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English Language. New Senior Secondary Curriculum. Aims of the three-year NSS English Language curriculum. Increase language proficiency for study, work and leisure; Develop subject knowledge, generic skills, learning strategies and positive attitudes for lifelong learning; and

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  1. English Language New Senior Secondary Curriculum

  2. Aims of the three-year NSS English Language curriculum • Increase language proficiency for study, work and leisure; • Develop subject knowledge, generic skills, learning strategies and positive attitudes for lifelong learning; and • Enhance personal and intellectual development, cultural understanding and global competitiveness in a rapidly changing knowledge-based society.

  3. Design of NSS curriculum

  4. S4-6 Compulsory Part • To adopt task-based approach to language learning • To apply the organising structure of Modules, Units and Tasks to facilitate the learning of the four language skills, grammar, communicative functions, vocabulary and text-types.

  5. S4-6 Compulsory Part Modules to be covered: • Teen Life and Beyond • The World Around Us • Animals and Nature • Leisure & Entertainment

  6. Elective Part Language Arts Learning English through Short Stories Learning English through Poems & Songs Non-language Arts Learning English through Social Issues Learning English through Debating Students are required to take three of the modules, with at least one from each group

  7. Elective Part

  8. Teaching Schedule

  9. Assessment: HKDSE

  10. Levels of Performance Minimum requirements of local universities

  11. A typical candidate at Level 5 :

  12. Design of Papers 1 and 3 • The graded approach is adopted. • Students must complete the compulsory section and answer either the easier or more difficult section. • Students attempting the compulsory section and the more difficult section will be able to attain up to the highest level of performance, i.e. Level 5** • Level 4 will the highest level attainable by students attempting the compulsory section and the easier section.

  13. School-based Assessment • Students will read/view a number of texts (including books, films and documentaries) over the course of study and study three elective modules. • They will take part in group discussions and make individual presentations based on what they have read/viewed, and what they have learned in the elective modules.

  14. SBA Requirements

  15. FurtherInformation • For details of the English Language requirements for university entrance under the “334” academic structure, please visit the Education Bureau’s “334 Web Bulletin”: http://www.edb.gov.hk/334

  16. Practice Makes Perfect

  17. Thank You

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