Sharing about the thinking path of our task

Thinking Pathway of our Task

Theme of our storyboard is “On the Farm”. From the English teacher resource handbook, they suggested that children learning through activities, such as : games, songs, etc. are much successful than just reading and writing. Publisher of the handbook is from an Educational Publishing House company.

For local primary students, esp. P.1 & P.2 they are curiosity about all the
living things. So the content of local English curriculum closely relates to students’ daily lives. As the children like animals, we decided a theme around the topic “ On the Farm ”

The theme of our storyboard is included in module of “The World Around Us”. The unit is Animal World.

By the way the design of this task is based on the central curriculum framework :
1. Facilitating the development of a “reading to learn” culture,
~ helping learners acquire effective reading skills and develop good reading habits
through the use of language arts materials,
~ develop their creativity and cultural awareness
2. Developing learners’ generic skills, values and attitudes and exposing them to rich
learning experiences
~ Using a learner-centred and a task-based approach in the planning and organization of
learning, teaching and activities, ensuring that emphases are put on helping learners
master both language forms and communicative functions for use in appropriate contexts
~ Through interactive activities in the games to develop children’ collaboration skills and
critical thinking skills.
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We all agreed that learning experience in school should be funny and creative especially for younger students. That’s why we decided to create a colourful farm. Realistic sound of hens, cows, pigs and ducks encourages students to listen and imagine animal’s behaviour. Finally, song of “Old Macdonald had a farm” is added in our storyboard. It encourages students to learn easily in classroom.