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Background
The ability to communicate is one of the building blocks of society. A tool to transfer ideas and share knowledge, communication also enable us to bond as families, friends and citizens. Yet, not everyone can write, read and speak the language of the place they call home. Hong Kong is a good example of how languages, cultures and history intersected to create a society where two very different official languages and a multitude of cultures co-exist in harmony. As the importance of Chinese as a language grows, many members of ethnic minorities (EM) – especially from South Asia – find themselves at a disadvantage. Committed to ensuring EM children get a good start, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has launched the C-for-Chinese@JC (the Project) since 2016 to improve how the Hong Kong education system enhances the Chinese proficiency of the EM students, with the ultimate aims of facilitating their smooth transition to primary schools and social integration.
Project beneficiaries and results
The Project Team – comprising three local universities and two NGOs – fully supports 20 kindergartens benefitting 1,600 EM students, 12,000 local Chinese-speaking (CS) students, 400 teachers and professionals, and 700 EM parents. Students who consistently follow the Project programmes outperform non-Project students in language growth, self-identity, cultural esteem and social integration skills. Teachers’ knowledge, skills, self-efficacy and teaching effectiveness significantly higher than the non-trained teachers. The effectiveness the training – Educator Course – has been recognised by the Education Bureau since 2018 as one of the approved courses under the free quality kindergarten subsidy scheme.
Breakthroughs in EM education
The Project has made breakthroughs in EM education with some important deliverables to be disseminated. These include a home-school-community collaborative model, a recognised programme at HKQF Level 3 for nurturing a young generation of EM youth to become multicultural teaching assistants, free dissemination of culturally responsive (CR) teaching and learning resources suitable for language development of EM and CS students, and prototypes of differentiated pedagogy to cater for learning diversity. In addition, three handbooks will be published for free distribution in support of EM education. These are handbook on home engagement, handbook on community programmes and step-to-step guidebook on multicultural kindergartens.
To learn more about C-for-Chinese@JC, click on the following link:
http://www.c4chinese.hk/files/video/20181214/HKJC_20190116_edited.mp4
About C-for-Chinese@JC
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has created and funded the “C-for-Chinese@JC” Project, with three local universities and two non-governmental organisations as co-creators. Through pioneering a home-school-community evidence-based model, this five-year Trust-initiated Project aims to develop fundamental Chinese language skills of ethnic minority kindergarten students for better transition into primary education and early integration with Hong Kong society through home-school-community collaboration.
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背景
語文及良好的溝通能力是進修，工作及社交生活的重要工具。然而，不是每個人都能讀、寫、聽、說當地的語言。香港為國際及多元文化城巿，中文日益重要，很多具備南亞背景的少數族裔人士有感處於弱勢，香港賽馬會慈善信託基金自2016年起，推出「友趣學中文」計劃，致力協助少數族裔兒童學好中文，讓他們順利地銜接小學生活，以及融入社會。
受惠人士及計劃成效
由本地三間大學及兩間非政府組織組成的計劃團隊，於20間幼稚園全面推行服務，支援了1,600名少數族裔學童、12,000名本地華語學童、400名幼稚園教師與專業人士，以及700名少數族裔家長。結果顯示，接受計劃支援的學童在語文水平、自我及文化認同，及社交共融技巧各方面，較非計劃學童優勝。另外，參與計劃培訓課程的教師於專業知識、教學技巧，及教學效能方面，亦高於未受培訓的教師。該教師培訓課程於2018年起，獲教育局認可為免費優質幼稚園教育計劃中的培訓課程之一。
少數族裔教育上的突破
計劃於少數族裔教育方面取得突破，一些重要成果將廣泛推廣，包括「家校社」合作模式、多元文化教學助理課程（屬資歷架構級別三課程）、具文化回應的教材，以及照顧不同學習需要的分層教學法。此外，計劃還會印製並免費派發三本手冊，即家庭活動手冊、社區活動手冊，及多元文化幼稚園指引。
歡迎透過以下影片，了解「賽馬會友趣學中文」計劃：
http://www.c4chinese.hk/files/video/20181214/HKJC_20190116_edited.mp4
有關「賽馬會友趣學中文」計劃
「賽馬會友趣學中文」計劃是由香港賽馬會慈善信託基金策劃及捐助，並由本地三間大學及兩間非政府組織聯合策動。本計劃為期五年，旨在透過家庭、社區、學校的結合及實證為本的創新模式，營造一個具文化回應、愉快而有意義及高效的教與學情境，以提供少數族裔兒童的中文能力，讓他們順利地銜接小學生活，以及儘早融入社會。
