Transcript Experience sharing of Improving Language and Sharing across the Curriculum

St. Francis Xavier’s College
Experience Sharing of
Improving Language and Learning
Across the Curriculum
School Profile
• Catholic Boys School
• Established in 1955
• Using English as medium of
instruction ever since 1955
Objectives
• Treasure the tradition of
using English as the MOI
• Enhance the competitive
power of graduates in
pursuing further education or
future career
Underpinning rationale
• Promoting a whole-school approach
to address the learning needs of the
students
• Greater awareness of the language
elements across curriculum
• Enhancing collaborative working
relationship among colleagues when
having a shared vision
Things we’ve done
I. 2006-2007
a. Two teachers:
Chemistry & Mathematics joined the ILLIPS
b. Four teachers:
Two English teachers (Panel heads), two
Biology teachers (Panel Head of Biology &
Co-ordinator of Life Wide Learning) attended
DOLACEE tutor-training programme
c. In-house workshops (9 sessions with 3
hours each session) were conducted for Panel
Heads of different disciplines
Things we’ve done
II. 2007-2008
a. Two teachers:
Integrated Humanities & Chemistry joined the
ILLIPS and took part in the Mentoring Program
Mode 2 (Co-planning & Lesson Observation)
b. In-house workshops (9 sessions with 3 hours each
session) were conducted for Teachers of different
disciplines using English as the MOI
Things we’ve done
II. 2007-2008
c. Two teachers, one is the English Panel Head,
attended another ILLIPS program – Language
and Literacy: Classroom Applications of
Functional Grammar
III. 2008-2009
In-house workshops (9 sessions with 3
hours each session) were conducted for all
English Teachers
Strategies
• Ensure the awareness and readiness of
colleagues of all subjects to offer better
language help to students
• Set up the priority list of target groups,
panel heads being the first batch of
teachers to be trained
Strategies
• Empower the panel heads; to make
them realize the significance of
language awareness in the content
subjects and share the responsibilities
within the panel
• Create collaboration between
colleagues of English department and
teachers of other subjects
Role of the Principal
• Vision building with empathy
• Being persuasive and
convincing
• Giving encouragement,
appreciation and support