* Blog 014 HKEAA (Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority) supports Self-Access Learning

By the way, HKALE stands for "Hong Kong Advanced Level Examinations", which are administered by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA).

Although the HKEAA has no connection whatsoever to this blog, its pronouncements about self-access learning are instructive. In the words of the HKEAA

"...learners at senior secondary level should be encouraged to move towards autonomy and independence. Teachers should see self-access learning as an integral part of students' learning experience. They should make an effort to integrate classroom and independent learning when planning and designing their English programmes. In the learning process, teachers can help learners to:

- learn how to learn;
- Make choices as to what, when and how they want to learn..."

HKEAA and the Curriculum Development Council


With these words in mind, hopefully this developing blog, modest in scale, will join many other resources in supporting self-access ESL learning for Intermediate level ESL students in particular, and for others seeking similar self-access resources.

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