Scripture of the Month (November)
60 YEARS STRONG
Growing and Glowing We Soldier On
SOLAR POWER PROJECT
Our Mission to a sustainable future
SERVICE LEARNING
We live yet we serve, We serve yet we learn
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
We rejoice in the knowledge of God's truth

English Language

Aims and Objectives

  • Enable every learner to prepare for the changing socio-economic demands, which include the interpretation, use and production of texts for pleasure, study and work in the English medium;
  • Provide every learner of English with further opportunities for extending their knowledge and experience of the cultures of other people as well as opportunities for personal and intellectual development, further studies, pleasure and work in the English medium;
  • Enable learners to broaden and deepen the language competencies they have developed through basic education;
  • Further develop their interest and confidence in using English as their understanding and mastery of the language grow;
  • Further develop learning how to learn skills and positive values and attitudes conducive to meeting the needs of our rapidly changing knowledge-based society.

 

Department Members

Department Head

Ms. Ip Ka Yan Fanny

Ms. Lee Wing Yi Celina

Teachers

Ms. Cheung Chui Ying Theresa

Ms. Fung Sin Yan Stephanie

Ms. Ho Mei Chee Irene

Mr. Hung Tsz Hang Samson

Ms. Iqra Munir

Ms. Lao Hoi Pan Marianna

Ms. Law Lai Ping Karen

Mr. Leung Pak Yui Brian

Mr. To Jeremy Wong

Ms. Wang Yu Hsuan Janice

Ms. Wu Oi Yan Shera

Ms. Yip Suet Fei Sherry

 

Curriculum (Junior Form)

Form 1

 

Theme(s)

Writing Text Type(s)

Module 1

What do we get from school?

  • Vlog script
  • Email 
  • Restaurant review
  • Cooking video script
  • Vlog script
  • Blog entry 
  • Web page
  • Speech
  • Email of advice

Module 2

What do we eat?

Revision Module

Who am I?

Module 3

Why do we love our city?

Module 4

How best can we cope?

Revision Module

What can sports offer?

 

Form 2

 

Theme(s)

Writing Text Type(s)

Module 1

Teenage Life

  • One-sided argumentative essay
  • Email of advice
  • Letter to the editor
  • Web article
  • Speech
  • Blog post 
  • Feature article 
  • Listicle 

Module 2

The world around us 

Revision Module

Getting along with others

Module 3

Nature and the Environment

Module 4

Teenage life

Revision Module

Teenage life 

 

Form 3

 

Theme(s)

Writing Text Type(s)

Module 1

What makes a good film?

  • Blog entry
  • Letter of advice
  • One-sided argumentative essay
  • Letter of complaint
  • Debate speech
  • Persuasive email
  • Article
  • Job application letter
  • Debate Speech

Module 2

What do we get from the arts?

Revision Module

How do people innovate?

Module 3

How can we make society better for all?

Module 4

What do people work for?

Revision Module

What does the future hold?

 

Curriculum (Senior Form)

Form 4

 

Theme(s)

Writing Text Type(s)

Module 1

Study and School Life

  • Announcement
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Speech
  • Feature article
  • Magazine article
  • Film review
  • Informal email
  • Letter of complaint
  • One-sided argumentative essay

Module 2

The Olympic Games

Revision Module

Getting along with Friends and Family

Module 3

The Film Industry

Module 4

Cultures of the World

Revision Module

Storytelling - the world of imagination & creativity

 

Form 5

 

Theme(s)

Writing Text Type(s)

Module 1

Pop Culture

  • Feature article
  • Review
  • Problem-solution essay
  • Article 
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Formal Letter
  • One-sided argumentative essay
  • Composition 6

Module 2

Social Issues

(Poverty and Aging Population)

Revision Module

Technology

Module 3

Environmental Issues

Module 4

Workplace Communication

Revision Module

Revision before Final Exam

 

Form 6

 

Theme(s)

Writing Text Type(s)

Module 1

Personal Growth and Aspirations

  • Personal Statement
  • Article
  • Speech
  • Proposal

Module 2

Workplace and Technology

Module 3

Health and Food

Module 4

Technology 

Module 5 

Exam Practice & SBA

 

Co-curricular Activities

  • Battle of the Books
  • Book Club
  • C-Day Program (Debating and Public Speaking)
  • English Builder
  • English Channel
  • English Debating Team
  • English Drama Team
  • English Society
  • English Study Tour
  • In the Common Room Programme (RTHK)
  • Lunchtime at Language Corner
  • Student Essay Anthology
  • Speech Festival
  • TVNews Award Scheme (HK EdCity)
  • Wall of Thoughts
  • World Scholar's Cup Team
  • Writing Competitions

Useful Links

TED talks (https://www.ted.com/)

BBC Learning English (https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/)

The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us)

The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/)

HUFFPOST (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/)

Time (https://time.com/)

FourFourTwo (https://www.fourfourtwo.com/)

Teen Vogue (https://www.teenvogue.com/)

Oxford Dictionary (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/)

Cambridge Dictionary (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)

Longman Dictionary (https://www.ldoceonline.com/)

HKEAA (Subject information) (http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/assessment/subject_information/)

 

Activities

World Scholar's Cup

    

    

Hong Kong Model United Nations

  

Debating team

 

English drama

   

Speech Festival

 

  

Battle of the Books

 

English Festival

  

English Society

   

Information Day