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DDevelopment evelopment oof f LLanguage anguage aacross the Curriculum for cross the Curriculum for EEnglish-medium nglish-medium EEducationducation
15-3-200815-3-2008
St. Francis Xavier’s CollegeSt. Francis Xavier’s College
Presenters: Ms. Cecilia ChanPresenters: Ms. Cecilia Chan
Mr. Hendry LeungMr. Hendry Leung
Mr. Mario LeungMr. Mario Leung
Ms. Jannie TsangMs. Jannie Tsang
Support from the PrincipalSupport from the Principal Human ResourcesHuman Resources Grouping of the participantsGrouping of the participants Arrangement of the workshopsArrangement of the workshops Arrangement of the reading presentationArrangement of the reading presentation Easy access to the PowerPoint slides presentedEasy access to the PowerPoint slides presented Suggested schedule for submitting assignmentsSuggested schedule for submitting assignments
Factors that make the Factors that make the workshops successfulworkshops successful
1. Support from the 1. Support from the principalprincipal Briefing the participantsBriefing the participants
Explaining the aims and Explaining the aims and rationalesrationales
Visiting some of the workshopsVisiting some of the workshops Giving support & encouragement Giving support & encouragement
to the tutors & participantsto the tutors & participants Providing refreshmentsProviding refreshments
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2. Human Resources2. Human Resources Team work of fourTeam work of four
Less workloadLess workload More ideasMore ideas Better division of labourBetter division of labour
3. Grouping of the 3. Grouping of the participantsparticipants Inviting the panel heads to attend the Inviting the panel heads to attend the workshops workshops Awareness of the panel headsAwareness of the panel heads
Influencing the panel membersInfluencing the panel members Implementing the pedagogies in their related Implementing the pedagogies in their related
subjectssubjects
We influence our panel members
We are the leaders in the
school
4. Arrangement of the 4. Arrangement of the workshopsworkshops
TimingTimingConducted the workshopsConducted the workshops in the Second Termin the Second Term on Saturdayson Saturdays with 2 weeks between moduleswith 2 weeks between modules
Sufficient time for completing the Sufficient time for completing the Between Between Module Assignments (BMAs) Module Assignments (BMAs)
5. Arrangement of the 5. Arrangement of the reading presentationreading presentation
Arranging the participants in Arranging the participants in groups of 2-3 to read the artigroups of 2-3 to read the articles of cles of Between Module ReaBetween Module Reading (BMR)ding (BMR)
PresentingPresenting the BMRs at the the BMRs at the beginning of each workshopbeginning of each workshop Useful to both the presentUseful to both the present
ers and other participants ers and other participants
6. Easy access to the 6. Easy access to the PowerPoint slides PowerPoint slides
presentedpresented Uploading all the presented PowerPoiUploading all the presented PowerPoi
nt slides onto the school intranet after nt slides onto the school intranet after each workshop each workshop Helpful for the participants to complete thHelpful for the participants to complete th
eir BMAs & BMRseir BMAs & BMRs
7. Suggested schedule 7. Suggested schedule for submitting for submitting assignmentsassignments Schedule of the workshops and
dates for submitting the assignments were announced before the commencement of the programme. Helpful for the participants to mak
e arrangements in advance if necessary
Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Enhancing the language awareness of Enhancing the language awareness of
the participantsthe participants Highlighting the genres and language Highlighting the genres and language
forms in their teachingforms in their teaching
Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Better understanding of the students Better understanding of the students
through case studies through case studies Realizing the special needs of the Realizing the special needs of the
studentsstudents Adjusting the pedagogies accordingly Adjusting the pedagogies accordingly
if necessaryif necessary
Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Usefulness of some of the key Usefulness of some of the key
concepts concepts Teaching & Learning CycleTeaching & Learning Cycle ScaffoldingScaffolding Genres across the curriculumGenres across the curriculum
Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Addition of language elements in the Addition of language elements in the
scheme of workscheme of work Individual & departmental action plansIndividual & departmental action plans
e.g. nominalizatione.g. nominalization
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Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project Greater awareness of the language Greater awareness of the language
elements across curriculumelements across curriculum
Enhancing collaborative working Enhancing collaborative working relationship among colleagues when relationship among colleagues when having a shared visionhaving a shared vision
Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project Promoting a whole-school approach to Promoting a whole-school approach to
address the learning needs of the studentsaddress the learning needs of the students
Relevance of the course contentRelevance of the course content High degree of relevance in English High degree of relevance in English
Language, Humanities & Science subjectsLanguage, Humanities & Science subjects Lower degree of relevance for subjects with Lower degree of relevance for subjects with
less texts like Mathematicsless texts like Mathematics
Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project Better understanding of the materials Better understanding of the materials
taughttaught Enhancing the language awareness Enhancing the language awareness
of the tutorsof the tutors Especially the non-language teachers
more aware of the tone & register required greater demand on one’s language
proficiency
RecommendationsRecommendations Grouping of the participants
A panel head & a panel member Better collaboration
Sufficient time given between modules to complete the assignments BMAs & BMRs are quite demanding Heavy workloads of the teachers
RecommendationsRecommendations Co-planning BMAs
individual implementation of the plan
Giving more time for discussionGiving more time for discussion A precious chance for sharing among collA precious chance for sharing among coll
eagueseagues
Finding out the needs of the schoolFinding out the needs of the school
Thank you!Thank you!