English MOI Strategies in Junior Mathematics Lessons under MOI
Fine‐tuning
30 November 2013
Stewards MKMCF
Ma Ko Pan Memorial College
Under the fine‐tuning MOI Policy, our school formulates the whole school language policy with due consideration of the following bases:
the needs of students
the expectation of parents
the standard and performance of English of our students
the language expertise of our existing teachers and their professional development needs
supportive measures for learning and teaching of English language
Whole School Language Policy
Our School adopted the medium of instruction in the following subjects:
MOI strategies of Mathematics subject in our school
1.1. Language across the Curriculum (LAC)Language across the Curriculum (LAC) 2.2. Classroom Learning and TeachingClassroom Learning and Teaching
Challenges for teachers:
1.Language competency requirement from EDB 2.The demand of language for each lesson and
language input for each topic
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Classroom Learning and Teaching
Challenges for teachers:
3.The teaching pedagogies of mathematics contents
4.The change in questioning skills
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Classroom Learning and Teaching
Challenges for teachers:
5. Learning diversities may further be broadened
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Classroom Learning and Teaching
Language support for teachers
A) Lesson studies and advice from the English Department of the school
i) Using language at appropriate level and pace
ii) Reading aloud and breaking down words into syllables for some specific terms
iii) Writing key terms on the blackboard
iv) Guiding students to use proper sentence structures
Language support for teachers
B) EMI Training on mathematics subject offered by tertiary institutions
i) Subject‐centred
ii) Questioning skills, design of class
activities, group discussion, micro‐teaching iii) Post‐course support
Language support for teachers
C) Comments and advice from the MOI FI team of EDB after the inspection
i) Perform professional assessment and judgement to maintain the standard
ii) Give advice and support after lesson observation
Some tips after summing up the advice from the above parties in a Maths classroom
Maximize students’ opportunities to use English inside classroom
Diagnose students’ learning progress
Some tips after summing up the advice from the above parties in a Maths classroom
Use prompting and probing questions to provoke students’ thinking
Use different pedagogies such as demonstrations, rephrasing, analogies, daily‐life examples, visual aids and body language
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Junior Mathematics Lessons Junior Mathematics Lessons
General strategies
• Questioning
• Wording
• Quick Revision
• Activities
Lesson:
– Apply knowledge of ‘percentage decrease’ to
‘discount’
– Understand the terms related to ‘discount’
– Handle complicated problems
S1 Percentage
Aims of the lesson
Lesson studies
Lesson studies
• Different levels
• Use guided questions
• Choose different students to answer
• Elaborate students’ answers
• Alter the given conditions / extreme
Questioning
Wording
• Use simple words
• Use more mathematical terms
• Specific sentence structure
Activity
• Students are divided into groups
• All students should take part in the activity
• With different tasks, including thinking, discussing, demonstrating and reporting
• Time control
Conclusion Conclusion
• Involve more students to join the lesson
• Reward / praise should be given
• Instruction should be clear
• Boost students’ motivation
• Teachers should have self‐confidence
• Use appropriate body language
S3 Area and Volume of Sphere
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– Use an orange to study the terms related to a sphere
– Use an experiment to derive the formula for the volume of a sphere
Aims of the lesson
• Derive a formula for the volume of a pyramid
– Case 1: use a pyramid with right‐angled triangle base – Case 2: use a pyramid with square base
• Derive a formula for the volume of a cone – Use water to fill up the cone
S3 Area and Volume of Pyramid and Cone
Aims of the lesson
