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English MOI Strategies in Junior Mathematics Lessons under MOI Finetuning 30 November 2013 Mr. Chung Ying Wai Mr. Tang Chun Wai Stewards MKMCF Ma Ko Pan Memorial College 1

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English MOI Strategies in Junior Mathematics Lessons under MOI 

Fine‐tuning

30 November 2013 

Mr. Chung Ying Wai

Mr. Tang Chun Wai

Stewards MKMCF Ma Ko Pan Memorial College

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Under  the  fine‐tuning  MOI  Policy, our  school formulates the whole school language policy with due consideration of the following bases:

the needs of students

the expectation of parents

the standard and performance of English of our students

the language expertise of our existing teachers and their professional development needs

supportive measures for learning and teaching of English language

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Whole School Language Policy

Our  School  adopted  the  medium  of  instruction  in  the following subjects:

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MOI strategies of Mathematics subject in our school

1.1. Language across the Curriculum (LAC)Language across the Curriculum (LAC)

2.2. Classroom Learning and TeachingClassroom Learning and Teaching

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Challenges for teachers:

1.Language competency requirement from EDB

2.The demand of language for each lesson and 

language input for each topic

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Sharing on Classroom Learning and Teaching  

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Challenges for teachers:

3.The teaching pedagogies of mathematics 

contents

4.The change in questioning skills

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Sharing on Classroom Learning and Teaching  

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Challenges for teachers:

5.  Learning diversities may further be   

broadened

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Sharing on Classroom Learning and Teaching  

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Language support for teachers

A) Lesson studies and advice from the  

English Department of the school 

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i) Using language at appropriate level and pace

ii) Reading aloud and breaking down words into syllables for some specific terms

iii) Writing key terms on the blackboard

iv) Guiding students to use proper sentence structures

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Language support for teachers

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B) EMI Training on mathematics subject   

offered by tertiary institutions

i) Subject‐centred

ii) Questioning skills, design of class activities, group discussion, micro‐teaching

iii) Post‐course support

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Language support for teachers

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C) Comments and advice from the MOI 

FI team of EDB after the inspection

i) Perform professional assessment and judgement to maintain the standard

ii)   Give advice and support after lesson observation

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Some tips after summing up the advice from the above parties in a Maths classroom

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Maximize  students’ opportunities  to  use English inside classroom 

Diagnose students’ learning progress

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Some tips after summing up the advice from the above parties in a Maths classroom

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Use prompting  and probing questions to provoke students’ thinking  

Use  different  pedagogies  such  as demonstrations, rephrasing, analogies, daily‐life  examples,  visual  aids  and body language 

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Sharing on some Sharing on some Junior Mathematics LessonsJunior Mathematics Lessons

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General strategies

• Questioning

• Wording

• Quick Revision

• Activities

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Lesson:

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– Apply knowledge of ‘percentage decrease’ to ‘discount’

– Understand the terms related to ‘discount’

– Handle complicated problems

S1 Percentage

Aims of the lesson

Lesson studiesLesson studies

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• Different levels

• Use guided questions

• Choose different students to answer

• Elaborate students’ answers

• Alter the given conditions / extreme cases

• Encourage complete sentences

Questioning

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Wording

• Use simple words

• Use more mathematical terms

• Specific sentence structure 

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Activity

• Students are divided into groups

• All students should take part in the activity

• With different tasks, including thinking, discussing, demonstrating and reporting

• Time control

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ConclusionConclusion

• Involve more students to join the lesson

• Reward / praise should be given

• Instruction should be clear

• Boost students’ motivation

• Teachers should have self‐confidence

• Use appropriate body language 

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S3  Area and Volume of Sphere

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Appendix 1Appendix 1

– Use an orange to study the terms related to a sphere

– Use an experiment to derive the formula for the volume of a sphere

Aims of the lesson

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• Derive a formula for the volume of a pyramid

– Case 1: use a pyramid with right‐angled triangle base

– Case 2: use a pyramid with square base

• Derive a formula for the volume of a cone

– Use water to fill up the cone

S3 Area and Volume of Pyramid and Cone

Aims of the lesson

Appendix 2Appendix 2

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Thank you!

Persevering  HumblyImproving  Continuously

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