Effectiveness of the Primary Native English-Speaking Teacher Scheme in Hong Kong

Staffing

P. Griffin, K. Woods, C. Nadebaum, L. Tay, (with E. Wong, P. Storey, A. Yeung, W. Fung, R. Hon of Hong Kong Institute of Education)

Summary

In 2005, the second of three years of data collection and analyses for the evaluation of the deployment of Primary Native English-speaking Teachers (PNET) in Hong Kong was completed. Baseline data were collected and analysed in 2004. This year, 4509 students from grades P1, P2 and P3, 4060 parents of participating students, 615 local English teachers, 89 native English-speaking teachers (some of whom were deployed in two schools), and 136 school heads contributed to the data collection. The sample will be extended to include P4 students in 2006, and will include in-depth case studies conducted in 20 schools.

The instruments used in the study were the Profiles in English as a Second Language (Griffin , Smith & Martin, 2003) and the Interview Test of English Language (ITEL-ed) (Griffin, Tomlinson, Martin & Adams, 1992). Background and demographic information was collected from students, parents, NETs, local teachers and school heads. These data were compared against baseline data collected in 2004 as part of a value-added analysis of student achievement and the contextual factors that support language development. The results of calibrating scales of student achievement and attitudes, and analysis of demographic and background variables, were reported to the Education and Manpower Bureau, Government of Hong Kong SAR, in November 2005.

Funding Source

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Education and Manpower Bureau

Publications

Woods, K., Griffin, P., King Por Wong, E., Storey, P & Seeshing Yeung, A. (2007) Relationships between Second Language Acquisition and Home Background Factors for Hong Kong Primary Students. Paper presented at AARE conference, Adelaide

Griffin, P., Woods, K., Peter Storey, Wong, E. K. P., & Fung, W. Y. W. (2007). Evaluation of the native-speaking english teacher scheme for primary schools in Hong Kong 2004 - 2006: University of Melbourne.

Griffin, P., Woods, K., Nadebaum, C. Tay, L., Storey, P. Wong, E., Yeung, A., Fung, W. & Hon, R. (2005). Evaluation of the primary native English-speaking teacher scheme in Hong Kong : Second annual report. Parkville : The University of Melbourne .

Griffin , P., Tomlinson, B., Martin, L., Adams , R., & Storey, P. (2004). An interview test of English (ITEL-ed). Melbourne : Profile Press International.

Griffin , P., Woods, K., Yeung, A., Storey, P., Wong, E., Fung, W., & Hon, R. (2004). Evaluation of the primary native English-speaking teacher scheme in Hong Kong : First annual report. Parkville : The University of Melbourne .

Griffin , P., Woods, K., Storey, P., Yeung, A., Wong, E., Fung, W., & Hon, R. (2004, December). Evaluation of the primary native English-speaking teacher scheme in Hong Kong : Baseline data collection. Paper presented at the International Language in Education Conference, Hong Kong .

Griffin , P., Smith, P. G., & Martin, L. (2003). Profiles in English as a second language. Melbourne : Robert Andersen & Associates Pty Ltd.