| Note-taking skills (2) | - Listen to the radio programme in English and take some notes while listening (1) - Take down notes when watching videos without subtitles (1) - Write a summary based on the news content (1) | 2/15 (13.3%) |
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Speaking (38) | Pronunciation - Accent (3) | - Listen to radio programmes in English (e.g. BBC/RTHK etc.) - Watch English movies/TV programmes (1) - Record down the speech for improvement (1) | 3/58 (5.2%) | 38/44 (86.4%) |
- IPA(International Phonetic Alphabet) transcript (7) | - Read aloud passages in newspapers or other scripts (6) - Visit pronunciation websites and follow the samples to pronounce words (1) - Check ipa in dictionary (1) - Watch speech delivered by famous speaker/celebrity online (1) - Ask friends to correct the mistakes made in pronunciation (2) - Imitate the pronunciations from the english movies/ of native speakers (3) - Communicate with others in English in daily life (1) | 7/58 (12.1%) | ||
Tones and intonations (1) | - Watch TV series/movies and imitate the actors’ intonation (1) | 1/58 (1.7%) | ||
Accuracy (5) | - Read aloud articles on newspaper/magazines and record down (4) - Imitate movie actor’s way of speaking (1) | 5/58 (8.6%) | ||
Fluency (20) | - Have discussions with friends in English and record it down (6) - Read aloud articles in newspapers/magazines and poems (4) - Imitate the way native speakers talk through watching movies/online videos (4) - Practice presentation in front of classmates (2) - Join Big Mouth Corner at polyu to practice oral English (2) - Visit CILL (1) - Give comments on newspaper articles and record it down (1) - Summarize the main ideas of books/movie/drama after reading/watching (1) - Review movies/ books orally (1) - Develop the ability to think in English (1) - Pay attention to intonation (1) - Retell stories to friends (1) - Have discussion with classmates in English (3) - Talk to instructor after class (1) - Do some voluntary job where English is used as a medium for communication (1) - Read aloud the English news (2) - Read newspapers/magazines in English (1) | 20/58 (34.5%) | ||
Confidence/language competency (22) | - Read aloud (e.g. At least 2 pieces of articles/news/editorials written in english every day) (2) - Read more authentic materials and jot down the new words and their meanings (2) - Talk with english native speakers (e.g. Native speakers/exchange students at big mouth corner)/ write summary of the conversation (5) - Have discussion with classmates in english (3) - Attend elep oral speaking class (1) - Practice presentation in front of classmates (1) - Watch drama series with(out) subtitles (1) - Use online platform to role-play and practice spoken english (1) - Learn new words in animation/computer graphics (1) - Watch speeches delivered by famous people (1) - Make use of different tools e.g. Mirror/web-cam and record down the speech for improvement (2) - Give a at least 2-minute speech to the peers (1) - Have more discussion with other students/peers/native speakers in english (2) - Watch online videos and tv programme in english, jot down part of their scripts and check for the meanings (1) | 22/58 (37.9%) |