llelp at shak chung shan shak chung shan memorial catholic primary school 9-4-2005

LLELP atLLELP atShak Chung ShanShak Chung Shan

Shak Chung Shan Memorial Catholic Primary School 9-4-2005

BackgroundBackground Among the P.4 teachers, 3 of us are the first

year teachers Two are in the second year, they are more

experienced. Some of us are trained in the IELP

We found that the workshops are very useful for us to manage the teaching skills, especially the video clips.

The school visits are useful, the educators provided valuable suggestions.

The sharing of our experienced teachers is precious. The team preparations help us to solve a lot of problems.

Our StudentsOur Students Our students like the project very much. They ar

e used to the Shared Book Approach for three years (from P.1 to P.3). They are not interested in the textbook based approach.

The Guided Reading acts as a good transitional period for them to switch to the new learning strategies.

The KWL and Retelling help our students to think critically and they are really learning to learn. The smart students show their progress obviously.

The support of our schoolThe support of our school

The team preparationsThe team preparations The IT support:The IT support: WELTS (Web-based English Learning System)WELTS (Web-based English Learning System) The application of SmartboardThe application of Smartboard The teacher assistants and parents help The teacher assistants and parents help

to produce the teaching aids.to produce the teaching aids.

Every students have their own accounts. Every students have their own accounts.

The Reading Room helps students to read the text The Reading Room helps students to read the text independently, especially for the slower progress independently, especially for the slower progress students. This system helps to motivate them to read students. This system helps to motivate them to read more.more.

It show the text in flash files. The animations help the students to understand the texts more.

The Playground helps students to practise the format of different text types.

This game helps students to do some classification of words.Students learn through games and activities.

Book shop provides more story books for students.Students have more exposure to English story books

The Bulletin Board let students share their ideas.

The gain of the teachers : :

The project enhanced teachers’ The project enhanced teachers’ professional development.professional development.

We learn different teaching strategies.We learn different teaching strategies. The project helps us to find a new horizon The project helps us to find a new horizon

of teaching English.of teaching English. It helps students to learn in a happy and It helps students to learn in a happy and

effective ways.effective ways. Both teachers and students enjoy English Both teachers and students enjoy English

lessons. lessons.