Summer School
24 August, 2012
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