School: Course: Teachers: Participants: Chiu Lut Sau Memorial Secondary School Professional Development Workshops for English Teachers Popular Culture Mr. Harry E. Anderson III 5 Classes of S5 students Part 1: Feedback for Harry from Students Did the teacher create a good learning atmosphere? Was the teacher well prepared for lessons? Did the teacher encourage students to participate in class? Did the teacher provide a range of activities? Did the teacher help students when they asked for help? Was the teacher enthusiastic in the classroom? 5= strongly agree 1 = disagree 5 4 3 2 1 76 98 21 195 79 96 20 195 91 93 11 195 55 94 46 195 76 96 21 2 195 81 85 29 195 Overall, were you satisfied with the teaching? 68 109 18 195 Did you enjoy the course? 61 102 32 195 Were the teaching and learning materials useful? Has your writing skills improved after taking this course Was the English level of this course right for you? 49 51 93 2 195 43 83 58 11 195 58 104 33 195 737 1,011 382 15 0 34% 47% 18% 1% 0% 2,145 1 P a g e
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Do you have any other comments regarding the teacher? What did you like most about the course? What changes would you like to make to the course? Do you have any other comments regarding the course? Harry is great The Pop Culture presentation Have better speaking skills Have more activities and less of group talk The teacher is really funny The presentation More time It s good for students Amazing The music section Learn more English and be Very good brave Harry is funny, hope can see The sharing part More Japanese culture but It is an enjoyable course you once again speaking in English Harry is a good teacher Everything Learn more vocabulary Hold for longer time Very funny The music video It can last longer I think the course can have more time No, Harry is very good Music Longer hour It s too short I hope the teacher can tell us Funny learning atmosphere To lengthen the course Longer class more about the foreign culture Yo, Harry is great Talk about song Can move around will be better, cause we sit in our seat all the time Good Great passion, enthusiastic, Listening music Learn more vocabularies Interesting and informative funny, lively The lessons were sometimes Songs and lyrics Longer lessons Great too short The teacher have good I like the restaurant reviews part Make it longer I liked listening to the music communication with students Very funny The programme The duration is too short Please let every form 5 3 P a g e
Harry is great The sharing of Harry Learning materials student can have this wonderful lesson He creates a positive learning Listening to songs and music More and longer classes The course is good for atmosphere, which helped students to stay focus in class. Active learning, better than normal English lessons The lessons should be longer students to study popular culture and the materials He also helps students whenever they raise their The mass programme Having more interactive are useful Very good hands activities during the lessons The last presentation Have the lesson with more Need more time time Harry is great The teacher, Harry is active and interesting Some activities to move Last longer Great job and passionate! Fantastic! Group presentation in the mass programme around, don t just sit in classrooms I hope the time of the lessons will be increased Talk to students like friends The presentations More group games should be involved, other than group discussion Funny advertisement sharing, but every part seems too rush Harry is a good teacher to teach I love the topics in the course as they re so Maybe more group The note is detail us interesting activities Humorous and nice Good Atmosphere Learning how to write the restaurant review I would like to speak more English I think he is funny and kind The music review part For a longer time Harry is a good teacher that he Presentation More activities can express and clarify message to us The music part Teach us longer time Longer course Great The atmosphere Can help us improve our Has tried his best to create the The PowerPoint and learning materials are communication skills It is a pity that there isn t enough lessons for the course. The samples are very useful and the booklet provides useful vocabulary Great job, Harry is nice to teach us 4 P a g e
atmosphere interesting Can made up a good learning The master class I become more active Hope it can keep on environment and atmosphere The presentation session The course would last No, good enough longer He is nice Various presentation Speaking more time on I hope I can study another Excellent The mass programme speaking course next time Harry is a good teacher, good, good, good Harry is great and funny The activities of the lesson Learning music review I think it is good enough maybe add more lessons Study from passive to active Maybe the period can be made longer. More video and info of the pop culture He is good The teacher s teaching style, really enthusiastic Good English lesson It s better to speak a bit faster The music part because we could enjoy listening This is course is quite good Quite good music during the lesson Teacher is nice The mass programme More time Stay longer or come again Harry is a good teacher Harry introduces different kinds of culture More discussion session Interesting, funny No, he is perfect The Teacher: Harry More interesting activities It can last longer as we Harry was great It s useful for me to know different reviews formats and the course provides a really relaxing The course can be longer, only six lessons are not don t have enough time to go through the notes Harry is indeed a passionate teacher atmosphere for us to learn Mass programme The course makes me feel relax enough I have more confident to speak English I want to watch more video instead of just watching the book He is just great The form of group discussion works Longer course Slower the teaching spend He is funny It is funny and interesting Longer time of the course in the class The teacher is great Activities like watching video together It would be better if there More similar course can be Harry is funny All are more exam-oriented activities held in the future 5 P a g e
Nice and friendly Harry More lessons Can encourage us to speak I really think I have a great time The learning materials are well-prepared and the More lessons in English during class, than you Harry atmosphere is quite good Mr. Harry is funny and kind and Videos Last longer Create a good learning the interesting lesson is great It was interesting Making fun to make the atmosphere better atmosphere in English lessons Harry is so funny The session of listening to the music The preparation time of More interaction is better The group sharing and video watching Longer the time of presentation each activity was too long Very friendly and nice It is different from the normal lessons Can introduce some about Hong Kong Teach different topics apart from pop culture such as sport Good Group discussion More lessons The course is very funny Good teaching Listening music and discuss it together More creative Time too short Harry is the best Very good and nice Music review Listening to music More lessons so that we can have more time to learn The teachers are all very nice and willing to help us when we have any problems Good effort, very nice, funny The presentation sessions Have more lessons The course is good I like different variety of Music review Can change to another The course can be longer activities, e.g. listening to songs, watch advertisement Video sharing topic Last for longer time It is great Full of passion towards Watching MV May have more topic Very good teaching I like listening to the music in the course More activities please Teach faster and teach more The advertisement review Listen more song Marvelous course Interaction between teacher and students More interaction should be 6 P a g e
Harry is nice The mass programme sharing made The teacher is nice Music review Longer time for courses He is a great teacher The presentation Devoted to teach students The inter-class activities Longer Harry is very nice Discuss the song Provide more lessons The teacher is interesting The part about music Everything is great Harry is great Introduce the songs Lengthen the duration Harry was great The video Flow run faster Harry is passionate The music part of the course Last longer He is friendly and kind but can I like listening to music during the lessons Know more about pop be more enthusiastic and Music review culture passionate at first Harry is an excellent teacher Group presentation Become more active Very passionate and willing to Listening to music and speaking with Harry in It should stick more to DSE help students when they face difficulties English Lesson is great Do less activities Well done Longer time To have longer time Music review More lessons Enjoy the pop music More lessons The atmosphere during the course Make it longer Group work More time Different kinds of activities Small class would be better Listen to music More participation for Playing music students About music review More lecture, less activities Listen to music More exercise in writing 7 P a g e
Culture sharing Group work We can enjoy the music The whole form performance as it s very funny Listening song Listen to music Music review Watching video, create scene of advertisement Music review Watching video Group activities, for example, creating story We can participate in wide range of activities That part of talking about advertisement MV, story make up Mass programme Listening to song Advertisement The part of advertisement Watching the video Guess the lyrics The course is meaningful and marvelous Listen to songs Good atmosphere The way that Harry encourage us to participate in class Vocabulary list are provided I have learnt more words about pop culture Allow most students to present their ideas Listen to more music or play more games More interactive activities Shorten the time More activities The time period The course can last longer It can be longer 8 P a g e
Listening to songs The pop culture, esp the guessing game Songs and advertisement part Create the advertisement storyboard Introducing different kinds of advertisements The lecture of foreign teachers I know different kinds of pop culture Encouraging students to speak The music section Group presentation Listening to songs Mass programme The activities are fun The activities The activities that using computer (media) Listening to songs Everything Listening to music in the music review Listening to the music review To listen different kinds of music in the lesson and they teach us lots of vocabulary Music review The thinking style Watching video Music Review Mass Programme Advertisement Restaurant Review Course Length More Activities 9 P a g e
Part 2: Feedback for Harry from Teachers 5= strongly agree 1 = disagree 5 4 3 2 1 Was the class well managed? Did the teacher create a good learning atmosphere? Was the teacher well prepared for lessons? Did the teacher encourage students to participate in class? Did the teacher provide a range of activities? Did the teacher fully answer students' questions? Was the teacher enthusiastic in the classroom? Overall, were you satisfied with the teaching? Were the teaching and learning materials useful? Did the course provide for the different learning styles of the students'? Was the course content consistent with the learning objectives? Overall, were you satisfied with the course? 1 10 1 7 5 1 8 3 6 6 7 5 9 3 8 4 3 7 2 11 1 1 10 1 11 1 6 106 32 0 0 144 4% 74% 22% 0% 0% 10 P a g e
Excellent Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Based on your previous experience, how would you rank the course compared to that of other providers? 10 2 11 P a g e
Do you have any other comments regarding the teacher? The teacher was enthusiastic and he had good rapport with the class Perhaps more interactive activities can be used to encourage students to talk/speak English more More preparation needed He could keep students speaking the target languages (long turns) and ensure that participation is even Do you have any other comments regarding the course? Students can be given more written work and more written feedback, thank you! The atmosphere was good. Students were relaxed and they enjoyed the lessons The teacher can give more comments / suggestions to students answers / presentation Good course materials Teaching of writing (content, organization, grammar for example) P a g e