Summer Peer-to-Peer English
Tutoring Program 2005 - ChronicleVisitors:
Please bookmark this page for
reports and announcements for the Chinglin
Tutoring Program. Check back as
the program develops and
concludes.
  Program
epilog (September 24,
2005)
Program
closing (August 20, 2005)
Midterm update (August
4, 2005)
Group 2 Day 1 (July
18, 2005)
Group 1 Day 1 (July
11, 2005)
Program update (July 6,
2005)
Program update (June
27, 2005)
Preliminary
program guidelines (June
10, 2005)
Program contacts
Chinglin Program Epilog (September 24,
2005)
Program
closed but not ended....
We already got a cover story on SCMP
Young Post, August 29, 2005 (pdf file, 298
KB).
And then we were asked by SCMP
Education Post to write on
peer tutoring and its beneifts to
both the tutors and the students.
Sure, we have many true stories
to tell, but, given the limited
space available at Insight
and Opinion, we could only
comment:
Peer
tutors find that help cuts both
ways - SCMP,
Hong Kong, September 24, 2005
Thanks all students and tutors! It must have been
your program
experience sharing that had caught
the attention of the Education
Post editor. Well done!
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Chinglin Program Closing (August 20, 2005)
Tutors
and students participating in the
Chinglin Program 2005 held a
lunch party on August 18 for all
to celebrate the end of the
program. Eight student tutors and
19 students came, as did the
program coordinators from
Maplewood Education Services and
Hon Wah Middle School and school
officials. Few were not touched
by the heartfelt speeches and
impromptu remarks by participants
on their experiences as teachers
and learners in the program.
It seemed that the
rounds of speeches would never
end as many took turns to speak
more than once. Some students and
tutors were actually speaking in
front of so many people for the
very first time. You can relive
the tender and earnest, but also
spirited and cheerful mood during
the experience sharing from the student
and tutor essays - filled
with warm compliments and sincere
critiques.
There was at least
one pleasant surprise: an editor
and a photographer from SCMP
Young Post popped
in the party and interviewed the
students and the tutors, who
would surely like their wonderful
story of the summer to be shared
with more of their peers soon.
SCMP Young
Post cover story August 29,
2005 (pdf file, 298 KB)
Yet nothing would
compare to the mood of
accomplishment and jubilance as
the tutors received their Certificates
of Recognition for
exemplary services, followed by
rounds of hugs, tears, exchange
of emails, MSN's, phone numbers,
and souvenirs. Photo
opportunities certainly prevailed
over the food and drinks, except
for the New York cheese cake
specially made by Sherwin, one of
the tutors, for the special day.
Program
photos at Maplewood Albums
The two groups of
tutors held their final tutoring
sessions in the afternoon and the
following morning with more
games, chit-chats, and experience
sharing with their students. At
the program debriefings, tutors
also filled out a Chinglin
Program questionnaire and sent in
essays summarizing their summer
peer tutoring experiences.
Read
essays from Chinglin tutors.
More
program photos
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Chinglin Midterm Update (August 4, 2005)
We are
into the fourth week of the
Chinglin Program now. Two
student tutors from Group 1
and four from Group 2
met at lunch on August 1,
introduced to each other, and
shared their tutoring experiences
to date.
For
example, one group found that
they have been spending 10% of
their time in game activities
while the other group revealed
they have been spending up to 50%
of their time doing so. While
only one group is using the
school's AV facilities to screen
movies for teaching, both groups
plan to have outings to the
new, weirdly wonderful Roald Dahl
movie Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory with their
students.
Care to play the Heart Attack
word game? (More
program photos)
Team
members have gained
confidence in solving scheduling,
attendance, student drop-out and
other problems as they come up.
They have alerted the program
coordinators at first opportunity
for support and advice. Some team
members have kept journals of
their tutoring sessions while
some have actually enjoyed
getting to know a community which
they have not known before. Some
have even planned to have
reunions with some of the
students and to
provide further help in
English after the program. And
everyone who came to lunch
enjoyed the lunch, of course....
Things
to do:
1. Plan
for an End-of-Program Lunch
Party for all tutors and
the Hon Wah students during the
last week - either on Monday
August 15 or Thursday August 18.
These are the two days in the
last week of the program when
both groups will have their
tutoring sessions and both groups
can get together for lunch. It
will be up to the 2 groups of
tutors to decide which
date. Hon Wah can
provide the Geography Room
for the party and Maplewood
can sponsor the food and
refreshments. The team can design
any games, activities,
speeches, performance, ceremonies
at the party. All should
participate so feel free to plan
the party with the Hon Wah
students. Please let both Hon Wah
and Maplewood coordinators know
your date, time, place, run-down
and budget as soon as possible.
2. Debriefing
on the Chinglin Program.
We are going to have a debriefing
for the student tutors in each
group during each group's last
tutoring session. The debriefing
will take about an
hour and will let all
tutors share their experiences
and thoughts on the program.
Maplewood will also pass around
a questionnaire to collect
tutors' feedback on the
program. Hon Wah students
may also be present to share
their own experiences.
Group
1 Debriefing Thursday
August 18, 2005 at 3:30 pm in Hon
Wah
Group 2 Debriefing
Friday August 19, 2005 at 10:30
am in Hon Wah
3. Summary
of tutoring experience.
All student tutors are to write
up a summary of their experience
in the Chinglin Peer Tutoring
Program in 400-800 words by
August 20, 2005. We want you to
reflect upon your own personal
growth and
development through your
community involvement, and
express whatever you feel
strongly about the program -
positive or negative - so that we
can improve the program in
the future. Maplewood
plans to compile these writings
in a compendium which will also
include write-ups by the Hon Wah
students on their own learning
experiences in the
program. We believe this
will serve the memory well for
all who have participated in the
Chinglin program.
For this
week and up to August 10, please
contact Ms Wong Yuk Ting at Hon
Wah Middle School (Tel: +852 2817
1746 General Office) if you
need any support at school in the
absence of Mr Francis Choi.
Meanwhile,
keep up with your good work!
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Chinglin Group 2 Day 1 (July 18, 2005)
Group 2
student tutors kicked off on an
auspicious day - Old Master Lu
Ban's birthday which was
commemorated at the Lu Ban Temple
on Ching Lin Terrace next to Hon
Wah Middle School - and
incidentally the hottest day of
the year to date. The sun-baked
weather must have contributed to
a special zest to the tutoring
program. Witness the vigor and
enjoyment of our tutors as they
launched their program for
another group of 14 Hon Wah
students (click each image for a
full view):
Meanwhile,
Group 1 student tutors continued
into their second week, and have
found out quickly after a week
that there's more to the tutoring
program besides teaching and
learning; the team has to
practice good communication and
team play, be aware of focus,
perseverance, commitment and
respect to others to make the
program a success. Here's Group 1
in their second week:
More
program photos
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Chinglin Group 1 Day 1 (July 11, 2005)
Group 1
student tutors were off to a
great start of our English
tutoring program, meeting with 10
Hon Wah students on this bright,
sunny but sizzling summer day.
The first day of class was very
interactive, and so much full of
energy and ... fun too! - just
look at some of the snapshots
from the day here (click each
image for a full view):
Classes
for Group 1 students will
continue Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at
Hon Wah. During the classes, the
contact at Hon Wah for any
assistance or emergency
situations is Mr Francis Choi, at
tel 2817 1746 (the school's
general office), and email smchoims@yahoo.com.hk.
More
program photos
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Program Update (July 6, 2005)
We just
had our first program
organization meeting on July 5,
2005 at which the first group of
5 student tutors met with
Maplewood and Hon Wah
coordinators to get a more
detailed briefing on the
program and its objectives.
We also reviewed the English
syllabus to be covered and gave a
backgrounder on what's special
about peer tutoring and its
benefits to both the student
tutors and the learners. The
tutors then discussed among
themselves how to get prepared
for their tutoring sessions which
will start on July 11.
We are
going to have a second
organization meeting on July 14
for a second group of student
tutors who were not able to join
us on July 5. This
group includes the UK
group who will be back in Hong
Kong on July 11 or 12.
The first
group of 5 tutors are taking
up 10 Hon Wah students (who will
attend Form 5 in September) for
tutoring sessions in the
afternoons. The second group of 6
or 7 tutors will take up 15
students (who will attend
Form 4 in September) in the
mornings. As we planned,
we will have
a good tutor/student ratio
to ensure beneficial teaching and
learning experience on the two
sides.
Second
organization meeting details:
Date:
July 14, 2005 (Thursday)
Time:
5:30-7:30 pm
Place: Maplewood's
office, 88 Hing Fat Street,
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Tel
2772 8303 / 9109 1750 (map).
For this meeting, please drop
in on the Seminar Room
on 7/F directly.
We'll
follow the same agenda as we did
in the first meeting:
- introduce
tutor team and
coordinators from
Maplewood and Hon
Wah Middle School
- explain
and discuss objectives of
the program
- brief on
the background of Hon Wah
students and their school
- introduce
and discuss the English
language syllabus
- backgrounder
on peer tutoring, its
benefits, and rights and
responsibilities of
tutors
- team
members discuss
organization and
implementation of the
program (this will take
up the second half of the
meeting)
Things
to do:
1. Please
confirm your attendance for the
second organization meeting on
July 14 at chinglin@maplewood-edu.com if you
missed our first meeting on July
5.
2. Read up on the Backgrounder
on Peer Tutoring.
3.
Bookmark this link for
the latest program info
update: http://www.maplewood-edu.com/community/chinglin_details.htm
If you
have any questions any time,
please call or email Program
Contact.
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Program Update (June 27, 2005)
Thank you
all for your enthusiasm in your
response to Maplewood's
Peer-to-Peer English Tutoring
Program this summer in Hong Kong.
We are announcing the first
program organization meeting for
our volunteer students on July 5,
2005.
Why the first
meeting? Yes, we have basically
two groups of volunteering
students - one group of students
in Hong Kong while another group
of students now attending
boarding schools in the UK.
In total, we have around 8 -12
volunteer students, split between
the two groups and
including some of you who
have expressed a
strong interest to
participate but not confirmed
your availability dates yet. We
would like to get the first group
going to start the program in the
week of July 11 as planned; we
will have a second
organization meeting in mid-July
for the UK group who will be back
in Hong Kong only after July 11
or 12.
Around 25 students
from the Hon Wah Middle School, a
local Hong Kong secondary school,
have signed up for the tutoring
program so far. They are also in
two groups - one group having
finished Form 3 going on to Form
4, and another group having
finished Form 4 going on to Form
5. We will have a good
tutor/student ratio and good
teaching and learning experience
can be gained by the two sides.
First
organization meeting
details:
Date:
July 5, 2005 (Tuesday)
Time:
6:00-8:00 pm
Place: Maplewood's
office, 31/F, 88 Hing Fat
Street, Causeway Bay, Hong
Kong. Tel 2772 8303 / 9109
1750 (map)
At this
organization meeting, we plan to:
- let fellow
volunteer students
introduce to each other
(since you'll all be in
one team)
- explain
and discuss the
objectives of the program
in detail
- introduce
the coordinators of the
program from
Maplewood and Hon
Wah Middle School
- brief on
the background of Hon Wah
students and their school
- introduce
and discuss the English
language curriculum
- brainstorm
any other specific needs
and goals
- discuss
implementation of the
program
- set
up team structure
and program logistics
(class/activities
scheduling, tutor
availability dates,
etc. )
- AOB (any
other business)
Things
to do:
For Hong
Kong volunteer students:
1. If you
have signed up in this program
and will be in Hong Kong on July
5, please confirm your attendance
for the organization meeting on
July 5 at chinglin@maplewood-edu.com.
2. If you have not confirmed your
availability dates for the
program, please let us know
on or before July 5 at chinglin@maplewood-edu.com so
that we can schedule you in for
the dates you will be available.
For UK
volunteer students:
3. Please
stay tuned for further
announcement of the mid-July
organization meeting.
4.
Bookmark this link for
the latest program info
update: http://www.maplewood-edu.com/community/chinglin_details.htm
If you
have any questions any time,
please call or email Program
Contact.
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Preliminary Program Guidelines (June 10, 2005)
- Target
students - Hon Wah
students in F4 to F7
- Volunteer
tutors - high school
students attending other
local secondary schools,
international schools,
boarding schools in UK or
USA who are in Hong Kong
for the summer
- Place
- classrooms at Hon
Wah Middle School, 10-13
Ching Lin Terrace,
Kennedy Town, Hong Kong (map)
- Duration
- July 11 through August
20, 2005 (Different
groups may start in
different weeks.)
- Time
commitment per student -
2-3 afternoons/mornings
per week, 2-3 hours per
session. Minimum 4 weeks
x 6 hours/week = 24
hours. Maximum 6 weeks x
10 hours/week = 60 hours.
- Commitment
from Hon Wah students -
must attend at least 90%
of classes to obtain a
citation from
Maplewood/Hon Wah.
Absence must be notified
before class.
- Tutor/student
ratio - one tutor to two
to four students
- To
do list:
- Organize
and planning of
curriculum and schedules
by tutoring students.
Coordination by Maplewood
and Hon Wah for venue.
- Program
planning meeting by
tutoring students before
program starts. Program
diary. Program debrief,
survey/questionnaire by
tutoring students at end
of program.
- A
kick-off orientation
meeting and an
end-of-program party for
all participants at the
end.
-
Creativity in the
learning program is much
encouraged, e.g. tutors
may design an outing to a
movie, a trip to Stanley
but only English should
be spoken.
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Program Contact
General
info and enrolment:
Send email to chinglin@maplewood-edu.com with
your name, a brief description of
your age, year of study, school,
and your contact email and phone
no. Thank you!
Maplewood
coordinator contact:
Perry Yu
Education Consultant and Director
Maplewood Education Services
Email: pyu@maplewood-edu.com Tel: +852 9109
1750
Hon
Wah coordinator contact:
Denise Yeung
Teacher, Hon Wah Middle School
Email: limandyeung@netvigator.com Tel: +852 9332
2102
Hon
Wah Middle School:
Francis Choi
Teacher, Hon Wah Middle
School
Email: smchoims@yahoo.com.hk Tel:
+852 9653 7044
Wong Yuk
Ting
Teacher, Hon Wah Middle School
Tel: +852 2817 1746 (Hon Wah General
Office)
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