Introduction

This website, prepared by Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education and sponsored by Education Bureau, contains notes on genres, instructional design, on-line interactive exercises and relevant reference materials of the commonly-used physics specific genres. Teachers can make use of these materials to teach students the physics specific genres and ultimately help them improve their writing skills in physics.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the following team members for their valuable experiences and professional advices on developing the contents of this website.

Project Leader

Mr. LAU Chi-ho Humphrey (HKASME)

Consultant(Linguistics)

Prof. SHUM Shui-kee Mark (HKU)

Consultant (Subject)

Mr. KWONG Wai-leung (HKASME)
Mr. WONG Chi-kin (HKASME)

Project Manager

Mr. Golden WONG (HKASME)

Research Assistant

Mr. Ivan SIN (HKASME)

Teacher Advisors

Mr. CHENG Chi-leung CHENG (HKASME)
Mr. CHONG Cheong-yu (TWGHs Mrs. Wu York Yu Memorial School)
Mr. CHOW Siu-wah (Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School (Secondary Section)
Mr. HO Yau-sing (SKH Holy Trinity Church Secondary School)
Mr. WONG Chun-lung (Pentecostal School)

Last but not least, we want to express our deepest gratitude to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority for allowing us to reproduce the questions from the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education papers.