Experiential Learning

mLang was founded by a professional team from The University of Hong Kong, consisting of members from both the Faculties of Education and Engineering. Our primary goal is to conduct research on engaging, effective, and innovative educational technology and pedagogy. Since our inception in 2015, we have been fortunate to receive generous support from the Quality Education Fund, SCOLAR's Language Fund, Education Bureau, TSSSU@HKU, SIE Fund, UBS Optimus Foundation, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, Oxfam, HKEX Foundation. This backing has enabled us to create an improved learning environment for students and teachers of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

As a social enterprise, we are listed in the Social Enterprise Directory of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) since 2019 and were honoured as an IncuTech Company at the Hong Kong Science Park Incubation Programme in 2020. To date, we have served over 105 primary and secondary schools, NGOs, and tertiary institutes, facilitating teaching and learning across eight subjects. Approximately 15,000 teachers and students have benefited from our services.

Project Keywords

ESL, Storytelling, Innovative educational technology, Online learning and teaching, EM youth, Native Chinese-speaking young children

Project Details

Objectives

This project aims to empower and equip ethnic minority (EM) youth with better communication and teaching skills, enabling them to become tutors who can facilitate native Chinese-speaking kids in learning English and integrating into society. mLang strives to empower primary students living in subdivided units (SDUs) to become confident English learners, encouraging them to speak English with self-assurance and inspiring them to master English confidently.

Programme Schedule

• Weeks 1 - 32: Creating teaching materials for each lesson and uploading the corresponding classwork onto mLang platform, check students’ e-assignments every week.
• Training for tutors (1.5-hour workshop via Zoom; weekend is more preferable)
  • Introduce the mission and teaching philosophy of mLang, the e-learning platform and function;
  • Storytelling, online teaching and classroom management skills
  • Strategies to teach struggling learners
  • Tutors debriefing and knowledge exchange

Details of Work

• Prepare teaching materials for online English storytelling classes, including PPTs, and translate the teaching materials into Chinese;
• Upload corresponding classwork onto mLang platform every week to consolidate students’ learning;
• Review and provide verbal and/or written feedback on students’ e-assignments submitted to mLang, and offer words of encouragement each week;
• Provide online learning support to students once a week, during which they can ask questions about their English learning and mLang e-assignments;
• Observe students’ learning performance, monitor their progress, identify learning difficulties they may face and propose appropriate teaching strategy by writing a 1200-word self-reflection report at the end of the internship.