約克教育(香港)機構 – 暑期優質英語課程 2008

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Quality English Programs

for Secondary Schools in HK (Summer 2008)
暑期優質英語課程 2008

Programs for coming summer

NETs Bridging Programs - for S1 in new academic year

English Enhancement & Team Building- for S2 in new academic year

TSA Program- for S3 in new academic year

Cambridge PET- for S4 in new academic year

Program Support - Characteristics & Aims

General Objectives:

To enhance S1 to S4 student’s proficiency in English

To provide a daily all English environment to students with the help of Native English Teachers (NETs). Students shall be able to experience and have a strong feeling of English being a part of their daily lives

To provide students with a good environment to practice and to learn English in classes of small size

To let students to have an enjoyable summer time and to learn skills of teambuilding & leadership

1) NETs Bridging Programs - for S1 in new academic year.

To maximize the use of coming summer holiday, we provide an Interactive, Interesting and Intensive (3I) study and experiential program for students of P.6 newly promoted to F.1.

Themes

Our NETs Bridging Program has been receiving good response from students, parents & schools over the past couple of years

The reason is that our programs are always associated with interesting and attractive themes

Themes, like:
Magic & English
Harry Potter
Miracle English Journey

Aims

The program will help students to:

handle changing academic requirements and demands effectively,

familiarize students with the study environment of secondary school,

prepare psychologically challenges of secondary studies,

boost their understanding of subjects, such as, English, etc…

let student to have enjoyable summer time

promote self-knowledge, self-confidence and self-efficacy of the participants through exciting role-plays and activities in the program
　

Structure

The basic format of Bridging Program consists of 10 - 24 sessions of activities

Each session will last for around 2-3 hours with 1 or 2 short recesses
Structure

A typical composition of activities will include the following components:

lectures (~40%)
paper and pencil exercises (~20% plus some take home exercises)
individual student performance activities, such as simple personal discussions, recitals, reading aloud exercises, and more (~20%),
group activities, such as TEAM BUILDING, role play, discussions, oral reports, and more (~20%).
Composition of activities could be tailor-made to the needs of students and schools
Shared experiences –We have created a ‘shared-experiences’ session as part of our Program, so that our instructors (who all enjoyed interesting, enjoyable secondary school experiences) can act as role models by sharing their experiences, showing today’s students how they too can truly benefit from a strong secondary education experience

Schedule

Programs are typically held on weekday afternoon after school hours, or in the morning from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. We recommend a 2 hours program.

1st session = 1st 1.5 hrs (45 min lecture + 10 min recess + 45 min lecture)

2nd session = balance 0.5 hrs

Ideally, the timeslot should be allocated near the mid to end of the summer vacation, to facilitate a smooth transition into S1 classes

1.5hr program is also provided, for details, please refer to quotation

Study Stream

English Language Learning

Topics/modules could be designated by school, or,

Introducing topics of English textbook that students are going to learn in coming academic year

PLUS lots of fun English activities

Medium of Instruction

An all-English medium of instruction is suggested for the English Bridging Program at your school; this will allow students to become more familiar with English in the classroom

Instructors

Instructors are graduates or seniors of Hong Kong Institute of Education, Education Department of various universities in Hong Kong or overseas. All instructors are experienced in teaching and have received adequate training in education theories, child psychology and motivational techniques. Native English speakers are also involved in the part of oral English training. All instructors have received training and are continuously monitored by, including on-site team teaching with Bridging Program Coordinators, to ensure highly effective programs.

Suggested Student Numbers

A typical class is expected to accommodate no more than 25 students, to allow for focused student/teacher interaction and individual attention

2) English Enhancement Program: Team Building for S2 in new academic year

Characteristics and Aims

To provide an all-English and stimulating environment for participants to experience the fun of using English

Introducing English Language Arts to students

Prepare students for English subjects in new academic year

To let student to have an enjoyable time and to learn exciting skills, for instance, of Teambuilding & Leadership

To promote self-knowledge, self-confidence and self-efficacy of the participants through exciting role-plays and activities in the program

Program Highlights

Lectures

English Language Arts

Simple theory of Leadership & Teambuilding

Practical examples of great Leaders around the world

Group-discussions with lots of activities and games

Performance

Structure

The basic format of the Program consists of 10 -20 days, each day 2-3 hrs of teaching and activities.

There are two sessions each day and each session will last for around 45mins with 1 or 2 short recesses plus 0.5 hr of fun English activities

A typical composition of activities will include the following components:
- lectures (~40%)
- paper and pencil exercises (~20% plus some take home exercises)
individual student performance activities, such as simple personal
- discussions, recitals, reading aloud exercises, and more (~20%),
- group activities, such as role play, discussions, oral reports, and more (~20%).

Role-play to build team spirits
- Enable the participating students to explore self-knowledge, self-confidence and self-efficacy.
- Major events will be arranged in order to let the students to field experiencing the discussed concepts in person

Medium of Instruction

An all-English medium of instruction is used

Materials

Standard set of teaching materials, which includes focused exercises in English (text-book of coming academic year could be used according to request of school)

Tailor-made supplementary materials will be added according school’s needs

Awards

Awards will be given to students who have proven themselves great leaders, show great responsibilities to their duties and great concern to other fellow students

Flexibilities

The content of teaching could be varied according to the instruction of schools

It could be, in extreme case, 100% fun English activities. Some schools would like students to enjoy a very relaxing summer and great memories events of English activities in summer.

3) TSA Program for S3 in new academic year

The Program

The structure of the program will be similar to English Enhancement Programs

It includes, lectures and activities

With the fun English activities, students will find English is not only a subject to learn. It is actually part of their daily lives! They can use and Lean English in a natural way!

The content of lectures will be focus on TSA

Options of Text Books & Reference Books

TSA English Mock Exam Papers - Secondary 3, HK Education Pub Co., Bellson Ip, Raine Kwong HK$55.-

Classroom Secondary TSA: English Mock Papers (F.3) ISBN 9789882121546 HK$70.-

Essential Skills & Practice for the TSA Secondary 3 (with CD) (2006) iLearners HK$55.-

4) Cambridge PET for S4 in new academic year

CAMBRIDGE PRELIMINARY ENGLISH TEST (PET)
(organized by University of Cambridge, English for Speakers of Other Languages, ESOL)

PET is an internationally recognized English language qualification at ALTE level 2. It assesses candidates’ language skills at lower-intermediate level. At this level, learners should be able to cope linguistically in a range of everyday situations that require use of English in their own or a foreign country, in contact with native and non-native speakers of the language

Key recognition messages for KET and PET

KET and PET are being used by approximately 300 corporations around the world including international companies like Siemens, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Saab, Coca-Cola, GlaxoSmithKline and Cable and Wireless.

KET and PET are recognized by approximately 100 higher/further education institutions around the world

KET and PET are linked to the Council of Europe Common European Framework.

In the UK, KET and PET have been accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum into the National Qualifications Framework.

PET, is being used in secondary schools across a number of regions in Germany as part of projects initiated by the Ministry.

KET and PET are being used to assess English language ability by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce.

CAMBRIDGE PRELIMINARY ENGLISH TEST (PET)

PET could be a very useful tool and exercise for students of your schools to familiarize with the new changes on English Syllabuses, HKCEE examinations in 2007

Just like the new syllabus, Grading of ability of students in PET tests is based on actual marks scored in the examination

Mock tests on both speaking and writing are offered to students by our NET examiners

Students are no longer afraid of taking the tests as they are familiar with them

Program Support - Characteristics & Aims

In order to promote an atmosphere of learning English, we provide a comprehensive support on promotion of programs.

Besides, we also provide various “after program Output” for students and schools. A strong feeling of participation could last for months and years! English is no longer a “subject” for students to learn, it becomes part of their lives.

Banners

Banner is always a useful tool informing students about program. It invites their interests on the program

It also serves as a purpose of publicity. Parents always feel comfortable knowing more about school lives of their sons and daughters

Exhibition Racks (X-racks)

X-rack sits besides program would always provide a good atmosphere.

It also serves to explain the program to students.

Participation of students

Participation on setting up promotions often makes students feel that “it is their programs”

It is also a very good training to students on their team spirits, organizational abilities

Posters

Posters contain useful information of programs and messages that school would like to conduct to students

Post – Program Outputs

In order to let students to have a nice and lasting memory of happy moments of the events, we provide Posters, X-racks and also banners of the events with photos of students who are actually taking part in the programs

The price of :
1. Banners = HK$50/sqm, say, 2m(width)x1m(height) ~= HK$100 for full color banner
2. X-racks (enclosed file “X-racks”, 1.6m x 0.6m) = HK$120 per set
3. Posters = HK$50/sqm
i) Super size poster (H = 1.8m x W= 2m = 3.6 sqm x $50) = HK$180.- per pcs
ii) For ordinary poster (H=0.9m x W=0.6m = 0.54mx $50) = HK$27.- per pcs
4. CDs = HK$1050 per 15 to 30 mins (product costs, a sample video enclosed)