Professional Development Programme 05-06

All English teachers of the department have attained Language Proficiency Requirements and hence the PD programme will be focused on the curriculum rather than individual qualification.
This year plan for PD includes self-held developmental sharing sessions that cover the need for generic skills integration, the criteria for good assignment package, the lesson study of assessment task, the observation list of peer observation and progress report.

Workshop for English teachers' professional development
HKedcity programme presentation


Professional Development Programmes 04-05

Workshops and seminars for English teachers' professional development

  • A Joint-school activity: 'Interacting in Hong Kong'---A Theatrical Learning Experience Workshop (British Council)
       
   
  • Teaching phonics
 

Useful Resources for English Learning and Teaching

 

Associations

Websites
Education and Manpower Bureau http://www.emb.gov.hk/
Curriculum Development (EMB) http://www.emlangno=1
Hkedcity: English Campus http://wwwity.net/english/
Hkedcity:Teacher TV http://www.hher/teachertv/
Hkedcity:SBA http://sba.hkedcity.net
Hkedcity:TVNews--SALL English learning platform http://www.hkenet/join-e
CMI Support Centre (HKU) http://www.cmihku.hk/ (Chinese version)
http://www.cmi.ex.htm (English version)
the Standing Committee On Language Education And Research (SCOLAR) http://cd1.e_index_tw.htm
Hong Kong Teachers' Centre http://www.emb.gov.hk/hktc
Wall Street Institute School of English http://www.wsi.edu.hk
Professional and Academic Services Group http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/PASG/
Dramatic English Cooperate Services http://www.multimdians.com/de/
Toastmasters http://www.hongkotmasters.org
http://www.toastmaers.org
EdMall http://www.hkedty.net/edmall/
The British Council http://www.britil.org/home
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages http://www.tesol.org/

Dictionaries/Thesauruses
Cambridge Dictionaries Online http://dictione.org/results.asp?searchword
The Net Dictionary http://202.81.246.155/lexiconindex
Merriam-Webster Online http://www.m-w.com/

ESL-related Centres in HK
Centre for Independent Language Learning http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL
English Language Centre http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/elsc/
English Language Centre http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc
Independent Learning Centre http://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/english
Language Centre (HKUST) http://lc.ust.hk/
Virtual English Centre http://www.ec.hku.hk/vec/
Language Resource Centre http://www.info.gov.hk/ed/lrc

ESL/EFL Publications

Games
Crosswords and other Word Games http://www.syord.html
The Disney Company http://www.disney.com
Interactive WWW Games list http://einsteiames.html
KidsCom http://www.kidscom.com
EFL and ESL lessons, games, songs http://www2.golers/language
ESL Discussion Centre http://wafe.com/discussion/

Interactive games for guessing the origins of English Words
Grammar
ESL Helper Centre http://www.pacboard.html

Idioms
Mass Media
Meeting Other Teachers
ESL Teachers Home Pages http://wwwTeacherPages.html
Meeting Other Teachers http://www.telenex.hku.hk

Publishers
Addison Wesley Longman http://www2.awl.com
Cambridge University Press http://www.cup.org
Heinemann http://www.heinemann.co.uk
Longman http://www.Longman.co.uk
Macmillan http://www.mcp.com
Oxford University Press http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/
 Prentice Hall Regents http://phregents.com
Scholastic http://www.scholastic.co.uk
Syracuse Language Systems http://www.syrlang.com

Resources and Databases
Dave's ESL Café http://www.eslcafe.com
Linguistic Funland TESL http://www.linguistic-funland.com

Websites of English departments of other Buddhist schools