King Ling College
Subject Web Page Template
Subject: English Language
Teacher-in-charge: Ms Pang WC & Ms Chan PY
Note:
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Please save the file into: P:\Subject_Webpage\(subject name)
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Font size: 12 (Bold in title)
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Font type: Times New Roman
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Except for Chinese, Chinese Literature, Chinese History and Putonghua
subjects, all subjects should be written in English. )
Aims & Objectives
(Note: You can find your subject info in : http://334.edb.hkedcity.net/EN/curriculum.php
Or http://www.edb.gov.hk/tc/curriculum-development/list-page.html)
Aims of the English Department is to:
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build up a stronger English language environment on campus;
enhance students’ awareness of language learning in daily life;
nurture students’ appreciation of English Literature.
Department Members
Note: Teachers’ name should be in short form like: Mr. Woo K.K., Ms. Li K.K..
Panel Heads:
- Ms Chan PY
- Ms Pang WC
Teachers:
- Ms Chau YY
- Ms Chiu MY
- Mr Culliton Ryan
- Ms Hau KK
- Mr Hung CH
- Ms Law KM
- Ms Li CN
- Ms Ma WC
- Ms Ngo MY
Curriculum
(Note: You can find your subject info in : http://334.edb.hkedcity.net/EN/curriculum.php
Or http://www.edb.gov.hk/tc/curriculum-development/list-page.html )
Grammar
S1
S2
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking
~ Articles
* Current news
~ Articles (magazine,
Through
Through
~ Adjectives
Literature:
news)
listening
having
~ Adverbs
Play and Prose:
~ Argumentative essay
practice,
individual
~ Agreement
~ A Midsummer Night’s
~ Advice column
students are
presentation
~ Conjunctions
Dream by William
~ Blog entry
expected to:
and group
~ Gerunds &
Shakespeare
~ Diary
~ understand
discussion,
infinitives
~ Sense and Sensibility
~ Itinerary
and interpret
students are
~ If-conditionals
by Jane Austen
~ Letters (formal &
the purpose
expected to:
~ Imperatives
Short Story:
informal)
and meaning
~ express
~ Inversion
~ Roman Fever by Edith
~ Leaflet
of a range of
information
~ Modals
Wharton
~ Minutes
spoken texts.
and ideas with
~ Modals
Poem:
~ Photo caption &
~ identify the
suitable
~ Nouns (Singular,
~ Praise Song For My
commentary
key details of
elaboration.
plural, countable
Mother by Grace
~ Postcard
a range of
~ convey
& uncountable
Nichols
~ Poem
spoken texts.
meaning using
nouns)
~ My Parents by
~ Proposal
~ interpret
a range of
~ Passive voice
Stephen Spender
~ Reviews (book,
speakers’
vocabulary
~ Participle
~ For Heidi With Blue
movie)
feelings,
and language
adjectives
Hair by Fleur Adcock
~ Report (with data)
views,
patterns
~ Pronouns
Themes:
~ Resume
attitudes and
appropriate to
~ Phrasal verbs
~ Understanding HK
~ Scripts (drama,
intentions.
the context,
~ Prepositions
~ Superstitions &
comic)
~ understand
purpose and
~ Quantifiers
traditions
~ Speech
speakers with
audience.
~ Questions
~ Teenage life
~ Story
a range of
~ establish
~ Relative clauses
~ Science & technology
~ Writing FAQ
accents and
and maintain
~ Reported Speech
~ Wonderful people
language
spoken
~ Punctuation
~ Nature environment
Portfolio (SLP)
varieties in
exchanges
~ Passive voice
~ Leisure health
~ JUPAS journal
speech
using
~ Sentence
~ Having fun
delivered.
formulaic
patterns
* Current news
~ understand
expressions
~ Tenses
Literature:
the use of a
and
~ Used to & be
Play and Prose:
range of
appropriate
used to
~ Macbeth by William
language
communicatio
Shakespeare
features in
n strategies.
~ Pride and Prejudice
fairly complex
~ produce
by Jane Austen
spoken texts.
coherent and
~ Student Learning
Short Story:
structured
~The Lottery by Shirley
speeches with
Jackson
ideas
Poem:
effectively
~ The Trees by Philip
presented.
Larkin
~ pronounce
~ The Trees are Down
words clearly
by Charlotte New
and
~ One Art by Elizabeth
accurately.
Bishop
Themes:
~ School life &
entertainment
~ Our community
~ The world around us
~ Managing your money
~ Popular culture
~ Technology
S3
* Current news
Literature:
Play and Prose:
~ Othello by William
Shakespeare
~ A View From the
Bridge by Arthur Miller
Short Story:
~ The Red Convertible
by L. Erdrich
Poem:
~ Reservist by Boey Kim
Cheng
~ Anthem For Doomed
Youth by Wilfred Owen
~ Attack by Siegfried
Sassoon
Themes:
~ Entertainment
~ Successful people &
amazing deeds
~ Studying, school life &
work
~ Sports
~ Cultures of the world
~ The individual &
society
~ Equal opportunities
S4
~ Apply all
* Current news
grammar items in
Literature:
all subjects
Short Story:
~ The Yellow Wallpaper
by C.P. Gilman
Poem:
~ Elegy For My Father’s
Father by Kames K
Baxter
~ Cold in the Earth by
Emily Bronte
~ Because I could not
Stop For Death by
Emily Dickinson
Themes:
~ School life & lifestyle
~ Media & advertising
~ Nature & environment
~ HK issues
~ Workplace
communications
~ Cultures around the
world
~ Technology
S5
* Current news
S6
Themes:
~ Popular culture
~ Green life
~ Technology
~ Collective memories
~ Food
~ Endangered species
~ Art
~ Health
~ Natural habitat
~ Workplace
communication
Activities
(Note: Can have more than 1 photo for each activity.
Photos should be saved in P:\Subject_Webpage\(subject name)\Photo\(activity
name))
Please refer to the content in the existing English Webpage (under the category of
“Activities”)
Useful Links
(Note: If possible, please briefly describe the page)
World News:
BBC
http://www.bbc.com/
CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/
NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news
Huffingtonpost
(they can choose whatever edition/country they like, limited to English-speaking
countries):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
Dictionaries/Thesauruses:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org
Online dictionaries from Cambridge University Press. You can find Advanced
Learners’ Dictionary, Dictionaries of American English, Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
http://www.longman.com/dictionaries
Word games organised according to level.
http://www.m-w.com/
The best online dictionary for American English. It includes Thesaurus.
Grammar:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening exercisers available. Very thorough answers
to students’ questions!!!
http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/
Grammar exercises for S1 & S2. Exercises on idioms, words, and slang for S3-5
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm
Here you can find over 200 exercises covering a wide range of grammar topics.
Answers are provided, most of which are with explanations.
Idioms:
http://www.elfs.com/2nInX-Title.html
Learn idioms through cartoon and audio. Enjoy it!!!
http://www.englishforum.com/00/students
Click the items “Today’s idiom” and “Today’s famous quotation”.
Other links for self-learning e.g. interactive English exercises, e-books of famous
novels are also available
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_idiommatch1.htm
Try this challenging common English idioms matching quiz. You need a piece of
paper and a pen to do the quizzes because the page design does not allow you to type.
Reading:
http://education.jlab.org/reading
Reading comprehension passages on science topics are available. Read the passage
and find out the correct words that are missing in the sentences. Answers and scoring
are provided.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/
These stories are accompanied with reading comprehension. Answers are provided
and a score is given for each answer. You can also try the story recreation exercise by
putting the sentences in the correct order. A gap-fill exercise is also provided.
Writing:
http://www.westminster.edu/staff/brennie/writerro.htm
There are many common errors which can be easily and permanently corrected if you
have the motivation to take habitual care to avoid them.
http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/syntax.htm
Learn more about sentence structures.
http://twp.duke.edu/writing-studio/resources/genres-of-writing
Explore different genres in writing.
Listening & Speaking:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/
Learn the sounds of English through this webpage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak
Learn more words that help you speak better English!
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/eating-out
Check your listening skills!
Others
(Note: Feel free to add other information if necessary. E.g. Awards )
Awards in the Speech Festivals:
66th Speech Festival
Class
Name
Category
Prize
nd
3A
Wong Ka Lam
Solo Verse
2 Place
5B
Hui Angel
Solo Verse
2nd Place
5B
Wong Pui Ka
Solo Verse
1st Place
4A
Fung Chi Hang
Drama Duo, B/G
2nd Place
4A
Lok Kwan Yin
Drama Duo, B/G
2nd Place
5A
Chan Wing Yan
Drama Duo, B/G
1st Place
5B
Chan Yu Hin
Drama Duo, B/G
1st Place
1A
Wong Yi Wing
Girls
3rd Place
5D
Tong Ka Wing
Drama Duo, B/G
3rd Place
5D
Poon King Tin
Drama Duo, B/G
3rd Place
4C
Whole class
Harmonic Speaking
1st Place
Category
Solo Verse
Prize
3 Place
65th Speech Festival
Class
Name
2C Kwan Sze Ching
rd
2C
Sung Tsoi Ling
Solo Verse
3rd Place
4E
So Yee Ting
Solo Verse
3rd Place
5D
To Yan Wa
Solo Verse
3rd Place
4D
Poon King Tin
Public Speaking Solo
1st Place
3C
Whole class
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
2nd Place
Category
What For? by Noel Petty
Prize
3 Place
64th Speech Festival
Class
Name
3C Cheng Wing Yiu
rd
5E
Lam Wen Sze
Public Speaking Solo
2nd Place
5E
Cheung Chi Kit
Public Speaking Solo
3rd Place
5E
Kong Chun Ho
Public Speaking Solo
2nd Place
5E
Lau Wai Ki,
Dicky
Public Speaking Solo
3rd Place
3B
Chung Lai Yan
What For? by Noel Petty
2nd Place
5D
Shek Hoi Yiu
Dramatic Duologue
2nd Place
5D
Tsang Siu Chit
Dramatic Duologue
2nd Place
5D
Mok King Him
Public Speaking Solo
3rd Place
3C
Chung Yu Lun
Dad's Hidding in the Shed by
3rd Place
John Foster
2B
Whole class
Choral Speaking
2nd Place
3B
So Yee Ting
What For? by Noel Petty
3rd Place
1D
Law Sze Lam
The Whistler by June Crebbin
2nd Place
3B
Whole Class
How the Tortoise Got Its
Shell by Judith Nicholls
3rd Place
63rd Speech Festival
Class
Name
Category
Prize
rd
1A
Li Ka Ching
Solo Verse
3 Place
1A
Lok Kwan Yin
Solo Verse
1st Place
1A
Lok Kwan Yin
Solo Verse
1st Place
1A
Whole class
Chroal Speaking
1st Place
3D
Leung Chung Yin
Dramatic Duologue
2nd Place
3D
To Yan Wa
Dramatic Duologue
2nd Place
3D
To Yan Wa
Solo Prose
2nd Place
3D
Whole class
Chroal Speaking
3rd Place
4B
Lau Wing Lam
Solo Verse
3rd Place
4E
Chan Sze Wai
Public Speaking Solo
3rd Place
4E
Kong Chun Ho
Public Speaking Solo
3rd Place
5B
Lee Wai Ling
Public Speaking Solo
3rd Place
62nd Speech Festival
Class
2C
Name
Tam Kwan Yin
Category
S1 & 2 Dramatic Duologue
Prize
3 Place
2D
To Yan Wa
S1 & 2 Dramatic Duologue
3rd Place
5A
Ho Ka Ki
S5 Girls Solo Verse
3rd Place
5E
Shan Ka Yu
S5 Boys Solo Verse
2nd Place
3D
Whole class
S3 & 4 Choral-mixed voice
3rd Place
6B
Tam Shing On
S6 & 7 Boys Solo Prose
2nd Place
2D
To Yan Wa
S2 Girls Solo Verse
2nd Place
2D
To Yan Wa
S2 Girls Solo Prose
3rd Place
rd