Sharing

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Sharing e-learning for students and teachers at
English Campus 29th September 2007

• Organized by English Campus, HKEdCity

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TVnews a free, online, self-access English
learning platform

• Objectives
• Encourage students to learn English via
  multimedia and authentic online resources
• Help students build their habit of viewing
  English news
• Enrich students vocabulary and enhance their
  listening skills
• Increase students awareness of social affairs in
  HK
• Enhance students self-access learning and IT
  skills

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Feedback from teachers

• Useful online resources for students to learn on
  their own
• Students have improved in their vocabulary and
  listening
• Teachers reports are informative
• Easy monitoring of students works online

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Feedback from students

• I really appreciate the vocabulary section as I
  can save the new words, review and learn them
  whenever I want. (Siu Sun Wang F.6 Carmel Divine
  Grace Foundation Secondary School)
• Its an opportunity to improve my listening and
  speaking as I can listen to English spoken by
  different anchors with different accents. (Leung
  Wing Sum F.6 Carmel Divine Grace Foundation
  Secondary School)
• I like After Watching the best as the content
  inspires me to think more about social issues.
  (Wan Pik Yi F6 CCC Tam Lee Lai Fun Memorial
  Secondary School)

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Feedback from Panel Heads / Teachers-in-charge

• ?Integrate into your continuous assessment and
  school-based curriculum
• Award Scheme (e.g. stickers, results on notice
  board, presentation of certificates, teachers
  encouragement)
• Remedy Action
• Bi-monthly reports (e.g. for presentation of
  certificates in class or morning assembly)
• HKEdCitys Award Scheme sponsored by Longman Hong
  Kong Education

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TVnews 07/08

• http//tvnews.hkedcity.net/
• Two sections
• News Archive
• and
• News Practice

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News Archive

• a. Daily local English news
• for easy access and
• frequent viewing
• b. A Student Forum
• discussion topics provided
• How about asking students to watch the news at
  home and allowing them to share their feelings
  about it in front of the class for the first
  three minutes of each lesson?

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News Practice

• a. online exercises on vocabulary and listening
• b. 44 exercises and 15 quizzes
• c. updated every Monday and Thursday by 2.00p.m.
  from 15 Oct 2007 31st May 2008, about 29
  weeks, excluding public holidays

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TVnews 07/08 each Exercise

• Before you watch What you know (guiding
  questions), New Words and Phrases (8 items from
  the clip recording function)
• Watch 15 questions in three sections based on
  the news clip (two sections on listening
  comprehension and one on vocabulary from the
  clip)
• After watching News Extra (linguistic items from
  the news) Student Forum Links Voting
  Teacher Ideas (for carrying out writing and
  speaking activities
• My Learning Log guidelines sample sentences
  for students to reflect on their learning

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TVnews 07/08 Teacher Ideas samples

• Based on a news clip entitled WWF launches new
  consumer seafood guide to protect marine species
  a writing topic is suggested
• Most people in Hong Kong eat in restaurant. Write
  a restaurant review about a recent meal you have
  had. It could be about a fast food shop or even a
  dim sum restaurant.
• Most reviews mention
• Title Name Address of restaurant
• The atmosphere (your feelings when you first
  enter and sit at your table, the noise, music)
• The service (waiting staff, any problems or
  unusual events)
• The food (usually in order from first to last
  dish)
• The drinks
• The price
• Finally, tell readers whether they should eat
  there.
• This website has restaurant reviews written by
  students who are learning English.
  http//www.topics-mag.com/foods/restaurants/Rice/V
  illage.htm

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TVnews 07/08 Teacher Ideas samples

• Based on the same news clip, a discussion topic
  is suggested
• You are in the Environment Club of your school.
  You want to promote the WWFs leaflet about
  marine species to your school. You have a budget
  of 1,000. Get into groups of four.
• You may want to talk about
• the problems of eating seafood, such as sharks
  fin and abolone.
• ways to promote the leaflet, such as a talk, a
  poster or a drama.
• how to spend the 1,000.
• anything else you think is important.
• Prepare for five minutes. You can take some brief
  notes. Think about questions to ask each other.
• Have a 6 minute discussion.
• As a class, find the most original way to promote
  this leaflet.

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TVnews 07/08 each Quiz

• How many questions can you answer in 25 minutes?
• a. Listening comprehension vocabulary test
• Watch three news clips to answer
• - 9 listening comprehension questions
• - 6 questions on the vocabulary from the last
  three news practices

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TVnews 07/08 Students self-directed learning

• 1. Listening Hints Useful links (online
  dictionaries, text to speech, overseas online
  news)
• 2. Student Forum
• 3. My Profile
• a. Records
• b. Ranking
• 4. User Guide

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TVnews 07/08 English Teachers

• Reports you could check progress and give
  feedback online
• (Only the submission of Watch and Quizzes
  will be calculated as submission rate.)
• Teacher Ideas
• Vocabulary
• Teacher Ideas
• Index
• 4. User Guides

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TVnews 07/08 Panel Head / Teacher-in-charge

1. Admin function to grant students and teachers the
   right to access the TVnews platform. Should the
   TIC change, please inform ec_at_hkedcity.net as soon
   as possible.

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TVnews 07/08 Panel Head / Teacher-in-charge
2. Organize My Groups to create special
groupings of students for TVnews. Should the TIC
change, please inform ec_at_hkedcity.net as soon as
possible.