TVnews Hong Kong Education City > English Campus > TVnews > Introduction

Home Introduction News Archive News Practice Demo Exercises Awards Schemes Participating Schools FAQ Introduction HKEdCity's English Campus continues to provide a free, online, self-access English learning platform. These materials are based on TVB Pearl's local English news.   Objectives Encourage students to learn English via authentic and multi-media online resources and in a fun way Enrich students' English vocabulary and enhance their listening skills Increase students' awareness of social affairs in HK Enhance their self-access learning and IT skills News Practice Experienced English teachers design online exercises on vocabulary, listening, reading and writing Recommend listening strategies and online resources for students' self-access learning Keep each student's work in a personal profile and teachers can view and monitor students' work and give them feedback online Provide Awards Schemes to schools and students to encourage more participation and higher scores News Practice Updates: News exercises, quizzes and mini-exercises will be updated every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12th Oct 09 to 28th May 10 Theme-based teacher’s pack will be provided for download at the end of each month No exercises and quizzes will be updated in the following holiday periods: 26th Oct 09, 25th to 26th Dec 09, 1st Jan 10, 15th to 16th Feb 10, 2nd to 5th Apr 10, 21st May 10 Application: School application and HKEdCity's school account are needed. To apply for the practice, please click here. To apply for a school account, please go to Join Us. Because of limited resources, there is a quota of school application and priority will be given to those schools who could commit more classes to join and more practices to be finished. News Archive It houses English news online to provide easy access and frequent watching of them. A Student Forum is formed to introduce topics for discussion and encourage students to express and share their views on Hong Kong's social issues with their peers in English Application: Students' and teachers' accounts at HKEdCity are needed. To apply for accounts, please go to Join Us. There is no limitation to the number of archive users and forum users.   TOP Student Forum Government Flying Service holds open day EC's Notice EC Post Issue 100 - Learn more about social issues Boundless English Campus   Drug Addiction Primary English iWorld for teachers HKEdCity Resources Depository Resources Highlight (2) - Listening Secondary English iWorld for teachers Teaching resources on Drug Addiction

Best viewed with Internet Explorer 6.0 with 800x600 resolution. Copyright 2009 Hong Kong Education City Limited Privacy Statement | Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights | Disclaimer | Terms and Conditions of Use | Contact Us | FAQs