Primary Schools
We offer the following courses at Primary level:
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General Courses
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Spoken English
Our most popular programme is packed with communicative activities that will enhance students' confidence as they progress through the course. The lessons offer students a chance to improve all four skills while having fun with games, role-plays and songs.
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Pronunciation
This interactive pronunciation course is designed to introduce and familiarise students with the 44 sounds in the English language. Lessons are fun to learn from, contain active and challenging tasks, rhymes and lively pronunciation games. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is taught at higher levels.
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Jolly Phonics
Students are taught the 42 most commonly used sounds of English using Jolly Phonics, a British programme for teaching reading, writing and spelling using phonics. It teaches the letter sounds in an enjoyable way and enables children to use them effectively. Each sound has an action that helps children remember the letter(s) that represent it.
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Preparation Courses
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P6-S1 Bridging Programme
This course prepares your P6 students for learning English at secondary school level. Carefully planned lessons provide revision of the English covered in P6 and introduce students to the classroom and subject English required at S1. CMI and EMI courses are available.
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P6 Interview Preparation
Specially designed to help P6 students wishing to attend an interview to apply for discretionary places at secondary schools. This communicative course aims to help students learn to express themselves, discuss topics and answer questions relevant to the interview.
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TSA Preparation Course
Our Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) course consists of 18 units together with an assessment conducted by the teacher. Specially developed course materials and past papers provide coverage of Reading Aloud, Discussing Personal Experiences, Spontaneous Language Use, Picture Description, Interview Technique, Oral Presentations and Phonics.
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Creative Courses
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Drama & Speech
A fun and inspiring course designed for more capable students who are ready to raise their English skills to the next level. The course creates opportunities for students to express themselves, develop their confidence and enter for a Trinity Guildhall drama examination (optional).
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Big Books
Through the use of creative teaching methods, props and realia, students are encouraged to use their imagination and interact during the lessons. Their interest in reading is stimulated as they become active participants in the story telling sessions.
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Poetry and Songs
Through the use of rhythm and rhyme, students develop a natural and fluent speech pattern. By combining this with fun, well-known English songs, students' confidence, participation and ability are greatly enhanced.
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Fun Games and Activities
Reward your students this term with this exciting and mentally absorbing course – specially designed to introduce and reinforce language related to the Hong Kong and Macao curriculum through a selection of linguistically challenging games and activities.
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Creative Writing
Students are taught simple sentence and paragraph construction at the beginning, progressing to analysis of complete texts and style development at higher levels. The course helps to organise students' thoughts in an effective way, enabling them to produce more creative and expressive written work.
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Black Cat Readers
Black Cat is a series of richly illustrated readers offering original stories as well as adapted classics in a variety of genres. Level 1 and 2 books are ideal for students in P4-P6. Each reader contains a wide variety of exercises in the style of the Cambridge Key English Test, Preliminary English Test and Trinity Graded Examinations in Spoken English.
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International Examination Preparation
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Trinity
Prepare your students for Trinity's ESOL examinations with our communicative courses. Colour workbooks and interactive worksheets provide listening, speaking, reading and writing practice, grammar and vocabulary support, and examination advice. Students are provided with an enjoyable but thorough preparation for the examinations.
- Graded Examinations in Spoken English – Grades 1 to 12
- Integrated Skills in English examinations – Levels 0, I, II and III
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Cambridge
Our intensive 15-20 hour courses, using materials from England, prepare students for the internationally recognised four-skills tests. Courses feature skills building exercises and past paper practice tests.
- Young Learner English Tests – Starters, Movers, Flyers
- Key English Test
- Preliminary English Test
- First Certificate in English
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