Transcript CDI020130571_HY Wan and MH Chow

Course: Teaching History in English at junior and
senior secondary level (New)
ID: CDI020130571
Developing Resources for the
enhancement of the effectiveness of
learning and teaching of History in
English
Mr. WAN Ho-yin & Ms CHOW Man-hing
Wesley College
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19.4.2013
School Context
• Banding: 1>2
• 3 EMI classes and 1 CMI classes in Junior
Form
• Students could choose either English or
Chinese in studying history in senior form
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Challenges faced
• General English ability
• Bridging between Junior and Senior Forms
• Requiring good English in answering DBQs and
Essays
• Gap between interests and sense of ability
• Dropping rate in choosing History in S4
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Problem identified
• Losing link among teaching, learning and
assessment
• Teaching: good!
• Learning attitude/interest: good!
• Assessment result: poor
• Textbook---workbook---test/exam. papers??
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Our attempts: 1
• Simplified English in notes and worksheets
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Our attempts: 1
• Simplified English in notes and worksheets
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Our attempts: 1
• Simplified English in notes and worksheets
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Our attempts: 2
• Modified DBQs: using MC and short questions
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Our attempts: 2
• Modified DBQs: using MC and short questions
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Our attempts: 2
• discrepancies between CMI class and EMI classes
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Our attempts: 2
• discrepancies between CMI class and EMI classes
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Our attempts: 3
• Designing school-based worksheets to meet
students’ need
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Our attempts: 3
• Designing school-based
worksheets to meet students’ need
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Encouraging Results
• Students’ learning attitude/confidence
• Students’ assessment result
• Studying Atmosphere in history
• Teachers’ Professional Growth
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Next Step??
• How to make good use of the 25% ELA in CMI
class?
• Some topics in English?
• All topics in Chinese but using English in
extended activities?
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