Support and Resources

Support 

• Professional development training programmes for teachers
• Sharing sessions for schools
• The Scholarship for Prospective English Teachers was introduced in the 2011/12 school year to attract persons proficient in English to pursue local bachelor degree programmes and / or teacher training programmes majoring in English or a relevant subject which will qualify them to become English teachers on graduation. Upon graduation, awardees have to undertake to teach English full-time in primary or secondary schools in Hong Kong for three years.
• [Completed Schemes] The English Enhancement Scheme for Secondary Schools, English Enhancement Grant Scheme for Primary Schools and Refined English Enhancement Scheme for Secondary Schools are to help schools develop their school-based English enhancement measures to strengthen the learning and teaching of English and to achieve sustainable effects after the completion of the Scheme.  

Resources

Information and exemplars on enhancing the learning and teaching of English 

• Dissemination Seminars on Good Practices on Language across the Curriculum (LAC) in Secondary Schools (18 & 25 June 2021) [PowerPoint Slides]
• Science Learning Circle [issued in March 2015]
• Conducting Extended Learning Activities in English — Exemplars developed by the Open University of Hong Kong with partner schools [issued in May 2012]
  1. (i)
     Science Education - Secondary 1 to 3
  2. (ii)
     Mathematics Education - Secondary 1 to 3
  3. (iii)
     Personal, Social and Humanities Education - Secondary 1 to 3
• Experience Sharing Session on Fine-tuning the Medium of Instruction for Secondary Schools:  "Learning English and learning in English: Getting in tune with our students’ needs" (20 November 2010)
• Exemplars of Good Practices in the Teaching and Learning of English [Synopsis] [issued in March 2005]
• Booklet on Good Practices in English Language Education [Chinese Version Only] [issued in January 2005]
• Booklet on Good Practices in English Language Education (Supplement) [Chinese Version Only] [issued in January 2005]
• Suggested ways to create a rich English language environment for students [issued in June 2003]
• Language support programmes and learning materials for secondary schools