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(A) Textbooks

Printed Textbooks : http://www.edb.gov.hk/rtl

e-Textbooks : http://www.edb.gov.hk/ertl

(B) Learning and teaching materials developed by EDB

No. Title / Description CRC call no./Web link

Primary (P1 – P6)

A) Assessment for Learning

1 Promoting Assessment for Learning in English Language Education at Primary

Level

This package aims to help teachers gain a better understanding of the role of

formative assessment in enhancing the learning and teaching of English.

Materials in the package can be used to conduct school-based professional

development seminars or workshops to disseminate the key messages related to

“Assessment for Learning”.

EDB 372.6044 P76 2004

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.ne

t/cd/eng/pafl_core/index.h

tm

2 ETV Teacher Development Series - Providing Quality Feedback

This programme provides teachers with ideas on how to give effective feedback

to students during reading and writing lessons.

https://www.hkedcity.net/etv/resource/1552944418

3 Assessment Task: Winter World Festival

This set of assessment papers is developed as a resource for primary English

teachers. It is appropriate for the more able students at KS1 or average students

at KS2 in Hong Kong.

The assessment papers comprise three sub-papers: Reading and Writing,

Speaking, and Listening, which are all linked through the theme of ‘Winter

World Festival’. By providing an authentic, familiar and meaningful context, the

papers aim to create a non-threatening and stress-free atmosphere for the

students in the process of assessment to allow them to fully demonstrate their

strengths in the four language skills.

http://www.hkedcity.net/e

dbatr/eng/?freetext=winte

r+world+festival&selecte

d_curriculum_id=&contri

butor=&qntype=&difficul

ty=&sort_field=&curricul

um_level0=3299

4 Assessment Task: The Adventure of Gingerbread Man

This set of assessment papers is designed to allow for the assessment of all four

language skills under the same theme, and is appropriate for average-ability KS2

students in Hong Kong.

Based on the story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’, the assessment papers are devised

to develop a familiar context for the students. This set of assessment papers

comprises three sub-papers: Reading and Writing, Speaking, and Listening,

which are all linked through the theme of ‘The Adventures of Gingerbread Man’.

By providing an imaginative, familiar and meaningful context, the papers aim to

create a non-threatening and stress-free atmosphere for the students in the

process of assessment to allow them to fully demonstrate their strengths in the

four language skills.

http://www.hkedcity.net/e

dbatr/eng/?freetext=the+a

dventure+of+gingerbread

+man&selected_curriculu

m_id=3299&contributor=

&qntype=&difficulty=&s

ort_field=&curriculum_le

vel0=3299

B) Catering for Learner Diversity

5 Handbook on Remedial Teaching of English in Primary Schools (1999)

This handbook provides teachers with information on remedial teaching of

English in primary schools.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en

/curriculum-development/

kla/eng-edu/references-res

ources/remedial-teaching-

primary.html

English Language Education

Learning and Teaching Resource List

Website: http://www.hkedcity.net/edbosp

http://www.edb.gov.hk/rtl

http://www.edb.gov.hk/ertl

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/pafl_core/index.htm



http://www.hkedcity.net/edbatr/eng/?freetext=winter+world+festival&selected_curriculum_id=&contributor=&qntype=&difficulty=&sort_field=&curriculum_level0=3299







http://www.hkedcity.net/edbatr/eng/?freetext=the+adventure+of+gingerbread+man&selected_curriculum_id=3299&contributor=&qntype=&difficulty=&sort_field=&curriculum_level0=3299








http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/remedial-teaching-primary.html





http://www.hkedcity.net/edbosp



C) Creative Thinking Tools for Writing

6 Nurturing Pupils’ Creative Thinking in the Upper Primary English Classroom

This package introduces a variety of creative thinking tools and provides

suggested activities to promote creativity in the upper primary English

classroom.

EDB 372.62044 N87

2012


t/cd/eng/creativethinking_

pri/Index.html

D) Cross-curricular Learning

7 Enhancing English Language Curriculum Planning, Learning and Teaching

through Cross-curricular Modules at Primary Level

This website contains seven cross-curricular modules: “Knowing Me, Knowing

You”, “Wonderful Water”, “It’s a Small World”, “Our Neighbourhood”, “Me and

You”, “Animals and Us” and “Trash to Treasure”, providing suggestions on how

to integrate the learning and teaching of English Language, General Studies and

Visual Arts.




ources/cross-curricular-m

odules/cross_curricular_m

odules.html

E) Curriculum Adaptation

8 School-based Curriculum Adaptation at Primary Level

This document provides a list of dos and don’ts for conducting school-based

curriculum adaptation at primary level for the subject of English Language.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/att

achment/en/curriculum-de

velopment/kla/eng-edu/cu

rr_adpt.pdf

F) Dictation

9 Parents’ Booklet on “Dictation Activity at Primary Level” (Chinese Version

only)

This booklet clarifies common misconceptions about dictation and suggests

effective ways to parents on how they can help their children prepare for

dictation, reflect on their own performance and develop good habits of language

learning.



velopment/kla/eng-edu/inf

ormation%20booklet%20

on%20dictation.pdf

10 Using Dictation to Develop Pupils’ Listening and Writing Skills

This package introduces the use of different dictation activities to help pupils

develop effective learning strategies (e.g. phonics skills and note-taking skills)

and integrated language skills (e.g. listening and writing).

EDB 372.6521 U85 2011

https://cd.edb.gov.hk/eng/

dict/index.html

G) Information Technology for Interactive Learning

11 Using IT to Learn, Learning to Use IT

This CD-ROM helps teachers to integrate IT into the primary English

curriculum.

EDB 372.60285 U85

2001

12 Reading Town Apps 1 – 3

Reading Town Apps 1 – 3 is a developmental literacy series designed to support

early readers. There are over 200 story books and letter books, which include

interactive features for children to read, listen, record and play games. This

series is available free on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store for all

primary schools. Reading Town Apps 1, 2, 3 can be used both in the classroom

and at home.

1﴿ Reading Town 1

iPhone/iPad version:

https://itunes.apple.com/h

k/app/reading-town-1/id9

32287365

Android version:

https://play.google.com/st

ore/apps/details?id=net.hk

edcity.edb.readingtown1

2﴿ Reading Town 2




004949143

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/creativethinking_pri/Index.html



http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/cross-curricular-modules/cross_curricular_modules.html






http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/curr_adpt.pdf




http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/information%20booklet%20on%20dictation.pdf





https://cd.edb.gov.hk/eng/dict/index.html

https://cd.edb.gov.hk/eng/dict/index.html

https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/reading-town-1/id932287365



https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hkedcity.edb.readingtown1








Android version:




3﴿ Reading Town 3




013778267

Android version:




H) Language Arts

13 Resource Package on Promoting Critical Thinking, Creativity and Cultural

Awareness through Language Arts in Primary Schools

This resource package provides teachers with some effective strategies and

activities on how to promote critical thinking, creativity and cultural awareness

effectively at primary level through the use of language arts materials including

short stories, nursery rhymes, songs and poems.


t/cd/eng/critical_thinking/

index.html

14 Let’s Experience and Appreciate Drama (LEAD)

This resource package provides teachers with exemplars on the use of some

effective strategies and activities in the learning and teaching of English at

primary level. It contains 8 plays: “Bossy Chris”, “Let's Go to the Salad Bar”,

“What Would You Like to Be?”, “The Halloween Party”, “The Magic

Paintbrush”, “The Boat Trip”, “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and ”The Three

Little Pigs”.

EDB 372.66044 L48 2002

http://resources.edb.gov.h

k/lead2002/

15 Let's Experience and Appreciate Poetry (Key Stage 1)

This resource package provides teachers with a source of ready-to-use materials

to introduce poetry in primary schools in Hong Kong.

EDB 372.64044 L48 2000

ks.1

16 Let's Experience and Appreciate Poetry (Key Stage 2)

This resource package provides teachers with a source of ready-to-use materials

to introduce poetry in primary schools in Hong Kong.

EDB 372.64044 L48 2000

ks.2

I) Listening

17 The Sunday Smile – English Radio Programme for Primary Students

The Sunday Smile is a radio programme jointly produced by the RTHK and the

Education Bureau for primary students. A 25-minute radio programme is

broadcast every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. All programmes in the past 12 months can

be retrieved from the Programme Archive at the RTHK website.

http://app1.rthk.org.hk/sp

ecial/sundaysmile/

18 Using Storytelling to Develop Students’ Interest in Reading – A Resource

Package for English Teachers

This resource package aims to enhance teachers’ knowledge and skills in

conducting storytelling in the primary English classroom. It includes stories and

suggested activities as well as video clips which demonstrate good storytelling

techniques.

EDB 372.677044 U84

2015



velopment/kla/eng-edu/ref

erences-resources/PRI_St

orytelling.pdf

19 Clipit: A Student Film Competition http://nets.edb.hkedcity.ne

t/page.php?p=316










http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/critical_thinking/index.html



http://resources.edb.gov.hk/lead2002/

http://resources.edb.gov.hk/lead2002/

http://app1.rthk.org.hk/special/sundaysmile/

http://app1.rthk.org.hk/special/sundaysmile/

http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/PRI_Storytelling.pdf





http://nets.edb.hkedcity.net/page.php?p=316




develops primary and secondary students’ English language proficiency

through a competition which requires them to respond in English;

enhances students’ awareness and appreciation of English;

gives students an opportunity to use English in a creative way involving

multimodal technology;

promotes the use of English language to discuss topics relevant to secondary

students; and

supports the learning and teaching of English in all Key Stages.

J) Phonics

20 Phonics in Action

This is a video-based resource package for school-based professional

development workshops for teachers of English in primary schools. Two series

of workshops, "Understanding Phonics" and "Teaching Phonics", can be run for

teachers using the materials in this resource package.

EDB 372.465 P46 2002

http://resources.edb.gov.h

k/phonics/

21 Strategies and Activities to Maximize Pleasurable Learning Experiences

(SAMPLE)

This resource package helps teachers incorporate some innovative and effective

teaching strategies and pleasurable learning activities into the school English

programme for young children.

EDB 372.6044 S89 2000


t/cd/eng/content_2773/sa

mple/elt/all.htm

22 Teaching Phonics at Primary Level

This resource package provides teachers with a quick reference on what phonics

is and how it can be used to enhance English learning. It also provides additional

materials and ideas for teachers’ reference and adaptation for use in teaching

phonics in the primary English classroom.

EDB 372.465 T63 2017

http://www.edb.gov.hk/Ph

onics_Pri_2017

K) Reading

23 Literacy Instruction for Teachers (LIFT)

This resource package provides teachers with the theoretical underpinnings for

learning to read and reading to learn, and some practical ideas and examples for

designing, organising and implementing Reading Workshops in primary schools.

EDB 372.6 L58 2007

24 Big books:

Siu Ling

398.02951H67 2004

The Fish and the Golden Rope

398.20951F53 2005

The Lion Dance

Copies of these books featuring traditional Chinese tales were distributed to

schools in support of their reading programme at KS1.

372.4 L56 2007

25 Big and small books:

An African Adventure

Copies of this information text were distributed to schools in support of their

reading programme at KS2.

372.4 A47 2007

http://resources.edb.gov.hk/phonics/

http://resources.edb.gov.hk/phonics/

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/content_2773/sample/elt/all.htm



https://crc.edb.gov.hk/cgi-bin/webopac.pl?f_id=rel_srch&tmpl=adm_title&a_type=1&trt=BK030135002&weba=3PCU7



26 Small books:

- Colours

- Numbers

- Dan and the Dog

- Going to School

- In My School

- In the Classroom

- Instruction

- In the Park

- My Friends

- My Family

Copies of these books, intended for Primary 1 students, were distributed to

schools in support of their reading programme.

- 372.4 C65 2007

- 372.4 N86 2006

- 372.4 D36 2006

- 372.4 G65 2007

- 372.4 I56 2007

- 372.4 I6 2006

- 372.4 I66 2007

- 372.4 I5 2006

- 372.4 M9 2006

- 372.4 M8 2006

L) Reading to Learn across the Curriculum

27 Suggested Book Lists for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

These websites provide suggested book lists for teachers to promote reading

across the curriculum at the primary level.

KS1:




erences-resources/Booklis

ts/Suggested%20BL%20f

or%20KS1.pdf KS2: http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/Booklists/Suggested%20BL%20for%20KS2.pdf

M) Speaking

28 Promoting Quality Interaction in the Primary English Classroom

This package helps English Language teachers gain a better understanding of

what interaction involves, and enables them to bring about quality interaction in

their own classrooms. The package consists of a handbook for facilitators and 3

CD-ROMs containing the materials for a series of school-based professional

development workshops on promoting quality interaction in the English

classroom.

EDB 420.71 P76 2004

29 Good Practices in Speech Activities

This CD-ROM presents the views of teachers and students on speech activities

while the VCDs show the performance of students in different speech activities.

EDB 808.55 G66 1999

30 ETV Teacher Development Series - Enhancing Pupils’ Presentation Skills (Parts

1 & 2)

This programme aims to provide useful ideas on the teaching of presentation

skills and practical suggestions for conducting English activities in the primary

English classroom. Part One of the programme is for teachers teaching lower

primary students while Part Two is for upper primary students.

Part 1:

https://www.hkedcity.net/

etv/resource/410585490

Part 2:



N) Task-based Learning

31 Adopting Task-based Approach in the Primary Classroom

This CD-ROM aims at helping English Language subject teachers in primary

schools to better understand and adopt the task-based approach in their teaching.

EDB 372.6044 A36 1998

http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/Booklists/Suggested%20BL%20for%20KS1.pdf
















O) Vocabulary

32 Enhancing English Vocabulary Learning and Teaching at Primary Level

This resource package provides teachers with theoretical underpinnings of

vocabulary learning and teaching, suggested teaching plans and materials,

vocabulary games and activities, as well as other useful references to illustrate

effective vocabulary learning and teaching.


t/cd/eng/vocab09/index.ht

m

User Guide for the Web Version: http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/web%20version%20user%20guide_100209.pdf

P) Writing

33 Writing Packages (Primary 1-3)

This package aims at facilitating students’ development in their writing skills. A

number of writing tasks and activities have been included to illustrate how to

help KS1 students to work towards the learning targets and objectives.

EDB 372.6521044 W75

2001




ources.html

34 Writing Packages (Primary 4-6)

This package aims at facilitating students’ development in their writing skills. A

number of writing tasks and activities have been included to illustrate how to

help KS2 students to work towards the learning targets and objectives.

EDB 372.6521044 W75

2000




ources.html

Q) e-Learning

35 The Primary English E-learning Resources (PEER) Website

PEER provides quality e-learning resources to enrich upper primary students’

English learning experience. It consists of 60 learning units carefully organised

and arranged based on the suggested modules from the Curriculum Guide.

Teachers’ notes and a worksheet are available for each learning unit which takes

about 15 minutes of class time.

http://peer.edb.hkedcity.ne

t/

36 ETV Teacher Development Series - e-learning in English Learning and Teaching

This programme aims to illustrate how information technology is used by two

primary English teachers. It explores what advantages e-learning brings to the

learning and teaching of English and how IT facilitates assessment for learning.



37 Primary Literacy Programme – Reading and Writing (PLP-R/W) KS1 e-books

184 story books are written using:

- a progression of high frequency words and a developmental phonics

programme;

- interesting storylines that match the students’ background experiences;

- sentence structures that reflect those in the ELCG; and

- a range of text types.

53 letter and sound books are based around initial sounds, rimes, digraphs, long

vowels or blends. These books help students practice the target sounds at home.

The illustrations in each book tell a story to hold students’ attention and interest

and develop their awareness of visual cues.

https://edmall.hkedcity.net

/store/index.php?dispatch

=products.view&product_

id=20695&sl=EN

38 ETV Teacher Development Series – Effective Use of Multi-modal Texts in

Developing Primary Students’ Language Skills

The programme aims to illustrate how teachers are using multi-modal texts in



http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/vocab09/index.htm



http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/web%20version%20user%20guide_100209.pdf





http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources.html








http://peer.edb.hkedcity.net/

http://peer.edb.hkedcity.net/

https://edmall.hkedcity.net/store/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=20695&sl=EN






two primary English classrooms to develop students’ language skills and what

teaching strategies are employed in the classrooms for effective learning.

R) Miscellaneous

39 Learning English is Fun – English Language Camp Activities for Primary 4

Students

This resource package contains a resource book, two VCDs and an audio CD.

The resource book introduces ten types of camp activities. The two VCDs

include demonstrations on how these camp activities can be conducted. The

audio CD includes recordings of all the stories and songs covered in the resource

book.

EDB 372.6521 L43 2003

http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/campactivities_edb.pdf

40 Festival Resource Package

This resource package consists of a CD-ROM and a User Guide. Activities

related to the Chinese New Year, Halloween and Christmas have been designed

to enhance primary students’ understanding of various cultural festivals and

customs, as well as to arouse their interest in learning English. The resources

include PowerPoint presentations, songs, poems, craft activities, worksheets and

video clips.

372.4 F47 2008

41 Festival Resource Package 2

This resource package is an enhanced version of the previous package launched

in 2007 which includes resources for the Chinese New Year, Halloween and

Christmas. Other Chinese Festivals, such as Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat

Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as Birthdays and Easter, have been

added. It also includes the songs, chants and rhymes that were composed by the

NET Section and the participants of a Professional Development Programme

entitled “Songs, Chants and Rhymes in KS1”.

372.6 F41 2008

42 ETV Teacher Resource Programmes – Success Stories of the Native-speaking

English Teacher (NET) Scheme in Primary Schools

This programme introduces some of the innovative and engaging experiences

that NETs have provided to enhance the English curriculum and increase

students' confidence in using English with the support of the NET Section of the

Education Bureau.. The programme includes:

Space Town

Use of puppetry in English classrooms

Story to Stage – Puppetry Competition for Primary Schools

Development of Text Sets

Tel.com

Developing students’ debating skills

Storytelling in the Community



43 ETV Teacher Resource Programmes – Good Practices in English Language

Teaching

This programme contains three segments that explore some of the good practices

in English language teaching promoted through the NET Scheme in Primary

Schools. These good practices include 'How to engage students in storytelling?',

'How to use puppets in English lessons?' and 'How to facilitate primary students

doing English debate?'.



Junior Secondary (S1 – S3)


https://crc.edb.gov.hk/cgi-bin/webopac.pl?f_id=rel_srch&tmpl=adm_title&a_type=1&trt=BK026171002&weba=30AR4

https://crc.edb.gov.hk/cgi-bin/webopac.pl?f_id=rel_srch&tmpl=adm_title&a_type=1&trt=ER001860001&weba=3PCU7







A) Language Arts

1 The Learning and Teaching of Poetry (Secondary 1-3): A Resource Package

This package provides useful learning materials and activities to facilitate the

learning and teaching of language arts at junior secondary level.

EDB 808.10712 L43 2002

2 When Language Arts Meets Phonics – Phonics in Action at Junior Secondary

Level

This resource package is intended to be a reference for junior secondary

English teachers on what phonics is and how language arts can be meaningfully

and productively used as a context to facilitate and enhance the learning and

teaching of phonics.

414.8 W54 2011

http://www.edb.gov.hk/phonics_in_action_js

3. A Resource Package on Using Storytelling to Develop Students’ Literacy Skills

and Positive Values

This resource package is designed to enhance English teachers’ knowledge and

skills in conducting storytelling in the junior secondary English classroom.

The resource package comprises stories and suggested activities that

demonstrate good storytelling techniques and illustrations for classroom

teaching. English teachers can develop students’ literacy skills, cultivate their

positive values and enhance their knowledge of other subjects with the use of

this resource package.




erences-resources/Storytel

ling%20Resource%20Pac

kage_Sec.pdf

4 Clipit: A Student Film Competition






promotes the use of English language to discuss topics relevant to

secondary students; and

supports the learning and teaching of English in all Key Stages.

http://nets.edb.hkedcity.ne

t/page.php?p=316

B) Reading to Learn across the Curriculum

5 Suggested Book List for Key Stage 3

This website provides a suggested book list for teachers to promote reading to

learn across the curriculum at Key Stage 3.


C) Task-based Learning

6 Task-based Language Learning (Secondary 1-3): A Resource Package

This package aims to illustrate the use of the task-based approach in the

learning, teaching and assessment of English language at junior secondary

level.

EDB 428.240712 T38

2004

https://cd.edb.gov.hk/eng/references/secondary/task/index.htm

7 Task-based Learning and an Exemplar Module for Key Stage 3

This package contains the scheme of work, learning and assessment tasks and

useful websites for the task-based exemplar module “Cultures of the World”.

EDB 428.240712 T371

2000

https://cd.edb.gov.hk/eng/

references/secondary/ks3/

index.html

D) Writing

8 Writing Packages (Secondary 1-3)

These packages provide materials for teachers of English to help KS3 students

to improve their writing skills and practise different text types. Each unit is

EDB 372.6521044 W758

2000



http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/Storytelling%20Resource%20Package_Sec.pdf











https://cd.edb.gov.hk/eng/references/secondary/ks3/index.html





centred around a module, containing a number of pre-task activities, tasks and

help files. The packages include an appendix of useful online resources, an

audio CD and a CD-ROM.

9 Shorts 2010 – 2014: student-created short stories for reading and appreciation

This e-resource package is a celebration of five years of student achievement in

Shorts: A Short Story Writing Competition. The publication will also serve as a

valuable resource for students and teachers who are interested in reading and

appreciating a variety of short stories written by student writers in Hong Kong.

All of the selected stories were prize-winning entries in the Shorts competition

from 2010 to 2014. They have been edited to varying degrees to enhance their

readability and their appeal and usefulness as instructional texts for the Short

Stories elective module.


or

https://goo.gl/tLnKyg

or


t/page.php?p=263

10 ETV Teacher Resource Programmes – Enhancing Students’ Language Skills

with Multi-modal Texts

This programme explores the use of multi-modal texts, for example, videos,

pictures, graphics, to engage secondary students in English lessons and to

develop their creativity, language and expressive skills.


Senior Secondary (S4 – S6)


1 Suggested Schemes of Work for the Elective Part of the Three-year Senior

Secondary English Language Curriculum

The booklet provides detailed guidelines and teaching ideas to help teachers to

plan and implement the Elective Part of the three-year Senior Secondary

English Language curriculum more effectively in their own school. It

comprises a general description and a suggested scheme of work for each of the

modules in the Elective Part.

EDB 428.0071 S84

2007


achment/en/common/sow

%20for%20the%20electiv

e%20modules%20-%202

11107.pdf

2 Supplementary Notes to the English Language Curriculum and Assessment

Guide (Secondary 4-6) (CDC & HKEAA, 2007)

Five sets of Supplementary Notes are developed to provide further information

and suggestions on the following areas to support the learning, teaching and

assessment of English at the senior secondary level:

Building a strong interface between the junior and senior secondary

curricula: Focusing on the development of literacy skills

Catering for Learner Diversity in the Senior Secondary English

Classroom

Promoting Assessment For and As Learning at the Senior Secondary

Level: Focusing on the Development of Writing Skills

Promoting e-learning in the senior secondary English classroom

The learning and teaching of grammar



kla/eng-edu/curriculum-d

ocuments.html

A) Language Arts

3 Learning English through Drama (Secondary 4-6): A Resource Package

(Print Version)

Learning English through Poems and Songs (Secondary 4-6): A Resource

Package (Print Version)

Learning English through Popular Culture (Secondary 4-6): A Resource


Learning English through Short Stories (Secondary 4-6): A Resource

EDB 428.240712 L43 2009 EDB 428.240712 L43 2010 EDB 428.240712 L433 2009 EDB 428.240712 L432










http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/curriculum-documents.html







These four resource packages comprise a range of language learning activities

and teaching ideas for the development and implementation of the four

Language Arts elective modules of the Three-year Senior Secondary English

Language Curriculum.

2009

http://www.edb.gov.hk/in

dex.aspx?nodeID=2773&l

angno=1

4 Web-based Learning and Teaching Resource Materials

Learning English through Drama

Learning English through Poems and Songs

Learning English through Popular Culture

Learning English through Short Stories

These resources aims to support the Suggested Schemes of Work for the

Elective Part of the Three-year Senior Secondary English Language

Curriculum (Secondary 4-6) by showing the types of activities/materials that

can be designed and developed to help students to work on the various focuses

of the Language Arts elective modules in the Schemes of Work. Teachers may

freely adapt the resources or develop their own to suit their students’ interests,

abilities and needs.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=2773&langno=1

5 The Learning and Teaching of Poetry (Senior Secondary): A Resource Package

This package provides useful learning materials and activities to facilitate the learning and teaching of language arts and Literature in English at senior secondary level.

EDB 808.10712 L43 2005

6 NETworking Series

Language Arts

NETworking: Using Drama in the English Classroom

NETworking: Using Poetry in the English Classroom

NETworking: Using Short Stories in the English Classroom

NETworking: Using Popular Culture in the English Classroom

The NETworking series provides secondary English teachers with additional

materials and ideas to implement the elective modules at the senior secondary

level and to enhance the interface between the junior secondary and senior

secondary curricula in aspects related to the elective modules.

EDB 420.712 N47 2008

EDB 428.00712 N47

2008

EDB 428.240712 N47

2012

EDB 428.240712 N474

2013

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/resource-support/net/enet-resources.html

7 Clipit: A Student Film Competition






promotes the use of English language to discuss topics relevant to

secondary students; and

supports the learning and teaching of English in all Key Stages


B) Listening

8 Teen Time Resource Package 2000

This package is built around features from the radio programme, Teen Time, to

provide students at the senior secondary level with a number of stimulating

EDB 428.24 T44 2000















experiences related to the world of science. It contains extracts of some Teen

Time radio programmes produced in previous years. Relevant introductory

notes, worksheets, key and transcripts are also provided.

9 Teen Time Resource Package 1996

This package contains extracts of some Teen Time radio programmes produced

in previous years. It is developed for the learning and teaching of English at the

senior secondary level. The topics are designed to promote civic awareness and

career planning for young people. Authentic audio and written materials are

integrated to provide a series of listening, oral and written tasks and grammar

exercises. Relevant worksheets, teacher’s notes and transcripts are also

provided.

EDB 428.30712 T44 1996

C) Non-Language Arts

10 A General Guide to Debating

This package gives an overview of the basics of debating, including the

different formats of debating and debating skills. It provides a resource for

teachers who wish to introduce formal debates to students at senior secondary

level, covering a range of topics such as the general rules and guidelines for

debating, the speaking order in a debate, roles of individual speakers, the

structure of a speech, how to present an argument or a rebuttal, and the

educational benefits of debating. It also serves as supplementary material for

the resource package on Learning English through Debating published by the

English Language Education Section, Curriculum Development Institute in

2011 in support of the implementation of the senior secondary English

Language curriculum.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/A%20General%20Guide%20to%20Debating_V2.doc

11 DVD on Using Documentaries in Language Teaching

This DVD aims to provide ideas and suggestions for teachers on how to use

documentaries for language learning and teaching at the senior secondary level,

particularly in enhancing students’ oral interaction skills.

EDB 428.2407 U84 2006

12 Learning English through Debating (Secondary 4-6): A Resource Package

(Print Version)

Learning English through Social Issues (Secondary 4-6): A Resource


Learning English through Sports Communication (Secondary 4-6): A

Resource Package (Print Version)

Learning English through Workplace Communication (Secondary 4-6): A

Resource Package (Print Version)

These four resource packages comprise a range of language learning activities

and teaching ideas for the development and implementation of the four

Non-Language Arts elective modules of the Three-year Senior Secondary

English Language Curriculum.

EDB 428.24 L43 2011 EDB 428.240712 L437 2010 EDB 428.240712 L44 2010

EDB 428.240712 L431 2009 http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeID=2773&langno=1






13 Web-based Learning and Teaching Resource Materials

Learning English through Debating

Learning English through Social Issues

Learning English through Sports Communication

Learning English through Workplace Communication

These resources aim to support the Suggested Schemes of Work for the

Elective Part of the Three-year Senior Secondary English Language

Curriculum (Secondary 4-6) by showing the types of activities/materials that

can be designed and developed to help students to work on the various focuses

of the Non-Language Arts elective modules in the Schemes of Work. Teachers

may freely adapt the resources or develop their own to suit their students’

interests, abilities and needs.


14 NETworking Series

Non-Language Arts

NETworking: Using Debate in the English Classroom

NETworking: Workplace Communication in the English Classroom

NETworking: Social Issues in the English Classroom

NETworking: Using Sports Communication in the English Classroom

The NETworking series provides secondary English teachers with additional

materials and ideas to implement the elective modules at the senior secondary

level and to enhance the interface between the junior secondary and senior

secondary curricula in aspects related to the elective modules.

EDB 428.240712 N47

2008

EDB 428.00712 N47

2009

EDB 428.00712 N46

2009

EDB 428.240712 N473

2013


D) Reading and Writing across the Curriculum

15 Suggested Book List for Senior Secondary

This website provides a suggested book list for teachers to promote reading to

learn across the curriculum at the senior secondary level.


16 Enhancing Senior Secondary Students’ Reading and Writing Skills through

Connecting the Learning Experiences in English Language and Liberal Studies

This set of resource materials focuses on helping students make connections

between the learning experiences in English and Liberal Studies. It covers a

series of reading activities which allow students to synthesise, interpret, and

evaluate information and ideas presented in a range of texts and produce an

argumentative essay with convincing points of view, an appropriate structure,

and a range of linguistic devices to achieve the desired purposes.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/professional-development-programmes/SS_Reading%20and%20Writing%20for%20Eng%20and%20LS.pdf http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/professional-development-programmes/SS_Reading%20and%20Writing%20for%20Eng%20and%20LS.docx

E) Task-based Learning

17 Task-based Language Learning (Secondary 4-5): A Resource Package EDB 428.240712 T37




http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/professional-development-programmes/SS_Reading%20and%20Writing%20for%20Eng%20and%20LS.pdf








http://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/professional-development-programmes/SS_Reading%20and%20Writing%20for%20Eng%20and%20LS.docx










This resource package aims to illustrate the use of the task-based approach in

the learning, teaching and assessment of English language at senior secondary

level.

2002

18 Task-based Learning and an Exemplar Module for Key Stage 4

This resource package contains the scheme of work, learning and assessment

tasks and useful websites for the task-based exemplar module ‘Study, School

Life and Work’.

https://cd.edb.gov.hk/eng/references/secondary/ks4/intro.html

F) Writing

19 Writing Packages (Secondary 4-5)

These packages provide materials for teachers of English to help senior

secondary students to improve their writing skills and practise different

text-types. There are four modules, each containing a number of pre-task

activities, tasks and help files. The packages include an appendix of useful

online resources, an audio CD and a CD-ROM.

EDB 808.0420712 W75

2001

20 ETV on Exploring Text Types at the Secondary Level

Feature Article

News Report and Editorial

Persusive Writing

The programmes explore the functions and the stylistic features of the three

text types. Self-access student learning resources are also provided for

students’ reference.

Feature Article:

https://www.hkedcity.net/etv/resource/1324387742 News Report and Editorial: https://www.hkedcity.net/etv/resource/814240652

Persuasive Writing:


21 Shorts 2010 – 2014: student-created short stories for reading and appreciation

This e-resource package is a celebration of five years of student achievement in

Shorts: A Short Story Writing Competition. The publication will also serve as a

valuable resource for students and teachers who are interested in reading and

appreciating a variety of short stories written by student writers in Hong Kong.

All of the selected stories were prize-winning entries in the Shorts competition

from 2010 to 2014. They have been edited to varying degrees for readability

and to enhance their appeal and usefulness as instructional texts for the Short

Stories elective module.


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Cross-level Resources


A) Assessment for Learning

1 Task-based Assessment for English Language Learning at Secondary Level

This package provides an introduction to the principles and practice of

task-based language assessment in secondary schools.

EDB 428.240712 T37 2005

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/TBA_Eng_Sec/index.html
















B) Catering for Learner Diversity

2 Handbook on Remedial Teaching of English in Secondary Schools (1997)

This handbook provides teachers with administrative and professional

guidelines on remedial teaching of English in secondary schools.

EDB 428.00712 H36 1997

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/remedial-teaching-secondary.html

C) Good Practices

3 Good Practice in English Language Teaching: A Handbook for Secondary

Schools

This handbook consists of eight articles that are the products of professional

sharing among local teachers and educators about the learning and teaching of

English in Hong Kong at secondary level.

EDB 428.712 G66 1996

4 ETV Teacher Resource Programmes - Success Stories of the Enhanced NET

Scheme in Secondary Schools

This programme explores a number of innovative and engaging experiences

that the NETs have created in secondary English classrooms and how the NET

Section of the Education Bureau has provided professional support to these

programmes in schools. The following are featured:

- School-based reading programmes

- ‘Shorts on Stage’ Competition

- Multi-media Tasking 2.0 Project

https://www.hkedcity.net/et

v/resource/7264090750

D) Language Arts

5 The Splendour of Writing Poems: Inspiring Students’ Imaginations

This resource package is intended for upper primary and junior secondary

students. It provides teachers with suggestions on helping their students to

write poems through experimenting with all of their senses, which in turn

encourages the kind of participation and perceptive observations that will offer

all students clear practices for developing creative skills in writing and

thinking.

EDB 808.1 S75 2007

6 ETV Teacher Development Series – English Language Learning through

Drama

This programme provides ideas on how to enhance students’ English learning

and motivation to learn the language through the use of drama activities.


7 ETV on Using Films in English Language Lessons

This programme explores how films help to improve students' English skills

and encourage collaborative learning and critical thinking.


8 Suggested Activities for Using Films and Documentaries

This document contains guidelines for using non-print materials to facilitate

English language learning. Suggested pre-viewing, after-viewing and

extension activities are also provided.


9 The Learning and Teaching of Language Arts at Secondary Level

This website contains exemplars which are a synthesis of the experience and

suggestions from schools participating in the “Seed” Project entitled “The

Learning and Teaching of Language Arts at Secondary Level”. These

exemplars contain teaching steps, worksheets, and video clips demonstrating

how language arts lessons can be conducted.

http://www.edb.gov.hk/en/curriculum-development/kla/eng-edu/references-resources/L&T-of-language-arts-at-sec-level.html

10 Learning and Teaching through Drama 428.34 42 2008














This VCD package provides primary and secondary English teachers with

ideas and examples to experiment with and enjoy using drama in both

classroom and extra-curricular settings.

E) Listening

11 Teen Time

Teen Time is a radio programme jointly produced by the RTHK and the

Education Bureau for secondary students. A 60-minute programme is

broadcast from Monday to Friday at 9:00 p.m. All programmes in the past 12

months can be retrieved from the Programme Archive at the RTHK websites.

http://app3.rthk.hk/special/teentime/mainpage.php

12 Teen Time Remix: Using Authentic Materials for Developing Secondary

Students' Listening Skills

This resource package aims to illustrate the use of authentic materials to

support the development of secondary students' listening skills and strategies.

It contains four units of tasks, audio clips for use in each unit and a video clip

about the Teen Time radio programme.

EDB 428.340712 T44 2008 http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/teen_time_remix/index.html

F) Self-access Language Learning

13 Self-access Language Learning (SALL) in Hong Kong Secondary Schools

(2001-2003)

This resource package aims to promote SALL and provide sample tasks for

teachers’ adaptation/use in their own school. There are 16 sample tasks, each

containing a task description, suggested procedures, language learning

materials and worksheets.

EDB 420.7 S45 2004

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/ref_res/salm/index.html

14 Self-access Language Learning for Secondary Schools in support of CDC

This resource package aims to provide teachers with samples of SALL tasks

for adaptation/use in their own school; and promote the sharing and

development of SALL ideas and materials among teachers. The 27 learning

tasks are based on materials produced by teachers who participated in the

series of one-day Materials Development Workshops on Self-Access Language

Learning organised by the then English Section, Education Department.

EDB 428.24 S45 2001

G) Vocabulary

15 Enhancing English Vocabulary Learning and Teaching at Secondary Level

This package aims to provide materials and ideas for the learning and teaching

of vocabulary and the development of vocabulary building strategies at both

junior and senior secondary levels.

EDB 428.249510712 E54

2012

http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/vocab_learning_sec/index.html



http://cd1.edb.hkedcity.net/cd/eng/teen_time_remix/index.html










(C) Other useful resources / web links

No. Title / Description Web Link

1 EDB One-stop Portal for Learning and Teaching Resources:

A series of six theme-based learning and teaching resource packages developed and uploaded to EDB

One-stop Portal. There are three packages for KS1 and two packages for KS2 learners. These packages can

be integrated with or used to supplement your school-based English language curriculum. Each package

includes a unit framework, lesson plans, reading materials, differentiated worksheets and activities,

e-learning tasks, formative assessment checklists and extended activities to cater for multiple intelligences of

learners.

Package 1: The Giant Carrot

"The Giant Carrot" is a story about a farmer and his family who work together

to harvest a giant carrot. The story uses simple repetitive language which

portrays a family working together to solve a problem. The text is also written

as Readers Theatre where students are prompted to become a character in the

story by reading different coloured text. This resource package for KS1

students includes songs, surveys, recipes and role-play activities ready to use

in your classroom.

http://minisite.proj.hkedcity

.net/edbosp-eng/eng/learnin

g_and_teaching_resources/r

esources_list.html?freetext

=the giant carrot

Package 2: The Terrific Chef

"The Terrific Chef " is a story about a family who orders a chef to cook their

favourite meal. The problem is that the chef can’t decide what to cook, as their

tastes are so different. As the story unfolds, students read and learn about a

variety of tasty ingredients and the steps to make a special dish. The dish is a

supreme pizza which satisfies all of the members in the family. This KS1

package includes songs, e-Learning games and a procedural pizza recipe

which is sure to satisfy any appetite.





=the terrific chef

Package 3: A Festival of Poems

A Festival of Poems touches on all of the seasonal favourites across Hong

Kong. Students read and learn about different forms of poems, including

Acrostic, 5-W, Rhyming and Diamante poems. With the resources and

templates provided, students can create poems about different festivals using

the target language. This KS2 package includes e-learning opportunities, visual

arts projects, songs and speaking tasks on route to writing a variety of festival

poems.





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Package 4: Biographies of Famous People

The package, "Biographies of Famous People" puts a modern twist on the

traditional text-type. Historical figures are replaced by modern celebrities from

Hong Kong and the world of entertainment. Students learn how to write a

biography through researching online and completing the biography fact sheet.

Visual presentations and a self-marking activity allow students to critique

themselves and their peers in a motivating multi-media format. This KS2

package includes pre-made PowerPoint resources and templates which

cater for a wide range of learners' needs.





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http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/edbosp-eng/eng/learning_and_teaching_resources/resources_list.html?freetext=the%20giant%20carrot





http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/edbosp-eng/eng/learning_and_teaching_resources/resources_list.html?freetext=the%20terrific%20chef





http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/edbosp-eng/eng/learning_and_teaching_resources/resources_list.html?freetext=a%20festival%20of%20poems%20package%20overview







http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/edbosp-eng/eng/learning_and_teaching_resources/resources_list.html?freetext=biographies%20of%20famous%20people%20package%20overview









Package 5: The Big Buddy

"The Big Buddy" is a story about a boy who wants to join “The Big Buddy”

programme at school. The story covers concepts about change and personal

growth. This resource package for KS1 learners includes songs, posters,

application forms and role-play activities which cater for a wide range of

learners' needs.





=the big buddy

Package 6: Giving Back

“Giving Back” begins with a classic story titled 'The Giving Tree'. The story

introduces learners to environmental issues which examine human nature and

our impact on sustainability. A sequel to the first story titled 'Giving Back'

continues the narrative by introducing a new generation through the life of a

grandson and his relationship with the giving tree. Learners are motivated to

explore the environmental theme through stories, audio and video clips,

magazine and newspaper articles and other visual texts from the Internet. This

multi-media package for KS2 learners includes making a poster and group

presentation as final tasks, which allow students to express their feelings and

opinions on the subject.


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esources_list.html?id=56aef

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2 British Broadcasting Company http://www.bbc.co.uk/

3 British Council Hong Kong https://www.britishcouncil.

hk/en

4 The English-speaking Union http://www.esu.org/

5 Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association http://www.hksmsa.org.hk

6 Hong Kong Public Libraries – Electronic Resources https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en

/e-resources/index.html

http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/edbosp-eng/eng/learning_and_teaching_resources/resources_list.html?freetext=the%20big%20buddy





http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/edbosp-eng/cht/learning_and_teaching_resources/resources_list.html?id=56aeff3a903443fe41000000





http://www.bbc.co.uk/

https://www.britishcouncil.hk/en

https://www.britishcouncil.hk/en

http://www.esu.org/

http://www.hksmsa.org.hk/

https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/e-resources/index.html

https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/e-resources/index.html

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