For more information about ELE, please visit http://www.ied.edu.hk/ele Addressing Teachers' Professional Development Needs English Language Education Saturday Seminar Series he Department of English Language Education presented a series of Saturday seminars for English teachers and subject teachers of both primary and secondary schools between 9 November and 14 December 2013. The seminars aimed to enhance teachers' professional development in areas relating to language in learning, strategies of using English as a medium of instruction, curriculum development beyond NSS and strategies to cater for learner diversity. The seminars also provided a channel for the department to introduce different professional development programmes (PDPs) to teachers after they had had a taste of the issues of the topics presented. These 3-hour seminars held on Saturday mornings at the HKIEd Tai Po Campus were well attended. They attracted an application of more than 520 teachers and postseminar comments were highly positive. The following is a summary of the seminars offered: Date Topic Speaker 9/11/2013 Strategies that Work: An Introduction to Using English as the Medium of Instruction in Hong Kong Schools Dr. Paul Stapleton and Dr. John Trent 16/11/2013 Words! Vocabulary Teaching/Learning Strategies for Key Stage 2 Mrs. Claudia Keh 23/11/2013 Teaching and Learning issues: What Went Wrong in My Classrooms? Dr. Ruth Wong 30/11/2013 Preparing Primary Students for EMI Secondary Education Dr. Stella Kong 7/12/2013 Strategies for Planning and Teaching Science Using English as the Medium of Instruction Dr. Stella Kong 14/12/2013 Understanding and Catering for Learner Differences Dr. Timothy Taylor Department & Centre Highlights 9 T
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