This presentation outlines the English subject area of the New Senior Secondary NSS curriculum, and

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This presentation outlines the English subject
area of the New Senior Secondary (NSS)
curriculum, and has been prepared for teachers by
Longman Hong Kong Education.
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Outline

• When does it happen?
• Who does it affect?
• What is it?
• Useful terms
• Web links
• Questions

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When does it happen?
The NSS curriculum will be implemented in S4 from
September 2009.
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Who does it affect?
Students starting S1 in September 2006, who will
be in S4 beginning September 2009.
These students will take the new exit exam,
provisionally titled the Hong Kong Diploma of
Secondary Education (HKDSE), in May 2012.
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What is it?
English Language will comprise 15 of the NSS,
with a total of 405 hours of classroom time

• 145 hours in Secondary 4
• 145 hours in Secondary 5 and
• 115 hours in Secondary 6.

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What is it?
About 75 of the classroom time for English
Language (around 305 hours) should be devoted to
the Compulsory Part of the curriculum.
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What is it?
The Compulsory Part will be taught in Modules,
Units and Tasks, as outlined in the 1999 Syllabus
for English Language (Secondary 15).
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What is it?
The learning syllabus (see Learning Objectives
in the Useful terms section) essentially combines
the descriptors from the current Secondary 15
and Secondary 6-7 syllabuses, although not all of
the Sixth form descriptors have been retained.
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What is it?
The remaining 25 (100 hours) of the NSS English
Language curriculum constitutes the Elective
Part. There are eight electives four in
Language Arts and four in Non-Language Arts.
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What is it?
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What is it?

• Students must do three electives.
• The three electives must include one Language
  Arts elective and one Non-Language Arts elective.
  
• Schools should start the electives in S5,
  although they can start in S4 if they feel that
  teachers and students are sufficiently prepared.

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Useful terms
Career-Oriented Studies
optional part of the NSS designed to develop
learners career interests
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Useful terms
Generic Skills
skills fundamental for learning how to learn,
i.e. collaborative skills, communication skills,
creativity, critical thinking skills, information
technology skills, numeracy skills,
problem-solving skills, self-management skills
and study skills
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Useful terms
Key Learning Areas (KLAs)
core subject areas, including Chinese Language
Education English Language Education
Mathematics Education Personal, Social
Humanities Education Science Education
Technology Education Arts Education and
Physical Education
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Useful terms
Learning Objectives
specific learning areas organised around Forms
and Functions (Grammar Items and Communicative
Functions, Vocabulary and Text Types), Skills and
Strategies (Listening, Speaking, Reading,
Writing, Language Development Strategies) and
Attitudes
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Useful terms
Learning Targets
the targets that learners are expected to
achieve, based on the Interpersonal, Knowledge
and Experience Strands
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Useful terms
Self-access Language Learning (SALL)
learning that is directed by students, usually
outside school, with tools and ideas they learn
in class
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Useful terms
Standards-Referenced Assessment (SRA)
an approach to grading and reporting students
performance based on standards in the form of
descriptors
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Web links
Sample Schemes of Work for Elective Modules
http//www.emb.gov.hk/index.aspx?langno1nodeID2
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334 documents from the Education and Manpower
Bureau
http//www.emb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeid2367langn
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Questions
If you have any questions for us about 334,
please contact Philip Annetta at
philipa_at_pearsoned.com.hk.