As a K-12 internationalised bilingual school,
Harrow LiDe offers a nine-year compulsory programme of study with IGCSE
and A-Level options in high school.
Based on our philosophy of 'science-based teaching',
we adopt a balanced and complementary approach
to the development, teaching, and assessment
of our bilingual programme.
This means that students continuously develop their Chinese language skills and cultural awareness,
acquire new knowledge, and cultivate a strong sense of identity through their native language.
At the same time, in an immersive English environment,
the language and cultural literacy developed
in their mother tongue
“catalyse” rapid progress in English proficiency
and multicultural thinking.
In Harrow LiDe's "PULSE" teaching model, bilingual and foreign teachers play equally significant roles in the students' learning process, working together to prepare and deliver lessons according their expertise and the needs of the students.
Notably, bilingual teachers at all levels play a role that goes beyond language support. They are not merely "translators"; rather, they are "facilitators" of conceptual learning. For example, during the five phases of students' thematic learning (as shown in the table below), bilingual teachers can effectively teach, explain, and illustrate basic concepts and academic ideas to students in their native Chinese during the Preloading stage, and assist in the academic language transition from Chinese into English during the subsequent four stages, ensuring students achieve balanced development in both languages.