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This article discusses the impact of using Knowledge Forum (KF) in curriculum planning to equip students with independent learning skills, encourage free English writing, and meet TSA writing requirements. The author shares initial doubts and challenges, mentor support, impact on students' confidence and vocabulary acquisition, and the shift towards immediate assessment using Applets and rubrics.
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English Ms. LEUNG Yuet Ha 梁月霞 GCEPSA Tseung Kwan O Primary School 葛量洪校友會將軍澳學校 Ms. AU Yu Ping 區如冰 Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School 仁愛堂田家炳中學
Curriculum Planning for Using Knowledge Forum (KF) • Aims • Equip students’ independent learning skills • Encourage students to write English freely • Meet the TSA writing requirement
Before using KF , I am ….. • Full of queries • my students are low banding • How can I compare a Chinese writing example of a secondary school with my school? • Lack of confidence • My students never write English in paragraphs • My students never get into groups of 4 and discuss in English.
When using KF , my mentor….. • Planned curriculum writing tasks with me • Set new scaffolds • provided on-line dictionary website • taught students how to use KF technically
When using KF, my mentor….. • Taught students how to write meaningful notes • Gave instant feedback of my students’ performance • *we are partners , • learning community
Impact on Me • Students did not fear of writing English • Students liked to read each other’s notes → peer learning • Dramatically increase of vocabularies not taught by teacher • Immediate assessment by Applets • Teacher hates going back to the traditional way of marking → Rubrics / portfolio
My Reflection • Students did not fear of writng English • Students like to read each other’s notes → peer learning • Dramatically increase of vocabularies not taught by teacher • Immediate assessment by Applets • Teacher hates going back to the traditional way of marking → Rubrics / portfolio