Language Learning Support Section

Activity Highlights

Life-wide Learning (2023/24)

Secondary School Student Attachment Programme

「語」你生活更美好。

Better Language, Better Life.

語言一事，學無止境。
Language learning has no limits.

(Bilingual slogans designed by interns)

Overview

Comprehensive Life Planning Education (LPE) in the school curriculum plays a significant role in fostering students' whole-person development and lifelong learning capacity. Taking advantage of the opportunities offered by LPE, the Language Learning Support Section (LLSS) has been collaborating with different secondary schools to implement the "Secondary School Student Attachment Programme" since 2014/15.

The programme aims to:

consolidate and extend students' language learning beyond the classroom;
equip students with basic work-related skills and instil in them positive work attitudes; and
foster students' understanding of their own interests and abilities, goal setting and personal planning for further studies and career development.

To deliver LPE within and beyond the language classroom at the senior secondary level, an integrated approach was adopted in the programme. The LPE core elements (self-understanding, career exploration, career planning and management) were realised in the two components of the programme: Classroom learning and workplace learning.

Programme Highlights

To extend students' learning from the work-related thematic units in the classroom learning component which prepared them for further studies or career development in accordance with their interests, abilities, and orientations, an experiential life-wide learning (LWL) activity, i.e. the workplace learning component, was conducted in an authentic work setting. Selected students from the collaborating schools were enrolled as interns to provide them with authentic career-related experiences.

The details of the LWL activity (2023/24) are as follows:

Attachment period:	24 – 27 June 2024 (4 days)
Internship workplace (Venue) :	Language Learning Support Section, Education Bureau (Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre)
Interns:	Five S4-5 students
Collaborating Schools: (in alphabetical order)	HKSKH Bishop Hall Secondary School Ho Dao College (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen) SKH Saint Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College Toi Shan Association College Cheng Chek Chee Secondary School of Sai Kung and Hang Hau District, N.T.
Major job tasks:	Created online questionnaires and processed relevant data collected Drew up and presented an LWL activity proposal Conducted career interviews and produced video clips of the interviews Wrote photo captions for the LLSS publications Designed bilingual slogans
Student learning outcomes:	Improved confidence in using English in real-life work situations Enriched English language skills (e.g. oral presentation skills, slogan writing skills) Enhanced self-understanding (e.g. awareness of own strengths, areas for improvement and work preferences) Work-related generic skills (e.g. collaboration skills, communication skills, problem solving skills, information technology skills) developed Technical skills (e.g. video-editing skills) developed Positive work-related values and attitudes (e.g. responsibility, commitment, perseverance, respect for others) learnt and demonstrated
Follow-up activity:	After completing the job attachment, the student interns would share their workplace learning at school. Such a sharing session would encourage the interns to reflect on the learning process and review their personal development plans/goals, fostering the development of learning and/or career aspiration. In addition, other students may learn from the student interns' experiences and reflect on their own career planning.

Photos of the programme with captions produced by the interns (An edited version)

Interns' Voice

	"(On the) last day, I feel satisfied because I (did) my sharing well and Miss Pang and Miss Lam said I (performed) much better than before. Also I feel I don't want to leave the workplace because I (have) met a lot of friends and colleagues."	"I think this department is full of love. We have many passionate and diligent colleagues. I think you are all the best!"

Alice Cheung Ho Dao College (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen)	Alex Lam Cheng Chek Chee Secondary School of Sai Kung and Hang Hau District, N.T.	Evan Cai Toi Shan Association College

Excerpts of three interns' reflection on their learning from the attachment programme
(An edited version)

Teachers' Voice

"We have a school-based unit called "Internship – Preparing for my future job". Because of this attachment programme, we think about expanding experience to other students, so we will have over three internship programmes as well… I can see that these five years, LLSS has really planned a very meaningful and fruitful programme for students. Thank you. Thank you all of you!"	"First of all, thank you LLSS, the officers, and Rachel's nomination to give our students such a meaningful and fruitful experience. I can see that Evan, you really grow a lot. I can see your confidence and you enjoyed the programme very much, I really want to have more students to join this programme. Thank you."	"Actually, English public speaking can be challenging. But Ken embraced the challenge as an opportunity to learn and grow. So, we offer him full support by nominating him for this attachment programme. … Today, it's really touching to see him deliver the whole presentation in English. I have witnessed his growth … Ken, I'm so proud of you!"
Ms Cynthia So (English teacher of Kelly Chan, SKH Saint Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College)	Ms Chan (English teacher of Evan Cai, Toi Shan Association College)	Ms Ma (Class teacher of Ken Yang, HKSKH Bishop Hall Secondary School)

Excerpts of quotes from the teachers joining the interns' sharing session

For the details about the Life-wide Learning - Secondary School Student Attachment Programme (Chinese Language), please click here.