Caritas Institute of Higher Education (CIHE) is commissioned by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) with a grant from the Language Fund to launch the "English Language Enhancement Programme for Kindergarten Teachers – Level Two" in the 2022/23 school year.
Participants should
Remarks: Applicants are requested to provide photocopies of the above qualification proofs when submitting application.
This is a sequel to the Level One Course, which is also the pre-requisite for admission to this Course. This therefore assumes that the participants have already acquired a certain measure of English proficiency to function usefully in enabling and facilitating their young students in the kindergarten setting and environment to grow and develop their oral language skills and literacy. This Course provides participants an opportunity to demonstrate in micro-teaching sessions how well they have internalised and mastered the strategies for achieving such outcomes, and to share their experiences and observations with each other in focus group discussions. (This is fully echoed in 2.6.2(b) Learning Area: Second Language (English), as well as in Appendix 4, in the Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide 2017.)
Detailed content and topics to be covered in the Programme:
(i) Focus training (28 hours) on two effective English language teaching strategies for developing young children's oracy and literacy in English as a second/foreign language, such as Storytelling, Shared Reading, and related developmentally appropriate English language activities for young children.
(ii) Two three-hour experience sharing sessions for participants to report on and share their observations/experiences in planning and trials of the English language teaching strategies in their classrooms which they have learned in the Programme.
PART I: Focus training (28 hours) on two effective English language teaching strategies for developing young children's oracy and literacy in English as a second/foreign language, such as Storytelling, Shared Reading, and related developmentally-appropriate English language activities for young children |
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Day |
Key Topics |
No. of Lessons |
Hours/ Lesson |
Total Contact Hours |
1 |
Revisiting English Proficiency
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2 |
3.5 hrs+ 3.5 hrs+ |
7 hrs |
Discussion of Effective Classroom English I
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2 |
Strategies for Developing Children's Oracy I
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2 |
3.5 hrs+ 3.5 hrs |
7 hrs |
Strategies for Developing Children's Oracy II
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3 |
Strategies for Developing Children's Literacy I
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2 |
3.5 hrs+ 3.5 hrs |
7 hrs |
Strategies for Developing Children's Literacy II
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4 |
Strategies for Developing Children's Literacy II
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2 |
3.5 hrs+ 3.5 hrs |
7 hrs |
Strategies for Developing Children's Literacy III
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PART II: Two three-hour experience sharing sessions for participants to report and share their observations/experiences in planning and trials of the English language teacing strategies in their classrooms which they have learned in the Programme |
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Day |
Key Topics |
No. of Lessons |
Hours/ Lesson |
Total Contact Hours |
5 |
Two 3-hour sharing sessions with feedback discussion |
2 |
3 hrs+ 3 hrs |
6 hrs |
Total: 34 hours |
Class Code |
Date |
ENG-L2-03 |
3 July 2023 (Monday), 4 July 2023 (Tuesday), 5 July 2023 (Wednesday), 15 July 2023 (Saturday), 22 July 2023 (Saturday) |
Caritas Institute of Higher Education (2 Chui Ling Lane, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories - Exit B, Tiu Keng Leng MTR Station)
AM Session |
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
PM Session |
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
The Programme will be conducted in English. Teaching materials are in English.
Participants are required to attend at least 80% of the lessons to qualify for completion of the Programme. The Certificate of Attendance will be awarded to participants who have fulfilled the requirement.
From 10:00 a.m. on 27 January 2023 (Friday) to 4:00 p.m. on 20 June 2023 (Tuesday)
The application results will be announced on 26 June 2023 (Monday). Successful applicants will be notified. They must confirm acceptance of the admission during 27-29 June 2023 (Tuesday to Thursday).
Caritas Institute of Higher Education
Tel: 37024291; Email: shl.ece@cihe.edu.hk
SCOLAR
Tel: 35273049