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 QUALITY EDUCATION FUND 2022/23 
(KS2) 
Integrating social and emotional learning into the English Language Curriculum:
Fostering positive values, attitudes and motivations in English learning in primary schools
(QEF No.: 2021/1026)

OBJECTIVES

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  • Training English teachers to develop literacy in social and emotional learning

  • Equipping English teachers with skills and strategies to promote social and emotional learning in the English Language curriculum

  • Integrating different aspects of social and emotional learning into regular English lessons and enhancing students' learning of both English and life skills

  • Equipping English teachers with drama conventions to facilitate their students' development in social and emotional learning

  • Helping teachers to identify their students' social and emotional issues with regard to both their school life and English learning

  • Helping teachers develop grade-appropriate (i.e. primary 4 - 6) teaching and learning activities and materials

  • Differentiating instructions and materials to better suit more able and less able students in each grade of KS2

  • Sharing of best teaching practices and materials

  • Facilitating students' English learning and school life with social and emotional skills

  • Building up reciprocal coaching circles (RCCs) and community of practice (CoP) through teachers' PD, collaboration and sharing among teachers in the same schools and those in other schools, facilitated by university-based teacher educators

  • Educating parents on the importance of social and emotional learning in both school life and English learning

  • Helping parents understand and help their children apply relevant social and emotional skills to facilitate their school life and English learning

EXPECTED NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES

A total of 180 teachers including 120 English teachers, 30 PSMCDs and 30 English panel heads, 3,600 students and 1,800 - 3,000 parents of 30 local primary schools.

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