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Language Across the Curriculum

Learning Kit 2015-2016

Preparing for Learning

Integrated Humanities

& Science by

using English as the

Medium of Instruction

Name: ____________________________________

Class: _____________ Class Number: _________

Introduction

Dear Student,

We have tailor-made a self-learning package for you to prepare for the learning of Integrated Humanities and Science in English. It contains words and classroom language of the subjects. You need to follow the website below to complete the booklet. In return, you will find it much easier to study in English at the beginning of S.1

http://210.0.216.21/LAC_1516/index.html

Learning Kit (Learning IH & Sci in English)

http://210.0.216.21/LAC_1516/booklet.pdf

We hope this self-learning package can help you make a good start at secondary school.

10 August 2015

Warm-up Exercise:

Match the subjects in Column A with what they are about in Column B. Write the letters (A,B,C ¡K..) in the ¡§Ans¡¨ column.

Column A		Ans	Column B
1	Mathematics	E	A	Natural laws and how to test them
2	Science		B	Reading musical notes and singing
3	History (Integrated Humanities)		C	Using the computer
4	Geography (Integrated Humanities)		D	Sports and fitness
5	EPA (Integrated Humanities)		E	Number and shapes
6	Computer Literacy		F	The government and social affairs of Hong Kong
7	Art		G	Making and building
8	Design & Technology		H	People and things of the past
9	Home Economics		I	Cooking and sewing
10	Music		J	The earth¡¦s landscape, climate, population etc.
11	Physical Education		K	Drawing and painting

(1) Integrated Humanities

Subject Vocabulary

Ex. 1 ¡VPlease go to the following website: http://dictionary.reference.com/. Type the words below, listen to their pronunciation and write down their IPA pronunciation.

Words	Chinese Meaning	IPA pronunciation
Geography	¦a²z	dʒiˈɒg rə fi
location
direction
grid references
eastings
northings
scale
compass
whole-circle bearings
reduced bearings
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle

Ex.2 ¡V Complete the following diagrams.

	This is a _________________ This object can show the _________ of a place.
North Pole e. c. b. b. a. South Pole d.

a.	b.
c. Equator ¨ª¹D	d.
e.

Ex. 3 ¡VPlease go to the following website: http://dictionary.reference.com/. Type the words below, listen to their pronunciation and write down their IPA pronunciation.

Words	Chinese Meaning	Words	Chinese Meaning
	IPA pronunciation		IPA pronunciation
identity	¨¤À	territory
	aɪˈdɛn tɪ ti
appearance		nationality
gesture		permanent
official		emigrate
document		handover
citizen		Britain
resident		responsibilities

Ex.4 ¡V Match the words in Column A with their meaning in Column B.

Write the letters (A,B,C ¡K..) in the ¡§Ans¡¨ column.

Column A			Ans	Column B
1	identity	n		A	a piece of paper that has official information on it
2	appearance	n		B	someone who legally belongs to a particular country
3	gesture	n		C	land that is owned or controlled by a particular country
4	official	adj		D	continuing to exist for a long time or for all the time in the future
5	document	n		E	someone¡¦s identity is their name or who they are
6	citizen	n		F	a duty to be in charge of someone or something
7	resident	n		G	the state of being legally a citizen of a particular country
8	territory	n		H	something that you say or do, often something small, to show how you feel about someone or something
9	nationality	n		I	to leave your own country in order to live in another country
10	permanent	adj		J	the act of giving someone else control of a place
11	emigrate	v		K	the way someone or something looks to other people
12	handover	n		L	someone who lives or stays in a particular place
13	responsibilities	n		M	approved of or done by someone in authority especially the government

Integrated Humanities

Classroom Language

Here are the words you need to fill in the blanks. Write down the Chinese meaning in the boxes provided.

Where	describe	name	government	examples
Complete	from	what	report	agree
Diagram	explain	how	arrange	were
Current	handover	figure	difference	worksheets
Guess	compare	detail	discuss	newspaper

What you or your Integrated Humanities teacher will say:

(Use the words given on p.8 to fill in the blanks)

1	Before the __________.		²¾¥æ«e
2	After the __________.		²¾¥æ«á
3	The __________ of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.		»´ä¯S§O¦æ¬F°Ï¬F©²
4	To know the __________ affairs, you need to watch the TV news and read the __________ more.		nª¾¹D®É¨Æ¡A§A»Ýn¦h¬Ý¹qµø·s»D©M¦h¾\Ū³ø¯È¡C
5	Put the __________ into your file.		±N¤u§@¯È©ñ¤J§Aªº¸ê®Æ§¨¡C
6	__________ this with your group.		¤p²Õ°Q½×³o±øÃD¥Ø¡C
7	Choose a person to __________ your ideas to class.		¿ï¾Ü¤@¤H¦b¥þ¯Z±«e³ø§i§Aªº·N¨£¡C
8	Give three __________.		½Ðµ¹¤TÓ¨Ò¤l¡C
9	Do you __________ ¡K?		§A¬O§_ÃÙ¦¨¡K¡H
10	Make a __________.		¸Õ²q·Q¡C
11	__________ is Tom¡¦s location in the classroom?		´ö¬ü¦b¯Z©Ðªº¤°»ò¦ì¸m¡H
12	__________ type of map is it?		³o¦a¹ÏÄÝ©óþ¤@Ãþ¡H
13	__________ can we locate a place on the map?		«ç¼Ë±q¦a¹Ï¤W§ä¥X¤@Ó¦aÂI¦bªº¦ì¸m¡H
14	Look at __________ One.		½Ð¬Ý¹Ï¤@¡C
15	__________ the table.		§¹¦¨³oªí®æ¡C
16	Label the __________.		½Ð¼g¥X¹Ïªí¤¤¦U¶µ¦WºÙ¡C
17	Tell the __________ between a map and a photo.		»¡¥X¦a¹Ï»P¬Û¤ùªº¤À§O¡C
18	It is 6 km __________ the Admiralty MTR Station.		¥¦¶ZÂ÷ª÷ÄÁ¦aÅK¯¸¤»¤d¦Ì¡C
19	This map is in more __________.		³o¦a¹Ï¸û¸Ô²Ó¡C

(2) Science

Subject Vocabulary

Ex. 5 ¡VPlease go to the following website: http://dictionary.reference.com/. Type the words below, listen to their pronunciation and write down their IPA pronunciation.

Words	Chinese Meaning	Words	Chinese Meaning
	IPA pronunciation		IPA pronunciation
Science	¬ì¾Ç	apparatus
	ˈsaɪ əns
scientist		conclusion
discovery		instruction
invention		predict
investigation		observe
hypothesis		measure
experiment		record
laboratory		explain

Ex.6 ¡V Match the words in Column A with their meaning in Column B.

Write the letters (A,B,C ¡K..) in the ¡§Ans¡¨ column.

Column A			Ans	Column B
1	scientist	n		A	A test done in order to prove the truth of an idea
2	discovery	n		B	A decision that you made after thinking
3	invention	n		C	To write down something in order to look at it later
4	investigation	n		D	A set of tool needed for a special purpose
5	hypothesis	n		E	A person who works or studies in an area of science
6	experiment	n		F	To make something clear and easy to understand
7	laboratory	n		G	An order or some advice on how to do something
8	apparatus	n		H	The act of finding something
9	conclusion	n		I	A room with apparatus for a scientist to work on
10	instruction	n		J	The act of making something for the first time
11	predict	v		K	An explanation which has not yet been proved to be true
12	observe	n		L	To say that something will happen
13	measure	n		M	To find out the size or amount of something
14	record	n		N	To watch something in order to learn about it
15	explain	n		O	An act of looking carefully at or finding out the reason for

Science

Classroom Language

Here are the words you need to fill in the blanks. Write down the Chinese meaning in the boxes provided.

leaders	remove	minus	quotient	evaluate
over	multiply	apparatus	stem	add
difference	clean	divide	sum	demonstration
sides	subtract	carefully	calculate	time
times	solve	product	plus	solution

What you or your Science teacher will say:

1	Group __________ please come out and get the chemicals and __________.		½Ð²Õªø¥X¨Ó¨ú¤Æ¾Çª««~©M»ö¾¹¡C
2	I¡¦m going to do a __________. Please observe carefully.		§Ú±N·|°µ¤@¦¸¥Ü½d¡A½Ð¤p¤ßÆ[¹î¡C
3	__________ is up. __________ up your bench.		®É¶¡¨ì¤F¡A²M¼ä§Aªº¤u§@Âi¡C
4	Put all the __________ back.		§â©Ò¦³»ö¾¹©ñ¦^¡C

Revision Exercise

A. List some subjects in school

1.	2.
3.	4.
5.	6.
7.	8.
9.	10.

B. Fill in the blanks

F

A

Asia	Atlantic Ocean	Arctic Circle	Arctic Ocean	North America	Australasia
Equator	Antarctic Circle	Indian Ocean	South America	Tropic of Cancer	Antarctica
Europe	Pacific Ocean	Tropic of Capricorn	Africa

A	1	i
B	2	ii
C	3	iii
D	4	iv
E		v
F
G

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