2021-2022 Summer Step-up School: Building the Love of English

In early August, over 100 students from S1 to S3 were invited to attend Summer Step-up School organized by the English Department. The 2-week comprehensive programme aimed at motivating the students to build the love of English. Not only were they given the chance to enhance their fundamental English skills, but their interest and motivation in English learning was also greatly improved. Besides benefitted from the grammar and vocabulary drilling, the participants were amazed by the fascinating hands-on English activities such as handicraft making, doing make-up and cross-stitching. These course materials and activities were carefully chosen to match with the daily lives of students, so that they can continue to practise their English skills and use the language even after the program has ended.

 

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The students are designing and making their own “parachute for egg-dropping”.

 

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The students are having fun, watching English videos together in the School Theatre.

 

Last but not least, with the take-home assignments, dictations and short quizzes during the programme, students have shown significant improvement in English and high satisfaction in the programme.

 

I thought it would be another English lesson on normal school days. However, the teacher and senior-form students taught us many new words about topics that I had never explored before. For example, we learnt many names of different cosmetic products. I learnt the names of the shape of our face and tried out the first make-up entirely done on my own by following all English instructions!

 

Chloe Leung - 2B