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15-3-200815-3-2008

St. Francis Xavier’s CollegeSt. Francis Xavier’s College

Presenters: Ms. Cecilia ChanPresenters: Ms. Cecilia Chan

Mr. Hendry LeungMr. Hendry Leung

Mr. Mario LeungMr. Mario Leung

Ms. Jannie TsangMs. Jannie Tsang

Support from the PrincipalSupport from the Principal Human ResourcesHuman Resources Grouping of the participantsGrouping of the participants Arrangement of the workshopsArrangement of the workshops Arrangement of the reading presentationArrangement of the reading presentation Easy access to the PowerPoint slides presentedEasy access to the PowerPoint slides presented Suggested schedule for submitting assignmentsSuggested schedule for submitting assignments

Factors that make the Factors that make the workshops successfulworkshops successful

1. Support from the 1. Support from the principalprincipal Briefing the participantsBriefing the participants

Explaining the aims and Explaining the aims and rationalesrationales

Visiting some of the workshopsVisiting some of the workshops Giving support & encouragement Giving support & encouragement

to the tutors & participantsto the tutors & participants Providing refreshmentsProviding refreshments

DOLACEE can help

you!

Well done!

2. Human Resources2. Human Resources Team work of fourTeam work of four

Less workloadLess workload More ideasMore ideas Better division of labourBetter division of labour

3. Grouping of the 3. Grouping of the participantsparticipants Inviting the panel heads to attend the Inviting the panel heads to attend the workshops workshops Awareness of the panel headsAwareness of the panel heads

Influencing the panel membersInfluencing the panel members Implementing the pedagogies in their related Implementing the pedagogies in their related

subjectssubjects

We influence our panel members

We are the leaders in the

school

4. Arrangement of the 4. Arrangement of the workshopsworkshops

TimingTimingConducted the workshopsConducted the workshops in the Second Termin the Second Term on Saturdayson Saturdays with 2 weeks between moduleswith 2 weeks between modules

Sufficient time for completing the Sufficient time for completing the Between Between Module Assignments (BMAs) Module Assignments (BMAs)

5. Arrangement of the 5. Arrangement of the reading presentationreading presentation

Arranging the participants in Arranging the participants in groups of 2-3 to read the artigroups of 2-3 to read the articles of cles of Between Module ReaBetween Module Reading (BMR)ding (BMR)

PresentingPresenting the BMRs at the the BMRs at the beginning of each workshopbeginning of each workshop Useful to both the presentUseful to both the present

ers and other participants ers and other participants

6. Easy access to the 6. Easy access to the PowerPoint slides PowerPoint slides

presentedpresented Uploading all the presented PowerPoiUploading all the presented PowerPoi

nt slides onto the school intranet after nt slides onto the school intranet after each workshop each workshop Helpful for the participants to complete thHelpful for the participants to complete th

eir BMAs & BMRseir BMAs & BMRs

7. Suggested schedule 7. Suggested schedule for submitting for submitting assignmentsassignments Schedule of the workshops and

dates for submitting the assignments were announced before the commencement of the programme. Helpful for the participants to mak

e arrangements in advance if necessary

Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Enhancing the language awareness of Enhancing the language awareness of

the participantsthe participants Highlighting the genres and language Highlighting the genres and language

forms in their teachingforms in their teaching

Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Better understanding of the students Better understanding of the students

through case studies through case studies Realizing the special needs of the Realizing the special needs of the

studentsstudents Adjusting the pedagogies accordingly Adjusting the pedagogies accordingly

if necessaryif necessary

Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Usefulness of some of the key Usefulness of some of the key

concepts concepts Teaching & Learning CycleTeaching & Learning Cycle ScaffoldingScaffolding Genres across the curriculumGenres across the curriculum

Positive OutcomesPositive Outcomes Addition of language elements in the Addition of language elements in the

scheme of workscheme of work Individual & departmental action plansIndividual & departmental action plans

e.g. nominalizatione.g. nominalization

DOLACEE

Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project Greater awareness of the language Greater awareness of the language

elements across curriculumelements across curriculum

Enhancing collaborative working Enhancing collaborative working relationship among colleagues when relationship among colleagues when having a shared visionhaving a shared vision

Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project Promoting a whole-school approach to Promoting a whole-school approach to

address the learning needs of the studentsaddress the learning needs of the students

Relevance of the course contentRelevance of the course content High degree of relevance in English High degree of relevance in English

Language, Humanities & Science subjectsLanguage, Humanities & Science subjects Lower degree of relevance for subjects with Lower degree of relevance for subjects with

less texts like Mathematicsless texts like Mathematics

Evaluation of the projectEvaluation of the project Better understanding of the materials Better understanding of the materials

taughttaught Enhancing the language awareness Enhancing the language awareness

of the tutorsof the tutors Especially the non-language teachers

more aware of the tone & register required greater demand on one’s language

proficiency

RecommendationsRecommendations Grouping of the participants

A panel head & a panel member Better collaboration

Sufficient time given between modules to complete the assignments BMAs & BMRs are quite demanding Heavy workloads of the teachers

RecommendationsRecommendations Co-planning BMAs

individual implementation of the plan

Giving more time for discussionGiving more time for discussion A precious chance for sharing among collA precious chance for sharing among coll

eagueseagues

Finding out the needs of the schoolFinding out the needs of the school

Thank you!Thank you!