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Yan Chai Hospital No. 2 Secondary School
Catering for learner diversity in the New Senior Secondary Classroom – a wedding planning project to motivate students to learn English
The Planning of
the NSS elective module –
Learning English through Workplace Communication
English Language Curriculum and Assessment Guide (Secondary 4-6)
Elective Part
• provides learners with opportunities to apply the subject knowledge and skills
(i.e. the four skills, grammar, communicative functions, vocabulary and text-types)
• enhances the further development of generic skills such as communication, critical thinking, creativity and collaboration
• engages learners in a variety of activities• provides learners with opportunities to
demonstrate their learning or achievement through producing some kind of products (performance/ display/ portfolio…)
Objectives
• Students are motivated to learn English
• Students get to know more about the working environment
• Students are motivated to equip themselves for their future career
catering for learner diversity (interests, gender, ability, MI…)
learning English through tasks and activities
Limited budgetHigh expectations Use of EnglishLimited time
English Generic Skills
Rationale
Choosing an industry with different job types
easy to cater for learners’interests abilitie
s
Wedding planning involves lots of jobs types in different industries:
Industries Job types / Job titles
Advertising & MarketingCateringPublic relationsLogisticsDesignPrinting/ PublishingBeauty CareEntertainment/ RecreationMediaTourismLegal servicesBanking & Finance
ManagementAdvertisingCateringEvent / wedding planningSalesFlowers & DecorationsHair stylists Make up artistsPhotographers Video makers Fashion designersDriversTravel agentsProperty agentsInterior designersRenovation craftsmanLawyers
How do these job types relate to learning English?
Suggested necessary services
Services Vocabulary Text types
Wedding ceremonies
VenuesDecorations
Wedding Reception
VenuesFoodDecorations
Menu
Wedding Attire Describing outfitsColours
Invitation FontsTypes of invitation cardsDesign
Invitation(Poems)
Vocabul
aryText types
Suggested optional services
Services Vocabulary Text types
Wedding cakes
Colours Flavours Decorations Shapes
Catalogue
Wedding favours
Catalogue
Wedding flowers
Names of flowers ColoursMeanings of flowers
Catalogue
Wedding cars/transportation
Brands Colours Describing cars Decorations Models
ItineraryCatalogue
Wedding music
Musical instrumentsNames of wedding music/ songs and
love songs
Song lyrics
Photography Venues EquipmentTechnical terms
Photo captions
Videography Venues EquipmentTechnical terms
Itinerary
Make up Colours Cosmetics Labelling
Hairdressing Hairstyle
-The Wedding planning business- Job descriptionsPart 1: Background/
Introduction
Part 2: Job application
Part 3: Setting up wedding companies
Part 4: Preparing for Wedding Expo
Part 5: Wedding Expo
Wedding Company (Module outline)
- Job advertisement - CV- Application letter- Job interview
- Research
- Understand the organizational set up
- Concept of organizational “image”
- Meetings
- Business project
- Use English creatively for a business purpose
- Sales presentation - Company leaflet
- Exhibition - Wedding Outfit Catwalk
- Samples - Portfolio
The trial lessons
• October 2008 – February 2009
• about 25 – 30 lessons (40 minutes/ lesson)
• S4 (4 classes)
• try out some of the services
• simplified some of the tasks
Part 1
Introduction to the
wedding planning industry
Tasks / Activities
• Reading magazine articles• Reading newspaper articles• Browsing websites of wedding planners
Task
Simplified versions of newspapers/ magazine articles provided
Reading materials provided by teachers vs Reading materials searched by students
Catering for learner diversity
Part 2
Job Application
1. What is the title of the job?2. What are the job requirements?3. What the job applicant do if they want to apply the job?
Junior ClerksRequired by Wedding Planner Company. Male or female, Form 3 standard, experience not essential. Please send application with photo, phone number and salary expected to G.P.O. Box 1234, Hong Kong.
CJC Wedding Planner
Company
Decoration designers
Required by Wedding Planner
Company. Male or female, Form 5
standard. Preferably having
knowledge of decoration design.
Please send application with
photo, phone number and salary
expected to Ms. Carine Jean
Clark, no. 232, Queen’s Road
East, Wan Chai, H.K.
Reading Job Advertisements
Writing Job Advertisements
DriverRequired by Transporter Company. Male Only. Form 7 standard. Good manners. Preferably with kung-fu skills. Please call 1234 5678 or come to YCH2SS for interview. Bring driving license and kung-fu certificate.
BeauticianRequired by Beauty Company. Female. Form 5 standard. 3 years experience essential. Preferably with experience of bridal make-up. Send application with photo, phone number and salary expected to Mary Chan, 345, King’s Road west, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Students’ work
Writing Resumes
Writing Application Letters
Job Interviews
Job Interview videos produced by teachers and students
Observers (students) use the following rubrics to assess the candidate’s performance
1 2 3 4
1.Can present attractive and appropriate introduction that impresses the potential employer, gets attention and states reasons for wanting the job.
2. Can make clear account of personal academic achievement, skills and knowledge specific to the job requirements.
3. Can relate own strengths to match the job requirements.
4. Can give appropriate response to the questions asked by potential employer.
5. Can deliver enthusiastically with a clear and loud voice using suitable pauses.
6. Can ask a significant question about the job that shows interest in the job.
Movie clips about job interviews
Application form vs application letter + resume
Interview videos produced by teachers and students & movie clips of interview scenes helped to strengthen students’ memory
Higher ability students were given a chance to be bosses and wrote their own job advertisements
Catering for learner diversity
Part 3
Setting up wedding companies
Tasks / Activities
• Students form groups and set up their wedding planning companies
ItemMark
s
A Company profile
B Services
C Theme Wedding
D The Wedding Expo
EWedding Outfit Catwalk
CONTENTS
Example:
• Beach• Nature• Seasons• Special Occasions• Styles• Fairy Tale• Victorian• Religious
Themed weddings
Company names and logos were designed by studentsStudents were allowed to select services and themes they were interested inJob types which require higher intellectual ability
vs Job types which focus more on technical skills
Each company could select the number of services they would provide Different levels of tasks can be given to different companies for each kind of service
Catering for learner diversity
Choice
s
Part 4
Preparing for Wedding Expo
CONTENTS
ItemMark
s
A Company profile
B Services
C Theme Wedding
D The Wedding Expo
E Wedding Outfit Catwalk
Task / Activities (Group work)
Writing sales presentation scripts
Unique Wedding Company as its name implies, is a company that strives for perfection and emphasizes the importance of uniqueness. Unique Wedding Company is professional in offering the wedding through-train services that ease the hassles of the couples. Starting from the detail of costumes renting, make up artists and stylists booking to the design of wedding souvenirs and wedding cakes, we look into every detail and we show our customers we do care about every detail.
Company: Fairy Tale Wedding CompanyGood morning/afternoon, everyone.Welcome to our Fairy Tale Wedding Company’s presentation. A wedding is the most important thing in your life. You must have a gorgeous wedding with high quality service and yet, the cost of it need not be high. Not only are our services of high quality, but the price is also sensible. First, we will show you the gowns of the couple. Then, a video clip will be shown to you. It is a wedding party which our company helped the couple to plan. Last, there will be a Q & A session. We hope you can enjoy our presentation. Thank you.
Designing the booths
Designing wedding outfitsWriting wedding outfit description
Company: Pretty LifeThe theme is romance. The bride’s dress is of ball gown style. Wearing the ball gown, the bride looks noble and graceful. The material for the dress is curtain. For the lower part of the dress, we rolled magazine paper and stitched the rolls onto the dress. There is a big bowknot on the belt so that the beautiful body shape of the bride is fully addressed.
Company: Forever LoveOur theme is Chinese traditional. The top is made of black plastic. The trousers are made from black cloth. On the upper outfit, there is a red flower ball which is made of paper, representing the two important elements of the Chinese traditional wedding – completeness and luck.
Company: Your ChoiceOur company has designed our signature wedding gown that highlights the love of nature. Our wedding gown carries lots of flowers that gives a refreshing feeling for the lovers. With the mystical design of nature’s spider-web pattern and snake-like hair set, our bride will have the most unforgettable wedding event of her own choice.
Part 5
Wedding Expo
BoothIntroducing the services/ products of the companies to the visitors
Making Sales Presentations
Wedding Outfit Catwalk
Guiding questions for visitors
Students selected the jobs they wanted to take up within the group There were different types of jobs. Jobs were allocated to team members according to their interests and abilities The companies were allowed to use different ways to introduce their companies to the visitors Jobs were allocated to team members according to their strengths (verbal, visual, kinesthetic tasks…)
Catering for learner diversity
Use of resources
• English teachers• Teachers of other subjects• Alumni• PTA & parents• Wedding planner
Impact
Students
Post-project questionnaire
• Students were motivated to learn English
• Students got a sense of achievement and were more confident in using English for communication and presentation
• Students got to know more about the working environment (93%).
Post-project questionnaire
• Students’ generic skills were improved
Students thought that the project improved their
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
creativity
critical thinking skills
collaboration skills
communication skills
problem solving skills
self-management skills
gen
eric
skil
ls
percentage
strongly agreeagreedisagreestrongly disagree
Post-project questionnaire
• Students realized the importance of English in the working environment. They would like to improve their English and equip themselves for their future careers.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
I would like to equip myself for myfuture career
English is useful in the workingenvironment
I would like to improve my Englishstandard
percentage
strongly agreeagreedisagreestrongly disagree
Teachers
• Developed the teaching strategies to cope with the NSS Curriculum
• Encouraged English teachers to use life-wide and experiential learning approach in the teaching process
• Strengthened the culture of collaborative & reflective practices among the English panel
At School Level
The Project
• Enhanced inter-departmental collaboration (cross curricular planning)
• Used a whole school approach to enrich the English learning environment
• Served as a platform to share successful English learning experiences among students, teachers, parents & alumni
Difficulties and solutions
Time Constraints
Level of difficulty
Conclusion
differentiate
content
process
product
interest
readiness
learning profile
Generic skills•problem solving skills•creativity•critical thinking skills•collaboration skills•communication skills•self-management skills
Life long learning
Language skills•reading skills•writing skills•listening skills•speaking skills•vocabulary learning skills
Workplace
The End
