1 How to Use Web-based Learning and Teaching Support Effectively to Help Learners Cope with the Learning Difficulties Priscilla Ng Education Infrastructure Division EDB April 2008

2 How to explore and identify difficulties in English learning at Key Stage 3 Main Sources : * Focus Group * School visits * TSA reports

3 Tapescript: What a Day! (By Dave Lee) [My throat hurts a lot My forehead is hot My shoulder is stiff And so is my neck] [Lying in bed, feeling very sore I just can’t read anymore. Another day off, I should get better And hopefully I’ll feel much fitter] [I can’t eat any food Can’t even drink soup I drink lots of water But it doesn't seem to help] [Still not well, the very next day It’s a horrible feeling, what more to say? One last tip or little trick Stay healthy, Do what you can to never get sick] Identify main ideas and infer feelings of the speaker 9EL1, Part 1, Q.4 Difficulties What kind of day is the writer having? (60.5%) A. a hot day B. a lucky day C. a lazy day D. a bad day TSA Listening

4 Identify pairs of rhymes Q.5 (29.5%) In stanza 1, ‘lot’ and ‘hot’ are two rhyming words. Listen to stanza 3 and find a pair of rhyming words. ________ and ________ Q.6 (43.4%) Listen to stanza 4 and find a pair of rhyming words. ________ and ________ Difficulty 9EL1, Part 1, Q.5 & Q.6 Tapescript: What a Day! (By Dave Lee) [My throat hurts a lot My forehead is hot My shoulder is stiff And so is my neck] [I can’t eat any food Can’t even drink soup I drink lots of water But it doesn't seem to help] [Lying in bed, feeling very sore I just can’t read anymore. Another day off, I should get better And hopefully I’ll feel much fitter] [Still not well, the very next day It’s a horrible feeling, what more to say? One last tip or little trick Stay healthy, Do what you can to never get sick] TSA Listening

5 Best loved by Hong Kong visitors is Australia ’ s seafood. It is fresh, plentiful and, best of all, is usually cheaper than in Hong Kong. A. freshness B. quantity C. quality D. price According to the passage, what is the difference between Australian and Hong Kong seafood? (40.5%) 9ER2, Part 1, Q.8 Difficulty Making inferences TSA Reading

6 One of the solutions to learning difficulities Web-based Learning and Teaching Support ( WLTS) Assessment for Learning Resource Bank

7 Aim Develop learning and teaching materials to help teachers provide timely assistance to those students who are in need of help in achieving the basic competencies. Web-based Learning and Teaching Support (WLTS) Assessment for Learning Resource Bank

8 What WLTS tasks contain * Integrated listening, reading and writing tasks * Generic skills - problem solving skills - critical thinking skills - study skills - reference skills - creativity Assessment for Learning Resource Bank

9 How to visit WLTS

10 STEP 1: Go to the EDB Website ( STEP 2: Click “Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Education”, then click “Curriculum Development”

11 STEP 3: Click “Assessment ”

12 STEP 4: Click “Web-based Teaching and Learning Support”

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14 Step 5 1. Click Key Stage 3 2. Click all 3 Strands / Dimensions 3. Click both Listening and Reading skills 4. Click submit

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28 Conclusion  WLTS - an on-going development  Teachers can adapt and modify WLTS tasks freely  Teachers’ help and guidance facilitate students’ use of WLTS tasks

29 Contact us : or Comments on and suggestions for WLTS tasks are welcome

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