Secondary School ( F.1 – F.6)
EFI’s secondary school programmes provide the depth and breadth required to give the students the best possible learning experience.
Lively themes and topics, well-researched curriculum and carefully structured lessons those make learning interesting and effective.
Examination Preparation, English Language Enhancement and English Culture Enrichment are the major categories of programmes.
They cover reading, speaking, debate, ambassador training, speech festival preparation, writing and a lot more…
2020－2021 After-School English Programmes for
Secondary School (F.1 - F.6)
All-Around Exam Preparation
Programme Description
This programme has one paramount objective and that is to prepare students for the HKDSE examination. Students will work on examination-oriented materials and learn how to answer questions effectively. Emphasis will be placed on honing the examination techniques as well as the corresponding subject knowledge.
EFI’s HKDSE preparation programme follows a tried and tested model which includes providing many opportunities to students to fully experience the examination mechanics, helping students to fully recognise their strengths and weaknesses, and supporting them to tackle their weakness through effective teaching. Students will practice and further practice until they are secured with the knowledge they need for the examination and feel confident in themselves and in the examination.
The programme covers all four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking; and uses tailor-made materials which follow the examination format.
Programme Description
The Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) is an assessment administered at the territory level. It facilitates assessment for learning by providing schools with objective data on students’ performances in the three subjects of Chinese Language, English Language and Mathematics at the end of Key Stages 1-3. The Territory-wide System Assessment reports and school reports provide information about students’ strengths and weaknesses against specific Basic Competencies. They help schools and teachers to enhance their plans on learning and teaching. The territory-wide data also help the Government to review policies and to provide focused support to schools.
EFI’s TSA preparation programmes tackle the weaknesses identified by the previous years’ TSA results and provide targeted solutions and support to help students improve their language skills, be better trained and be better prepared for the assessment. These programmes use tailor-made materials which are both well-structured and practical aiming to give students maximum benefits.
Programme Description
IELTS is generally accepted by many countries and institutions as an indicator of one’s ability to communicate in English for education, immigration and professional qualifications.
The IELTS test has four parts – Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. Students must do all four parts to receive an IELTS result. IELTS is available in two test formats: Academic or General Training. All students take the same Listening and Speaking modules but different Reading and Writing modules.
EFI prepares S.6 students for their IELTS tests and helps them achieve their highest score. The programme uses office IELTS materials.
Programme Description
Key English Test (KET) is officially known as Cambridge English: Key. As described by its website, KET is a basic level English test to show that a student can use English to communicate in simple situations. The test structure is shown on the next page.
EFI’s KET Preparation Programme will fully equip students with the skills and knowledge they need to achieve their best scores. The programme uses official teaching materials.
Programme Description
Preliminary English Test (PET) is officially known as Cambridge English: Preliminary. As its website described, PET is an intermediate level qualification. It shows that a student is able to use English language skills for work, study and travel. The test structure is shown on the next page.
EFI’s PET Preparation Programme will fully equip students with the skills and knowledge they need to achieve their best scores. The programme uses official teaching materials.
Writing Skills Focus for Exam Preparation
Programme Description
Good writing encompasses many elements: idea and content, organisation and presentation, language features and style, just to highlight a few. Our final year university students’ IELTS writing scores have been consistently the lowest among all the scores for the last 4 years.
EFI’s writing programmes target to help students hone each important element of writing and fundamentally upgrade their writing ability.
Programme Description
We provide a complete school magazine production service, from conducting writing lessons, to proofreading and editing students’ work, to designing magazine cover and layout, to final production.
The outcome is an impressive school magazine which reflects students’ learning and which both the students and the school will be proud of.
Speaking Skills Focus for Exam Preparation
Programme Description
Last few years’ TSA reports have highlighted the need to help our students develop better oral communication skills. The IELTS speaking scores of our final year university students in the last few years are also suggesting that our students’ speaking skills have much room for improvement.
Speaking and Vocabulary Building is another popular EFI’s programme. It is conducted in an informal setting. It provides students with many opportunities to discuss pre-selected topics and issues that are of interest to them. Through the programme, students learn how to express ideas coherently, take interest in their audience, improve their pronunciation and be exposed to diverse subjects and contents that will make them a more interesting person.
Programme Description
EFI’s Great Debater Training follows the structure of the Inter-school Debate Competition. It purposefully prepares students to shine in those energy-charged events. Competition aside, debate is a great event that can strengthen a school’s English culture.
Not only is debate exciting for the audience to watch, the preparation process is extremely valuable for the debaters, particularly as a way to build their quick thinking ability and English presentation skills.
Programme Description
EFI Group regularly supports schools in preparing their students to compete in the Speech Festival. Our teachers will work with students in the various competitions: solo verse, harmonic, choral and dramatic duologue.
In the process, we analyse the selected piece and understand its backdrop so as to draw out the appropriate voice elements, feelings and emotions and body movements to ‘decorate’ the recitation with flair and fluency. We have successfully helped many schools and students achieve the highest honour.
Cultural Language Enhancement Programmes
Programme Description
English Ambassador Training is one of the most popular EFI’s programmes. It helps develop English ambassadors’ communication and public speaking skills. The programme provides suggestions on English activities and guide students to run them to achieve the best effect.
Programme Description
Student Reporter Training is an exciting and fun programme. It trains students to be effective reporters who know how to select the most interesting topics to report on and how to report them so that fellow students will enjoy listening to their reports.
Programme Description
Drama epitomises holistic learning. We don’t need to enter drama competition to reap the benefits of running drama programmes. English drama can help build English culture in school and arouse students’ interest in learning English.
Programme Description
Reader’s Theatre is practical, fun, and very easy to implement. It provides excellent opportunities for students, even the very shy ones, to develop confidence is ‘reading out loud’.
Reader’s Theatre is prelude to full-blown drama. Students will have a script to read from, receive guidance on how to read the script with the right pronunciation, stress, intonation, pause, volume and much more.
Readers’ Theatres are similar to drama, but runs without complications.
Interview Skills Enhancement Workshop
Programme Description
Our students need to compete with the best when they apply to universities here in Hong Kong and in other parts of the world.
A strong performance at entrance interview will set them apart and increase their chance of entering a university of their choice.
Jupas Interview Workshop prepares students and polishes their interview skills so that they will perform at their best level.
Programme Description
It is a tough world out there! Once our students leave school, they will face fierce competitions from fellow students and friends in their search of their dream career.
Job interview is the first and foremost platform for them to show their interviewers that they are worthy of a chance.
Workplace Interview Workshop guides and prepares students for the most challenging communication task and to teach them how to impress their potential employer.
Newly Arrived Immigrants Programmes
Programme Description
Grammar and Writing Programme focuses on improving students’ use of grammar and basic writing skills.
Students will compose essays of about 150 words in every lesson on selected topics and genres.
Compositions will be marked and critiqued so that students can see where they have faulted and avoid making the same mistakes again.
Programme Description
Phonics for Newly Arrived Immigrants aims to help new students obtain a good grasp of phonics skills which in turn can help students with pronunciation and spelling and give new students the much-needed confidence in learning English.
In this programme, all 44 phonics sounds will be covered and there will be worksheets and fun activities to make the programme interesting and more engaging.
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