Table 1

Case schools, contracted services, interviewees

Case SchoolsCase & other English programmesNon-English programmesInterviewees (2014/15)English programmes 5 years laterInterviewees (2019/20)

Seoul

A

 

 

Principal 1

 

Principal 2

# International English proficiency certification

Sports; Emotional well-being

School teacher 1

Service provider 1

Continued

 

Global leadership programme

 

Continued

 

B

 

 

Panel head 1

 

Panel head 1

Level-adjusting online reading

Sports; career internship

School teacher 2

Service provider 2

Continued

 

College Scholastic Ability Test prep programme

 

Continued

 

Hong Kong

A*

 

 

Principal 3

 

 

Phonics

Remedial lessons; Maths and science summer bridging programme; excursions

School teacher 3

Service provider 3

Discontinued

 

English speaking; remedial lessons; a bridging course

 

All previous and many new ones, e.g., Creative English writing; elite courses, e.g., debates; musicals

 

B

 

 

Panel head 2

 

Panel head 2

Summer course on speaking and grammar

Adjustment programme for new immigrants; After-school tutorials; support for students with special needs

School teaching assistant 1

Service provider 4

Continued

 

English emergent overseas trip; a bridging course

 

Continued

 

# For the column “Case & other English programmes”, the first row represents case programmes; the second, the other outsourced English programmes.

* Hong Kong School A declined to participate in interviews in 2019/20.

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