‘Catching the Secret of English Learning’ Students’ Workshop
07/10/2016
The students’ workshop ‘Catching the Secret of English Learning’ was held on 7 October at Diocesan Boys’ School. The workshop called on The Hon Jasper Tsang Yok-sing, former president of the Legislative Council, to share his experience and insight in learning English with over 800 secondary students and teachers.
In his sharing, Mr Tsang emphasized the importance of reading English books as it is the key to English language proficiency. He encouraged students to read anything they find interesting and make reading a pleasure.
In his sharing, Mr Tsang emphasized the importance of reading English books as it is the key to English language proficiency. He encouraged students to read anything they find interesting and make reading a pleasure.
Mr Tsang also officiated the Oxford English Writing Competition, Whodunnit? Participants are required to complete a detective story started off by Mr Tsang, who is well read in crime and detective novels. They are encouraged to give free rein to their imagination to complete the story and use their English language skills to get their ideas across. As one of the judges of the competition, Mr Tsang offered some useful tips on writing a good detective story, which include working out the plot before you start writing, putting down how everything happens logically, and depicting an element of surprise at the end of the story.
The workshop ended with a lively Q&A session, in which Mr Tsang addressed various questions about learning English from enthusiastic students.
Click here to view the video of the workshop.
