11 October 2012 English Language Education Section

• Introduction to Curriculum Leadership and Management Series for New Primary School Curriculum Leaders (2012/13)

• Key Emphases and Strategies in Planning the English Language Education KLA

• 11 October 2012
• English Language Education Section
• Curriculum Development Institute
• Education Bureau

• Curriculum Documents for the
• Implementation of the English Language Curriculum

• English Language Education Key Learning Area Curriculum Guide (Primary 1 – Secondary 3) (CDC, 2002)

• English Language Curriculum Guide (Primary 1 – 6)(CDC, 2004)

• Components of a School-based
• English Language Curriculum in Primary Schools

• About 40% of the lesson time
• Closely linked to the learning and teaching in the GE Programme

• About 60% of the lesson time

• Generic Skills?

• Values and Attitudes?

Key Emphases of the English Language Curriculum

• Adopting a task-based approach
• Learning and teaching grammar in context
• Strengthening a ‘reading to learn’ culture
• Promoting assessment for learning
• Developing vocabulary-building strategies

Task-based Approach

• Purpose

• Context

• Product

• Process: a mode of thinking and doing

• Framework of Knowledge and Skills

• Five Features
• of
• a Task

Teaching Grammar in Context

• Using a task-based approach
• Students learn grammar items and structures for use in meaningful contexts and for purposeful communication