Experience Sharing and Good Ideas on
implementing SBA for English Teachers
S.K.H. Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School
Presenter: Ms Tse Pik Yuk
A) Background of school
1) Rich project learning culture
2) Encourage Self-access Language
Learning (SALL)
3) Organize form activities, project
works and oral presentation sessions in
hall
4) SEED Project – collaborating with EMB.
- Integrating project works into the curriculum
• ECA Promotion
• Mini-Variety
Show
B) Ways to boost students’ English
proficiency & develop reading habit
 Whole school language policies
 Hong Kong Extensive Reading Scheme
(HKERS)
 F.1 customized enhancement programme
 The Reading Lounge
Our Reading Lounge
B) Boost Students’ English Proficiency &
Develop Reading Habit
The daily 15-minute “Morning Reading Period”
 Morning assembly on extensive reading
programme – book sharing
F.1 to F.3 Summer Reading Programme (Link)
F.1 – F.3 book sharing sessions
Reading Journal for all students (Link)
C) Ways to help F.4 students to prepare for SBA
Timeline
Things done / to do
July to Sept
Summer Reading Programme
05
Sept 05 –
Keeping a Reading Journal
April 07
Mid-Oct 05 Introducing SBA briefly to students
End of Oct
05
• “Matilda” being used as class reader
• Students doing discussion tasks with
“Matilda”
C) Ways to help F.4 students to prepare for SBA
Timeline
Things done / to do
Nov 05
• Showing students the introductory DVD
• Introducing briefly the assessment criteria
End of Dec
05
• Mini SBA book exhibition
• Christmas mini-project
• Peer evaluation
Jan 06
showing students’ clips with teachers’
comments
“Romeo & Juliet” – a live educational
English drama performance (Link)
Feb 06
C) Ways to help teachers to prepare for SBA
Timeline
Feb 05
Things done / to do
Choosing SBA Co-ordinator
March – April Panel Chairperson being SBA Group Co05
ordinator
April 05
HKU-HKEAA SBA Focus Group Trialling
June 05
• Choosing 15 titles of print fiction together and
purchasing 7 copies of each title to be shelved in
Reading Lounge
• Choosing 13 titles of non-print fiction together
and purchasing 1 copy of each title to be shelved
in Reading Lounge
C) Ways to help teachers to prepare for SBA
Timeline
July 05
Things done / to do
SBA Co-ordinator attending training
workshops
September 05 • A common free period per cycle for F.4
teachers for co-lesson planning, professional
sharing and overflow, etc.
• SBA Co-ordinator attending training
workshops
• First meeting with F.4 teachers held during
common free period – introducing SBA
C) Ways to help teachers to prepare for SBA
Timeline
Things done / to do
End of
• Second meeting with F.4 English teachers
September 05 (1) Choosing Matilda to be class reader
(2) Designing discussion tasks and details
of mini-project together
October 05
• Third meeting with F.4 English teachers
(1) Sharing progress of SBA
(2) Sharing of teaching ideas
• Teaching students discussion skills
November 05 • All F.4 teachers attending training session
conducted by Group Co-ordinator
Challenges
and
Solutions
• Some students being passive readers in Morning Reading
Period, making very minimal progress in reading
Guidelines on
choosing
books and
writing
journals given
Morning
assembly on
extensive
reading and
book sharing
Fixed number
of books to
read each year
Detention
class