Overview of the Three-year Senior Secondary English Language Curriculum

• Overview of the content and purpose of the compulsory and elective parts of the NSS curriculum.
• Overview of the structure and central teaching and learning principles and how they serve the aims of the NSS curriculum.
• Focusing on learning objectives of NSS

  General Considerations

• Reflecting on own school context and culture
• Reflecting on strengths and constraints of the teachers' own context;
• Deepening the understaing of the interface and progression between junior and senior secondary schools;
• Formulating the outcome-driven lesson structure: finding, developing and creating a lesson content appropriate to the objectives;
• Considering the role of the professional teacher in guiding students to independent learning.

Integrating the Compulsory Parts in the NSS English Language Curriculum: Learning and teaching approaches

• Reviewing the KLA curriculum principles for English Language
• Facilitating collaboration within the English Language Education KLA and developing cross-KLA links;
• Considering essential learning and teaching approaches/strategies as integral to a coherent curriculum approach
• Considering curriculum planning and design
• Introducing, considering and evaluating a range of teaching resource strategies

Integrating the Elective Parts in the NSS English Language Curriculum: Planning for the Elective Part and developing elective modules

• Purposes and principles of the Elective Part;
• Developing elective modules, including both language arts and non-language arts electives;
• Facilitating smooth progression
• Building in flexibility
• Review key curriculum planning strategies
• Action planning

Enhancing the interface with the Junior Secondary English Language Curriculum

• Principles of inclusion and influences of student diversity on learning; considering activity design; community; including classroom, learning culture; and resources;
• Elaboration of pedagogical practices designed to enhance inclusion of diversity
• Curriculum planning strategies that encourage flexibility and innovation in curriculum planning
• Managing time allocation;
• Monitoring and facilitating student progression;
• Understanding roles of various curriculum leaders and coordinating staff development activities;
• Promoting and integrating elements of independent language learning

School-based assessment

• Introduction to school-based assessment and SBA in the 2007 HKCE English Examination;
• Relating internal and formative assessment practices to curriculum aims and rationale: implications for curriculum planning;
• Assessment for teaching and learning;
• Designing effective strategies and tasks to enhance learning and teaching;
• Strategies for capitalizing on the leadership role of panel chair persons.

Action planning : Consolidate and present model of a coherent, school-based NSS English Language curriculum guide, focused on identified needs evaluation of individual teachers' schools.

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