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Elegantia's English Department, as a progressive team, has been upholding our "Elegantian" approach to the teaching and learning of English, which is highly recognized and supported by parents and students. Since our establishment in 2002, we have been treating English as a cross-discipline subject and viewing the language as a language of “life” which is used in daily-life situations, including both school and home settings. Our vision points to the acquisition of English learning skills, the application of English in education and the appreciation of English cultures and language arts, all of which are initiated in junior forms for long-term achievements in senior years. Our stress on the “cross-discipline approach”, the training of basic English learning skills, including note-taking, phonics and dictionary skills, and the shaping of reading habits through our established English morning reading sessions and the Extensive Reading Award Scheme has generated fruitful results. The cross-discipline approach of the English Department is interpreted in a long-term perspective and corresponds with the fine-tuning policy of medium of instruction. Our long-established EMI bridging projects on a departmental basis throughout junior forms since 2002 witness their own strengths and the awareness of the importance and practical value of the language cultivated within our junior formers. Besides, these department-based designs are conducive to the integration of English in the junior EMI subjects, including Mathematics, Integrated Science, Geography and Computer Studies though they have their own curriculum and syllabuses to follow. We believe the cross-discipline approach will keep generating positive effects on students' awareness of the position and role of English and its importance in their learning as a whole for a lifetime.

The strongly-held notion – “English is a means of learning and the integration of English in the learning of other subjects is crucial” will be well facilitated by our Refined English Enhancement Scheme (REES) funded by HKEDB in 2011-13. The REES project focusing on “English for Academic Purposes” poses an opportunity for concerted effort and collaboration between the external expertise and internal channels of resources and intelligence for the sake of improving our students’ English skills and knowledge. The implementation of the REES project and the continuance of our English Enhancement Scheme (EES) in its fourth year can definitely pave the way for the senior formers in the NSS system to face the great challenge and requirements for a high English proficiency for admission to local and overseas universities.

“Loving a language means loving its culture.” We emphasize students' appreciation of the English language and language arts, including poetry reading and English drama in junior forms’ English teaching syllabus as part of essential preparation for bridging the New Senior Secondary School Curriculum. Students’ appreciation of English cultures is well justified in our English experiential activities, such as study tours, summer camps, short-term immersion programmes and our annual highlight - the whole-year High School Exchange Programme in the USA. Student leaders with a high proficiency level have also joined our English Editorial Board for the making of the official English newsletter, “Elegantianism”.

Updated as at: 10/9/2011
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