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Seed Project Briefing 2012/13 Ex tending E nglish L earning ( ExEL ). 3 March 2012 NET Section, CDI, EDB. ExEL Overview. Current Context Objectives Benefits How to ExEL ExEL Forward. Current Context. English. Content. Current Context. ▪ NSS and HKDSE requirements
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Seed Project Briefing2012/13Extending English Learning (ExEL) 3 March 2012 NET Section, CDI, EDB
ExEL Overview • Current Context • Objectives • Benefits • How to ExEL • ExEL Forward
Current Context English Content
Current Context ▪NSS and HKDSE requirements ▪ MOI fine-tuning Language Across the Curriculum (LaC)
Objectives of ExEL ▪ To integrate language learning with content learning by developing cross-curricular units of work ▪ To raise teachers’ and students’ awareness of language requirements of content subjects ▪ To raise all teachers’ awareness of shared responsibility for LaC and to foster collaboration ▪ To increase students’ English language ability in content subjects
Benefits • NET Section support • School secondment • School-based PD • Curriculum products • Sustainability • Bridging to NSS and HKDSE
How to ExEL… (i) Identify content subject (ii) Set up ExEL team (iii) Choose an implementation model (iv) Map curricula (v) Select complementary units, language features and functions (vi) Develop materials (vii) Implement lessons (viii) Evaluate
How to ExEL… (i) Identify content subject • TWGH Lui Yun Choy Memorial College - 2010/11: Science (S1) - 2011/12: Mathematics (S1) • Queen’s College Old Boys’ Association Secondary School - 2010/11: Economics (S3) - 2011/12: Science (S1)
How to ExEL… (ii) Set up ExEL team
English Content How to ExEL… Recall the current context
Blended Model 1. English Content Parallel Model 2. English Content Embedded Model 3. English Content How to ExEL… (iii) Choose an implementation model
How to ExEL… (iv) Map curricula
How to ExEL… (v) Select complementary units, language features and functions
How to ExEL… (vi)Develop materials - analysing the textbook - focusing on language patterns - adapting the textbook - stimulating discussion - reading complementary material - using activity cards - improving exam questions
How to ExEL… (vii)Implement lessons (viii)Evaluate
ExEL Forward Peter Broe, POI (SNET) 3549 8337 pbroe@edb.gov.hk Jimmy LeungPOII (SNET) 3549 8315 jimmywcleung@edb.gov.hk NET Section, CDI, EDB