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SBA sharing. How to prepare very weak students for the challenge Hong Kong Teachers’ Association Lee Heng Kwei Secondary School. I. Resources. 1. Graded storybooks 2. VCDs & DVDs Different genres (Refer to Handouts No. 1 & 2).
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SBAsharing How to prepare very weak students for the challenge Hong Kong Teachers’ Association Lee Heng Kwei Secondary School
I. Resources • 1. Graded storybooks • 2. VCDs & DVDs Different genres (Refer to Handouts No. 1 & 2)
Films of different genres • To expand vocabulary • To improve narrative skills
Sharing resources • Timetable (Handout No. 3)
II. Practice before UT • 1. Summer bridging course • 2. Ordinary lessons
III. A proper start • Target : Even the weakest can express relevant ideas in simple English properly Different focuses at different stages : Skills to ideas to better skills to better ideas • (Refer to Handouts No. 4- 8)
IV. Programme Plan • Achievable goals • (Refer to Handout No. 9)
V. Video - recording • VI. SBA memos & meetings (Refer to Handout No. 10) • VII. The first Term Exam 15% SBA + Paper 3
VIII. Response to HKEAA • 1. 2 to 3 students in a group • 2. Make it less like an exam to reduce the pressure
VIII. Response to HKEAA • 3. Achievable goals • 4. Confidence • 5. Knowledge of the world, insights in human emotions • (p.13, the blue handbook)
IX. Difficulties • 1. Very weak foundations • 2. Other 4 formidable papers - Writing : 250 + 100 words - Reading : instructions & writing tasks - Listening : 30% 3. Inadequate clerical & technical support • 4. Grassroots families - VCDs/DVDs & players - Chinese channels every night
X. Strategies • 1. Letter to parents • 2. Regular viewing at school • 3. Achievable tasks • 4. Modification • 5. Focus on personal experiences • 6. A balanced-diet