Method · 教学方法
How Hongwen teaches English for 11+ and 13+
Hongwen 的 11+ / 13+ 英语教学方法
Three ideas run through everything: a word is known only when your child can use it, grammar is taught inside stories rather than in exam questions, and support is taken away in steps.
三个理念贯穿始终:词要会用才算掌握;语法在故事中教,而不是在考题里教;辅助逐步撤掉。
Words · 词汇
A word is known when it is used
Seeing a word, or picking it from a list, is not enough. A word counts as known only when your child writes it correctly in a sentence of their own. Every tool then builds on the words your child really knows, so nothing is practised on vocabulary they have only glanced at.
只看到一个词,或从选项中选出它,还不算掌握。只有当孩子在自己写的句子里正确用出这个词,它才算真正掌握。
Practice passages · 练习文章
Support that fades, in three stages
Practice passages use words and question types from your child's own record. Prepositions, past, present and future tenses and other grammar are taught in the stories, never in the exam questions. The difference between the Chinese way of saying a sentence and the English way is spelt out at first, then shown as underlines, then removed.
练习文章只使用孩子自己词汇记录中的词和题型。介词、时态等语法在故事中讲解,不在考题里。中英句式的差异先明确讲解,再用下划线提示,最后撤掉。
Stage 1: full support
A picture, short notes on where we are in the story, and short questions after each part, such as: what is the author trying to make you feel here? Differences between Chinese and English sentence order are spelt out.
第一阶段:有图、有提示、每段后有短问题;中英句式差异明确讲解。
Stage 2: less support
The picture goes and the questions move to the end of the passage. The Chinese and English differences are shown as underlines.
第二阶段:去掉图片,问题移到文章末尾;中英差异用下划线提示。
Stage 3: exam conditions
The notes and underlines go too. Your child works the way they will in the exam.
第三阶段:提示和下划线都撤掉,孩子像真正考试一样独立完成。
IMAGE 1 · to be supplied when the paper reader is ready
A screenshot or clean mock-up of a stage 1 passage: a watercolour picture at the top, a short 'where we are in the story' note, a paragraph with two underlined phrases, and a short question beneath. Readable, no personal details.
Stories · 故事
Writing is the learning tool
In the storybook maker your child chooses the ideas and always writes the opening or the ending. Each story brings in five new words, explained naturally inside the story, in a plot that makes the words worth remembering. The book your child writes stays with them through the whole journey.
在故事创作工具里,孩子自己想点子,开头或结尾必须由孩子亲自写。每个故事带入五个新词,并在情节中自然解释。孩子写的书会一直保留。
PHOTO 2 · to be supplied
Close-up of a child's hand writing a sentence in an exercise book, a flashcard beside it, pencil in hand. No face needed. Warm light, shallow depth of field.
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