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Course for Secondary School Teachers on Teaching Mathematics Education Key Learning Area in the English Medium: Sharing on Post-Lesson Support I da Mok and Simon Chan Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong 1 Nature of the Support


  1. Course for Secondary School Teachers on Teaching Mathematics Education Key Learning Area in the English Medium: Sharing on Post-Lesson Support I da Mok and Simon Chan Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong 1

  2. Nature of the Support • One lesson chosen by the teacher to be observed by a university tutor • Guidance provided for designing lesson plans in terms of achieving both content and language objectives • Feedback provided for the specific lesson plan before the conduct of the lesson • Tutor-teacher feedback conference conducted immediately after the lesson • Feedback kept confidential 2

  3. Observations by University Tutors Strengths: - Teachers’ own competent use of the English language to fulfill the four major functions of questioning, giving instructions, explaining, and providing feedback - Extensive attempts in and effective scaffolding (both content and language) provided for eliciting verbal responses from the students 3

  4. Observations by University Tutors (Cont’d) Strengths: - Showing awareness of the language challenges posed by Math texts and word problems (Example) - Collaboration among colleagues within and across subject panels, thus achieving tailor-made LAC initiatives Examples: F.1 bridging courses/LAC lessons taught by English and Math teachers in collaboration 4

  5. Observations by University Tutors (Cont’d) Teachers’ Concerns: - Time for language work within a Math lesson - Teachers’ own confidence in teaching language - Role of the teacher (teaching Math Vs teaching language) 5

  6. The way forward… - LAC = /= Teaching English in Math lessons - Strengthening Math teachers’ language awareness - Devising teaching strategies that are consistent to the school’s MOI policy - Catering for learner diversity - Updating and enhancing Math teachers’ pedagogical repertoire 6

  7. Engaging ourselves with linguistic challenges in Mathematics texts Use WORDS to express the operation involved in the following equation: a 2 + (a + 2) 2 = 340 The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive even integers is 340. (Description from a HK Math textbook)

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