C. Campus Buzz
2a.
 English Language and Culture
Measures taken to help S1 students to excel in EMI teaching
1. Pre-S1 Bridging Programme (video)
2. Saturday Tutorials for 1A and 20 students in other S1 classes
3. Tuesdays with English for ALL S1 students - at least 1 hour after school on
Tuesday afternoons
2010-2011 1st Term
Date
Activities
7/9/2010
Speech Festival Training
14/9/2010
21/9/2010
28/9/2010
ENGLISH ACADEMY
2010-2011 starts
5/10/2010
S1
12/10/2010
S2
19/10/2010
S3
EA02_Solo Verse Speaking
26/10/2010
S4
EA03_Solo Verse Speaking
EA08_Writing Club
2/11/2010
S5
9/11/2010
S6
EA04_Grammar Clinic
16/11/2010
S7
EA05_EMI Bridging
30/11/2010
S8
EA09_Drama Club
(Campus TV
production training)
7/12/2010
S9
14/12/2010
S10
21/12/2010
X’mas preparation
EA01_Choral Speaking
EA07_English
Ambassadors
EA06_Meeting Oldies
English Academy
Objectives:
1. To provide students (esp. S1) with a wide range of English Activities to meet their
needs and abilities
2. To create a rich English learning atmosphere for students
3. To develop students’ potentials in different apects (knowledge strand, skills strand,
experience strand, qualification strand, production strand, competition strand,
leadership strand)
Time: Every Tuesday after school (TUESDAYS with ENGLISH)
1st term – 10 sessions; 14 groups
2nd term – 10 sessions; 14 groups
@ session at least 1 hour (3:30 -4:30 p.m.)
Course Contents:
1st term
Restricted to S1
Restricted to
nomination
/audition
Open to other
formers
Exam Practice
1. Choral Speaking
7. Eng.Ambassadors
(S1-7)
11. Penmanship
Club
(S2-7)
13. UE oral
practice
(S6-7)
2. Solo Verse (1)
8. Writing Club
(S1-7)
12. English
Bible Study
Group
(S2-4)
*14. HKDSE
SBA_Part 1A
training
(S4-5)
3. Solo Verse (2)
9. Drama Club
(Campus TV
production training)
(S1-7)
4. Grammar Clinic
10. Improvised
Drama Team
(S2, S3)
5. EMI Bridging
6. Meeting Oldies
*self-financed classes will be cancelled if there is not enough enrollment to cover the
cost
2nd term
Restricted to S1
Restricted to
nomination
Open to other
formers
Exam Practice
/audition
1. Elite Eng.
7. Eng.Ambassadors
(S1-7)
SCHOOL
PROMOTION
11. Penmanship
Club
(S2-7)
*13. TSA
Preparation
(S3)
2. Fun Eng.
8. Writing Club
(S1-7)
SCHOOL
12. English
Bible Study
Group
*14. HKDSE
SBA_Part 1A
training
MAGAZINE
3. Reading
9. Drama Club
(Campus TV
production training)
(S1-7)
MUSICAL
PREPARATION
4. Grammar Clinic
10. Improvised
Drama Team
(S2)
(S2-4)
(S4-5)
5. EMI Bridging
6. Meeting Oldies
Rules for participation:
1. Each S1 student must take one course @ term.
2. Credits are given according to the attendance and the performance in the
classes.
@ attendance worths 1 credit
5 credits for excellent performance
3 credits for good perfomance
1 credit for satisfactory performance
3. Certificates are awarded to course participants as follows:
Gold certificate
26-30 credits
Silver certificate
21-25 credits
Bronze certificate
18-20 credits
Campus English at KTLMS (to be released in October)
English Corner
Our NETs take turns to be the teacher-in-charge at the English Corner
All formers are welcome to the English Corner during lunch time (1:20-1:50 p.m.) on
the weekday assigned to their form(s).
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
S1
S2
S3
S4-5
S6-7
Ms. McKay
Mr. Louwerse
Ms. McKay
*English Corner helpers are the committee member who is responsible for academic
development of @ class; training will be held in September.
Various fun English activities are organised for students. There will be an inter-form
contest – the one that can attract the most no. of visitors to the English Corner in @
term wins.
English Week (webpage – 2009, 2008 and 2007 English Week)
English Speaking Days
English Camps
Form Assemblies (photos soon)
Form One - Tourist Interviews at TST
Form Two - Public Speaking Workshop held by ambassadors from Hong Kong
Federation of Youth Groups
Form Four – Zoo Visit to the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Form Six - Watching Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” by Polytechnic University
students
Form Seven – EF talk
Inter-school English Activities
1. Standard Chartered Hong Kong English Public Speaking Contest 2010
2. ‘From Kowloon City to the World’ – a liberal studies student forum
3. The 8th Hong Kong Inter-City school Real Time Debate on Net
Drama Activities
Joint True Light Improvisation (photos soon)
-S2 and S3 students enjoy Improvised Drama.
-Improvised Drama is acting spontaneously in front of an audience.
-It is very challenging and very exciting for the students.
-In sharing with our other True Light schools, KTLMS girls have made friends, seen
other schools and created deep bonds with each other.
-Our teams always get a lot out of the experience!
WRITING WORKSHOP (5 versions of magazines – photos soon ?)
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Typhoon Club Hong Kong Writing Workshop 2009
Two day weekend writing training workshop to create a school magazine.
24 participants from F1 to F6.
Facilitated by the Typhoon Club Hong Kong.
Topics included Hong Kong issues, fast food and Quebec’s winter carnival.
2009 workshop a forerunner to the 2010 writing club.
2010 Writing Club will be responsible for the school magazine production.
Cultural Exchanges
EASTER HOLIDAY VISIT (photos)
 Our Net teacher, Ms Mckay’s daughter Andrea and granddaughters Rosie
and Ellie came to Hong Kong for the Easter Holiday 2009.
 Our English teacher, Ms Chan Shuk Ling, her husband Noah and daughter
Rachel invited Ms Makays for a hotpot dinner.
 They went for a walk to the historical meeting halls at Yuen Long in the
afternoon and then back to another English teacher’s place for a roof-top
hotpot.
 The three girls had a wonderful time together.
MEETING NEW ZEALANDERS (photos)
 New Zealand Consulate General and the New Zealand Society of Hong
Kong hosted St Joseph’s Maori Girls Choir from Hastings in New Zealand
at the Consul General’s home on The peak.
 Six students from Kowloon True Light Middle School were invited to attend.
 Guests were mostly New Zealand residents in Hong Kong.
 St Joseph’s Maori Girls Choir performed traditional Maori songs and poi
dances.
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After the performance the True Light Girls and St Joseph’s girls had an
opportunity to meet one another and exchange gifts.
Stella So introduced Kowloon True Light Middle School to the audience and
thanked the New Zealand Consulate General and the New Zealand Society
for their invitation.
A light supper was served and the evening ended about 10.30
The True Light Girls reluctantly said goodbye their new-found New Zealand
friends.
English in the jungle! Mr Louwerse’s experience.
1-English helped me become friends with a local in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
2-My friend invited me to his cousin’s wedding which was deep in the jungle.
3-I spent 3 days at the celebrations.
4-Here are some of the photos.
5-We traveled by river canoe.
6-We carried gifts of chickens, calves, ancient jars and brass gongs.
7-The jars were 100 years and older, and made in other parts of Asia and especially
China.
8-They were used for making rice-wine and preserving foods.
9-The people were very friendly, hospitable and welcoming.
10-After three days we returned to my friend’s home village.
Advice on Improving English (links attached)
One of the best ways to improve your English is to do something you like with the
language. So reading for pleasure, books that you like and stories that you like, is
very important. Another good way to learn English is through music. One
interesting topic we learnt about was animals and this is the song ‘Pollywog in a Bog’.
Click on the link to listen to it!
Students’ Achievements
1. The 61st H.K. Schools Speech Festival
A total of 39 students joined Solo Verse Speaking competitions and the school’s
Improvised Drama Team with members from 3D also participated in the Speech
Festival.
In Solo Verse Speaking, five students obtained excellent results.
First Prize
3D
CHONG WING YEE
Second Prize
1D
LI JESS
Second Prize
4B
LO LING HAN
Third Prize
2A
CHEUNG TSZ WAI VERONIQUE
Third Prize
4A
CHOU TING YAN
33 other students attained the Certificate of Merit in Solo Verse Speaking.
Our school’s improvised Drama Team also attained a Certificate of Proficiency in the
Speech Festival.