AKA with local students

Aberdeen Kaifong Welfare Association Services Centre

The duty of our Experiential Learning (EL) at Aberdeen Kaifong Welfare Association Services Centre (AKA) in 2021 was to provide homework assistance (HA) and a language enhancement program (LEP) for local primary school students.

The main content of our LEP was basic phonics, primary English and Mandarin. Due to the variety of students' ages and abilities, we separated into two groups to teach the junior and senior classes. Both classes had Special Educational Needs (SEN) students. It brought us complex challenges but also an excellent opportunity to learn to be better teachers:

To understand the learning predicament of local primary school students.
To guide students in solving problems independently and applying knowledge to various situations.
To design and organize an activity-oriented program for students, with many exciting games, motivating them to learn and practice languages.
To be flexible in encountering emergencies and be capable of adjusting teaching approaches when necessary.
To work as a team, constantly communicating and exchanging ideas and resources with one another.
To observe the features of different SEN students and also develop related communication and teaching skills.
To recognize and support the mental needs of students.

We had a profound and enriching experience throughout our EL in AKA. With all we have learned from here, we will continue our journey to become teachers who have professional capabilities and empathy to enlighten and educate our students in the future.

－ Andy Yim, Luna Xiong, Stephen Gu, Cindy Tsai, Angie Pan (2021)

Final Presentation

AKA-silence.mp4

The Story of the Monkeys in AKA

Creative Product

AKA Local 繪本 Compressed.pdf

Chinese Picture Book: "I go to school!"

Homework Assistance

HA.mp4

Homework overload is one of the widespread issues in HK education. We provided homework assistance on weekdays. While we were helping our students with homework, we also tried to teach them how to solve problems independently.

Language Enhancement Program

Junior

Class

"Let me tell you a story about phonics!"

(storytelling with phonics)

"See my gesture? What does it mean?"

(TPR)

"What did I say? Can you try to spell it?"

(phonics blending through games)

Which vocabaulary can you use in this sentence?"

(understanding the usage of vocabulary)

"Always good to learn some English while dancing!"

(warm-up activity)

"Who can tell me the answer? In Mandarin!"

(Mandarin section)

"Once you understand radicals, writing is easy!"

(Chinese radical game)

"Get ready for the brainstorm! Let's draw a mind map!"

(mental lexicons development)

Senior

Class

"How do you 'Look'?"

(using TPR to introduce rules)

"Detectives! Think! Who took the bag?"

(process drama)

"I lost my phone. Can you help me find it"

(learning phrases in context)

"There is or there are? Make your choices!"

(grammer practice)

"How do you read it?"

(phonics blending)

"Be creative! Who is in your story?"

(TPRS)

Flag Day

Flag day refers to a day on which public fundraising of charities takes place. We sold charity coupons for elderly service and welfare with our students in Sai Wan. We believe it is essential to nurture a sense of community and service in children. Besides, through this activity, our students learned how to communicate with different people.