Services

HE Services

What We Offer

Blue Water provides flexible English language support, curated to the unique needs of your specific educational institution.

Our goal is to make your students more comfortable and confident in English, elevating their level of English to a university standard. With a range of services including structured English exposure, pronunciation support and workshops, and IELTS preparation, we will create a custom solution tailored to your requirements. Foster your students’ ambition – work with Blue Water to enhance their English listening, reading, writing and speaking skills.

IELTS Preparation

Achieving an IELTS score of 6 or above has become a prerequisite for students in Hong Kong to study at degree level. Obtaining such a result requires a comprehensive mastery of the English language, including listening, reading, writing and speaking.
Time and time again, despite the best efforts of both the students themselves and the institutions they attend, hopeful students in Hong Kong are failing to reach this minimum standard of English fluency.
At Blue Water, our expert teams of highly qualified teachers and certified IELTS examiners provide all the support sub-degree institutions need to ensure that their students can maximise their chances of achieving the IELTS grades they require. Whether it is accurate mock IELTS assessments, structured courses or targeted interactive workshops, our teams will provide effective, bespoke solutions that match the exact requirements and conditions of our client institutions.

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English Speaking Exposure Programmes

Many students in higher education settings in Hong Kong simply do not get enough opportunities for purposeful communication in English, with a worrying proportion using English for mere minutes per week. This level of exposure and use is not adequate for sufficient improvement in any language, and is contributing to disappointing standards of improvement in English and, as a knock-on effect, poor IELTS speaking scores

Blue Water have extensive experience in designing language engagement and exposure programmes, with a proven track record of significantly improving English language fluency – a key assessment criteria in the IELTS assessment. We curate each programme for the specific institution we’re working with in order to provide exactly the right kind of exposure support for their situation and needs. Our team will carefully design an English language programme that successfully balances your requirements for a high ‘volume’ of high-quality, beneficial contact time, and the budgetary constraints that so often make this kind of programme challenging to maintain.

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Pronunciation and speaking

A vital area that is inadequately covered in the Hong Kong education system is pronunciation.
Many students working tirelessly to progress to higher education have received no guidance in English pronunciation at all – despite pronunciation being a key area persistently highlighted in IELTS examiners’ reports as being a weakness for a high proportion of exam takers in Hong Kong.
Our teaching team are trained to the highest possible standard (DELTA or MA equivalent), and have the knowledge, expertise and experience to refine and improve all aspects of English pronunciation and spoken delivery.

Working with Blue Water empowers our client institutions to provide the level of support their students need to achieve their potential.

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English for Academic Purposes (EAP)

Academic English is differentiated by specific nuances in language, textual organisation and linguistic conventions, requiring careful training and guidance for students to master.

Our expert teachers are highly experienced in providing EAP services and have a proven track record in levelling-up students to the standard required for effective academic study. Blue Water offers a wide range of different EAP services designed to suit the particular needs of our client institutions.

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DSE Speaking workshops

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Length: 30/40/45/60 minutes
Frequency: 1/2/3/4 sessions per student per week
Students per group: 2/3/4
Delivery: Online via zoom/google meet/teams
Teacher: DSE specialist teacher /DSE experienced NET / English language expert
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The teacher will guide the students through a mock DSE speaking assessment (Part 1). Guidance will be given depending on the learning goals for the session. Students will be encouraged to discuss and analyse their performance. They will be given advice and actionable feedback that they can bring into future sessions.
During the sessions, our teachers will be closely observing the students’ performance to pinpoint any concerns, challenges, and opportunities for enhancement. Our team will devise personalized learning maps for each student, ensuring their growth and advancement are managed efficiently, and they receive adequate support to foster their development and progress.
The wide range of expertise in our teaching team means that we can analyse students’ performance in a range of areas, dependant on your school’s needs. Sessions can be led by a single teacher, allowing for personalized attention to each student, or by a team for a broader range of knowledge to benefit the students.

DSE writing feedback

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Marker: DSE specialist teacher /DSE experienced NET / English language expert
Key Marking and Feedback Areas: ‘CLO’ (Content Language Organisation) / Genre awareness / Grammar and Language use / tone, register and style

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Schools submit a soft copy of the writing piece to Blue Water.
Our markers prioritize the area of feedback and guidance based on the needs of the school and the student. This could be a focus on the DSE marking criteria: Content, Language and Organisation, but feedback and guidance on genre awareness, grammar and use of English, or on tone and register can be more important for different students at different stages. We offer marking and feedback in any areas that a school or student needs.
After conducting initial marking in the requested areas, our markers will refer to the student’s individual learning map and consider any previously observed systematic errors, trends, or issues present in the work and add any new observations. This means that the more our markers work with a particular student’s work, the more effective support they are able to provide.
In the final stage, a detailed marking report is sent to the school with detailed targeted feedback, guidance, and an action plan for the student to follow up on. This plan is logged in a progress map that can guide and reinforce the student’s development over time.