Professional Skills: Teaching English Language in Primary Schools (Practicum)

EDU 8847EED

Course Guide

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS (PRACTICUM)

EDU 8847EED

Course Guide

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS (PRACTICUM)

Course Start Date

Aut 2025

Course Level

8000

Length in Terms

2 terms

Credits

6

Language

English

Fees ($) (including lab fees)

20,550

Future Terms

Quota and Schedule

Course Start Date	Course Level	Length in Terms	Credits	Language	Fees ($) (including lab fees)	Future Terms
Aut 2025	8000	2 terms	6	English	20,550

Quota and Schedule

Course Coordinator:

TBC

Course Developer:

TBC

Entry Requirement(s)

This is one of the compulsory courses of the following programme:

Certificate in Education (Primary English Strand)

To enroll in this course, students must meet the entry requirements of the above programme.

Aims

This course aims to develop students’:

critical understanding of the educational context of Hong Kong;
ability to act as reflective practitioners for continuous improvement;
capacity in different levels of planning in English language teaching;
ability to critically evaluate and apply various approaches and strategies in the teaching and assessment of English;
awareness of language issues in the classroom;
ability to adapt and create materials to facilitate learning and teaching; and
recognition of language arts and language across the curriculum as effective ways of English learning and teaching.

Contents

Primary schools in the Hong Kong educational context
Action research
Planning to teach
Child-centred approaches to teaching
Teaching skills
English language assessment
Classroom management
Using and developing teaching resources
Language arts and language across the curriculum

Learning Support

There are ten two-hour tutorials and two three-hour day schools, which add up to 26 contact hours in this course.

Assessment

Course assessment includes assignments (40%) and teaching practice assessment (60%). A pass in both assessment components — assignments and assessed teaching practice — is compulsory for successful completion of the course.

Assignments

There are four assignments:

Assignment 1: Formative action research proposal where marks will not be counted towards the final course score

Assignment 2: Action research report with illustrative lesson plans (20%)

Assignment 3: Reflective report with self-created and implemented teaching resources (10%)

Assignment 4: Critical responses to Section 9 (10%)

Teaching practice assessment

There will be three classroom visits by the practicum supervisor. The first of these assessments is formative — that is, the score will not be counted towards the final course score — and the weightings of the second and third visit are the same. The teaching practice assessment amounts to 60% of the total course score. There is also an assessment of “professional conduct and behaviour”, in which unsatisfactory performance will result in failure on teaching practice and the whole course. In addition, the student will not be allowed to take this course again.

Online Requirement

Students may be required to refer to the Online Learning Environment (OLE) and relevant websites. Except for some designated assignments, students are required to submit assignments via the OLE.