The Language Learning Support Section held the first of its two Annual Sharing events on 28 March 2025, bringing together over 250 education professionals to explore innovative approaches in English Language education. The event featured a thought-provoking keynote session followed by ten parallel sharing sessions, showcasing exemplary practices from schools across Hong Kong.

This professional development gathering highlighted how primary and secondary schools receiving support services have successfully integrated a range of curriculum initiatives into their English Language curriculum.

The keynote address, delivered by Professor Ben MOORHOUSE from City University of Hong Kong, focused on 'AI for Good: Nurturing critical and positive uses of GenAI in language learning'. Professor MOORHOUSE captivated the audience with his insightful analysis of how generative AI should be approached to foster deeper student engagement. His presentation struck a perfect balance between theoretical foundations and practical classroom applications, inspiring attendees to reconsider their pedagogical approaches within the rapidly evolving educational landscape.

Through the wide-ranging parallel sessions, participating schools demonstrated their substantial professional expertise gained from strategic planning and implementation of these initiatives, under the support of the officers from the Section. Attendees witnessed firsthand accounts of improvements in both teacher professional development and student learning outcomes, with curriculum leaders sharing how they enhanced their capacity to drive effective curriculum planning and foster innovation.

The event specifically showcased effective curriculum practices that demonstrated how schools:

1.	integrated curriculum initiatives (e.g. values education) and new educational trends (e.g. use of new technologies like generative artificial intelligence) into the school English Language curriculum to increase students' motivation and engagement in English learning; and
2.	enhanced students' English language learning engagement through diversified learning experiences both within and beyond the classroom.

This dynamic platform for professional exchange fostered valuable cross-school collaboration and inspired participants to implement similar innovative approaches in their own educational contexts.

Welcoming:
Chief Curriculum Development Officer, Mr William CHENG, giving the opening remarks

Keynote speech:
Prof. Benjamin Luke MOORHOUSE, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong, sharing his insights on how educators can nurture and harness critical and positive uses of GenAI in language learning

Parallel session: Building Confidence: Fostering Student Support and Teacher Professionalism with Virtual Reality and Chinese Culture Insights
Teachers of HHCKLA Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School and Caritas Chong Yuet Ming Secondary School sharing how they collaborated on an innovative project for motivating students to write and promoting national education

Parallel session: From AI Tools to Learning Partners: Empowering Students as Responsible Language Learners
Teachers of Cheng Chek Chee Secondary School offering practical insights into implementing AI-enhanced language learning through authentic classroom examples and hands-on activities

Parallel session: Fostering Values Education in English Learning: Nurturing Empathy and Empowering Students through Community Involvement
Teachers of St. Paul's School (Lam Tin) and TWGHs Chang Ming Thien College sharing how they successfully connected English learning and community involvement to cultivate students' empathy at the cognitive, affect, and action levels

Parallel session: Empowering Young English Language Learners for a Dynamic World in the 21st Century
Teachers from Diocesan Boys' School Primary Division sharing how students transformed from passive participants to active learners, critical thinkers, problem-solvers and responsible citizens through the use of diversified school-based learning materials and thoughtfully designed learning experiences both inside and beyond the classroom

Parallel session: HKTEAM: A Cross-Boundary Collaboration Fostering Professional Growth
Former seconded teachers from CCC Kei Tsz Primary School and Ta Ku Ling Ling Ying Public School sharing their firsthand experiences about their visit to Mainland schools, the support they provided and the collaborative professional sharing that took place in the "Scheme on Hong Kong Teachers' Exchange Activities to the Mainland (HKTEAM)" in the 2023/24 school year

Parallel session: Cultivating Students' Positive Values and Appreciation of Chinese Culture and Space Development through Infusing Values Education and National Security Education into Curriculum Planning
Teachers from Concordia Lutheran School sharing how English teachers across junior and senior secondary levels integrated elements of values education and national security education into the school English Language curriculum using different entry points such as Language across the Curriculum and life-wide learning

Parallel session: Infusing Life Planning Education within and beyond the Senior Secondary English Classroom (S4) to Diversify the Learning Experiences and Nurture the Whole-person Development of Students
Teachers from S.K.H. St Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College sharing how Life Planning Education elements could be practically infused into the English classroom and the impact of offering students a short-term job attachment opportunity for enriching language learning experiences and supporting career development

Parallel session: Promoting STEAM Education at the Primary Level for Knowledge Exploration and Innovative Experimentation
Teachers of S.K.H. Lui Ming Choi Memorial Primary School sharing how they strategically incorporated STEAM education elements into the school's Key Stage 1 English Language curriculum for laying a foundation for the development of generic skills and inquiry-based thinking alongside language skills acquisition

Parallel session: Promoting Values Education and National Education through Reading and Experiential Learning in Primary Schools
Teachers of Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Primary School and S.K.H. Chi Fu Chi Nam Primary School sharing the innovative use of generative AI to create a traditional, culturally rich storybook and showing how to enhance students' engagement in reading a range of value-driven non-fiction texts and different experiential learning activities for fostering values education and national education