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Certificate in Professional Development Programmes (2019-2020)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

(As of 11th May 2020) Following the announcement by the Secretary of Education on May 5 that senior secondary school students would return to school on May 27, we would like to draw your attention to the resumption of face-to-face teaching for the following Professional Development Programmes (PDPs):

  Affected programmeArrangement
I.PDPs that commence before May 27 and will have a substantial portion of the programme to be conducted after May 27 CWP004(Cohort 4)The session that takes place before May 27 (i.e., the first session on May 23) will be conducted online. However, the remainder of the programme will resume face-to-face teaching, subject to any new developments of COVID-19.
II.PDPs that commence after June 2BWP048 (Cohort 1)
BWP048 (Cohort 2)
BWP125 (Cohort 1)
BWP125 (Cohort 2)
BWP125 (Cohort 3)
BWP125 (Cohort 4)
BWP085
The entirety of the programme will be conducted in a face-to-face mode, subject to any new developments of COVID-19.
Programme NameCore Course(s) / Course option(s)DurationCourse outline

For Primary Teachers
(BWP048) (1 week)


Certificate in Professional Development Programme for Primary Teachers of English

 

(Choose either one theme)
(Theme 1: Towards a smooth transition from kindergarten to primary
 Theme 2: Developing e-resources for reading across the curriculum)

Cohort 1:
Towards a smooth transition from kindergarten to primary (ENG5410)

3 Jun - 9 Jun 2020

Details

Cohort 2:
Developing e-resources for reading across the curriculum (ENG5411)

10 Jun – 16 Jun 2020

Details

For Secondary Teachers
(BWP085) (1 week)


Certificate in Professional Development Programme for Teachers Using English as the Medium of Instruction in Secondary Schools


(Theme: Improving content subject teaching in the English medium)

Teaching content subjects in the English medium (ENG5375)

10 Jun – 16 Jun 2020

Details

For Primary and Secondary Teachers
(BWP125) (1 week)


Certificate in Professional Development Programme for Teachers of English

 

(Choose either one theme)
(Theme 1: Catering for learner diversity in ELT
 Theme 2: Effective use of e-resources in the English classroom
 Theme 3: Developing literacy skills: KS2 to KS3 
 Theme 4: Supporting English language learners with reading difficulties)

Cohort 1:
Catering for learner diversity in ELT (ENG5366)

3 Jun - 9 Jun 2020

Details

Cohort 2:
Effective use of e-resources in the English classroom (ENG5407)

10 Jun - 16 Jun 2020

Details

Cohort 3:
Developing literacy skills: KS2 to KS3 (ENG5389)

17 Jun – 23 Jun 2020

Details

Cohort 4:
Supporting English language learners with reading difficulties (ENG5415)

17 Jun – 23 Jun 2020

Details

For Primary and Secondary Teachers
(CWP004) (Saturday Mode)


Certificate in Professional Development Programme for English Teachers

 

(Choose either one theme)
(Theme 1: 21st Century Approaches to ELT
 Theme 2: Teaching grammar in context)

Cohort 1:
21st century approaches to ELT (ENG5408)
28 Sept – 2 Nov 2019
(28/9, 5/10, 12/10, 19/10, 26/10, 2/11-contingency)
Details
Cohort 2:
Teaching grammar in context (ENG5401)
9 Nov – 14 Dec 2019
TKO Study Centre
(9/11, 16/11, 23/11, 30/11, 7/12, 14/12-contingency)
Details
Cohort 3:
21st century approaches to ELT (ENG5408)

Owing to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the commencement date of cohort 3 will be re-scheduled from 28 March 2020 to 18 April 2020 with details as follows:

 

Original programme duration :

28 Mar - 9 May 2020

(28/3, 18/4, 25/4, 2/5, 9/5, 16/5-contingency)

 

Re-scheduled duration:

18 Apr – 23 May 2020
(18/4, 25/4, 2/5, 9/5, 16/5, 23/5-contingency)

Details
Cohort 4:
Teaching grammar in context (ENG5401)
23 May – 27 Jun 2020
(23/5, 30/5, 6/6, 13/6, 20/6, 27/6-contingency)
Details

*Please note that course outlines are subject to change.

 

Programme handbooks and timetables

  • For programme handbooks and timetables, please click here (for PDP students only).

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Certificate in Professional Development Programmes (2019-2020)