Form 2 & 3 students: Inquirer
A cognitive approach is used to enhance students’ awareness in how they learn English as a second language and how they can reflect the experience they gain from daily life in English.
Through reflective journaling, oral presentations, contrastive studies and outing experience, students are explicitly taught to use English to communicate.
Time and Location
Starts: 30th August, 2011
Saturdays 9:00a.m. – 12:30p.m. & 2:00p.m. – 5:30p.m.
Address: 10/F, Chung Kiu Commercial Building, 47-51 Shan Tung Street, Mongkok, Kowloon
(EXIT E2 – Mongkok MTR station
Objective
To help students succeed in learning English through intensive study and outdoor learning experiences.
Features
- Outdoor activities to develop observation and insights to enrich life experience
- Tele-conferencing via the web (for senior groups) to enhance speaking skills
- Journal writing for reflective learning
- Learning through activities to strengthen macro language skills of reading, listening and speaking
- Grammar study to enhance writing skills
- Generation of world knowledge through extensive reading
- Emphasis on higher order thinking and organization skills through reading
- Encouraging peer communication through group discussions and presentations
Cost
Course cost: $1500.00 per every four lessons
Course materials and worksheets are included.
Other: On extra curriculum activities (outdoor activities or events) parents will have to pay for meals, transportation and admission tickets. The amount depends on the activity and venue but we will always attempt to find the best value in these situations.
Curriculum Organization At-a-Glance1 (2011-2012)
There are a total of 40 weekly sessions that run for 3½ hours in one academic year.
Reading and Listening
Contrastive Analysis and Grammar
Speaking and Writing
Unit 1 2
- Angles of literacy
- author’s perspective
- word choice
- making connections
- Difference in system and structure
- Nouns
- Sentence basics
- Personal writing
Unit 2
- Essentials of reading
- Main idea and details
- inferences
- evaluation
- Nouns
- Articles
- Sentence basics
- Personal writing
- Responses
Unit 3
- Essentials of story
- characterization
- plot
- theme
- Pronouns
- Possessive pronouns
- Sentence Combining
- Narratives
Unit 4
- Biography and autobiography
- figurative language
- compare and contrast
- Pronouns
- Singular and plural nouns
- Sentence combining
- Creative writing
Unit 5
- The art of argument
- thesis statement
- refuting opposition
- understanding
audience
- Verbs
- Word formation
- Sentence problems
- Subject writing
- Argumentation
Unit 6
- Reader’s response
- factual response
- interpretive response
- evaluative response
- Verbs
- Passive voice
- Sentence problems
- Personal writing
- Report writing
Unit 7
- Reading non-fictions: factual stories
- generalization
- drawing conclusions
- Adjectives
- Subject
- Sentence Variety
- Subject writing
Unit 8
- Conflict as driving force in Stories
- types of conflict
- Adjectives
- Conjunctions and complex sentences
- Sentence Variety
- Creative writing
Unit 9
- Active reading: persuasive writing
- author’s perspective
- facts and opinions
loaded words - emotional impact
- tone
- Complex sentences
- Persuasive writing
1 The curriculum is subject to change without prior notice.
2 There are four 3 1/5-hour lessons in each unit, except for Unit 1, which consists of five lessons, of which the first is free of charge.
