多元英文提升项目，全方位提升孩子的英文水平 English Learning at LEHF Prep School

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在佛山市霍利斯外籍人员子女学校，英文是我们课程的关键组成部分，也是在所有学科学习取得成功的重要基石。然而，作为一所国际学校，我们也深知学生们来自不同的国家，拥有不同的文化和语言背景，这意味着部分学生可能需要额外的语言支持，提升英文水平，从而充分学习整套英国课程。

作为学校，我们的任务就是要帮助学生，为他们提供丰富的学习支持项目，让他们能够从低年级起学习和掌握所需的学术和英语语言的知识技能。

因此，这篇文章中我们邀请了预备部主任 Mandy Bateman 女士，为大家介绍佛山霍利斯预备部的英语语言学习项目。

根据学生们的英语评估分析报告，我们能够为他们设计个性化的英语学习方案，并使用他们原本用于西班牙文、中文和PSHE课堂的时间进行强化式英文学习。一旦学生们达到所需的英文语言水平，我们会安排他们回到原本的课堂中。同时，他们也将会继续获得英文支持，并且在使用英文时会变得更加独立和自信。

学校拥有一支强大的英语教学支持教师团队，她们不仅会给学生们开展英语学习项目，而且还会陪同有需要的学生一起上课，提供实时支持，帮助学生们更好理解课堂内容，并同时熟悉掌握每个学科的特定术语和语法知识。

我们采用世界知名的自然拼读法和《牛津树（Oxford Owl）》系列教材。这不仅是针对英文水平稍有欠缺的学生，更是面向全校的所有学生。当孩子们认识的单词越多，他们就更加容易理解想法和任务、参与日常对话、写作和准确表达自己；如果他们的词汇量不足，在参与课堂和完成课后作业时很容易遇到困难；我们称这个差异为“词汇差异“。当孩子们升入中学时，”词汇差异“会衍生出许多学习问题。因此在预备学校，我们就已经开展不同的阅读计划和自然拼读法课程，来帮助学生们建立和拓展自己的词汇表。

预备部学生们可以通过课外活动进一步提高他们的英语语言水平。他们可以选择参加一些语言类的课外活动，例如校园新闻俱乐部，从而学习和提升采访、写作和编辑方面的英文听说读写技能。

同时我们也想预告，佛山霍利斯预备部将推出第一期学生杂志，请关注我们留意日后更新和分享！

我们致力于创造一个全方位沉浸式的英文环境，为预备部学生们提供丰富的英文听说读写的机会，包括单词墙、多媒体学习资源、朗诵、拼写游戏和创意写作等。另外在学校餐厅也设有英语对话桌子，鼓励学生们在午餐时间主动使用英语进行对话。

然而，沉浸式的英语环境并不意味着完全排斥非英语语言，因为我们认识到其他语言与英语具有同等的重要性。Bateman 女士目前正在学习中文，作为初学者，她也能感同身受，明白预备部学生学习英文会遇到的挑战。她说：“我的大脑在学习中文一小时后也需要一点休息，所以我也能理解我们的学生，并允许他们休息10-15分钟，可以用自己的母语与朋友交流。”

阅读还能激发孩子的好奇心和想象力，提升词汇量，提高识字能力，这些都是他们英语学习以及日后学术和智力发展的基础要素。

除了面向全校学生的主图书馆，在佛山霍利斯预备部，我们开设了一个预备部学生专属的图书馆，提供开阔的阅读空间，并购置了许多适合学生年龄段的读物。图书馆位于预备部课室的对面，方便学生课后前去阅读。此外，在预备部课室和社交空间的不同地方都设置了图书角，放置了老师们精心挑选的书籍。

如果您有兴趣想深入了解佛山霍利斯预备部，我们诚意邀请您和家人参加我们于10月29日举办的预备部开放日活动。

届时您可以与预备部主任Mandy Bateman女士交流并参观我们的得奖校园，您的孩子也可以参加我们的英式体验课。本次开放日活动面向预备部适龄学生家庭，其中英式体验课面向5-9岁学生，快来报名吧！

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At LEH Foshan, the English language is no doubt an essential part of our curriculum and is the cornerstone to success in all subjects. However, as an international school, we respect the fact that our students come from a wide variety of geographic, cultural and language backgrounds, which means some of them might need extra language support to access the full British curriculum. 

But that is what a school is for; we provide multiple engaging learning support programmes to help our students acquire the academic and language knowledge and skills from an early age. 

In this article, we invited Ms Mandy Bateman, Head of Prep School, to introduce the English Language Learning (ELL) programmes at LEH Foshan Prep School. 

We provide individualised English learning programmes for our young learners based on their English assessment analysis. We do this by supporting them during the time they should be in lessons such as Spanish, Mandarin and PSHE, to offer intensive language support and enhance their English skills. Once students reach a suitable level, we will begin to reintroduce them back into the classroom. Where they will continue to receive support, and they will also become more confident and independent with their English skills.

The school has a strong team of ELL support staff. Not only do they lead the English language acquisition programmes, but they also support in classrooms with students and support understanding during lessons. They will enable our students to understand concepts and objectives within the lessons, enabling them to focus on the language needed to access the curriculum. 

We use a world recognised phonics and reading programme Oxford Owl, that helps support all our learners, not just ELL students. The more words your child knows, the easier they will find it to understand ideas and tasks, join in with conversations, write well and express themselves accurately. When children have a very small vocabulary it is hard for them to access schoolwork; we can call this a ‘word gap’. A word gap can be a real problem when children go up to secondary school. So, we use our reading and phonics scheme to support and build students' knowledge of the English language. 

Prep students can further improve their English language skills in extra-curricular activities (ECAs) as well. They can choose to participate in ECAs such as the School Newspaper Club which presents various opportunities to enhance literacy skills in interviewing, writing and editing. 

On a side note, we are about to publish the first issue of LEH Foshan Prep student magazine, so please follow us and stay in touch for the update!

We aspire to create a full immersive English environment to include a variety of opportunities for Prep students to listen, speak, read and write. This can include word walls, multi-media resources, read alouds, spelling games and creative writings. There are also English-speaking tables in the dining hall to encourage English conversation during lunchtime. 

However, an immersive English environment doesn’t mean the complete exclusion of non-English languages, as we recognise and value the importance of their native languages as much as English. Ms Bateman is currently learning Chinese and as a starter she does feel for our young English learners, “my brain has had enough after an hour of learning Chinese, so I do have some sympathy with our students and allow them 10 or 15 minutes break to speak with their friends in their own languages.” 

Reading stimulates children’s curiosity and imagination, expands their vocabulary, and improves their literacy skills; all these help with their English learning and form the basis of all their future learning and intellectual capability.

Aside from the main library which serves the whole school, at Prep School there is a dedicated Prep Library with a spacious reading area and many age-appropriate and varied reading materials. The library is located opposite the Prep classrooms, providing easy and convenient access to books for our young students. There are also book corners dotted in classrooms and common space in Prep School with selected reads by our teachers.

If you are interested in knowing more about our Prep School, we cordially invite you to attend our Prep School Open Day on 29 Oct. 

Meet our Head of Prep School, Ms Mandy Bateman, enroll your child(ren) in our taster lessons and enjoy a tour of our award-winning campus. The Open Day event is open to prospective Prep School families. The taster lessons are for students aged 5 to 9 already. Register now by scanning the QR Code on the poster. We look forward to meeting you on campus soon!