Phase 3 ending soon
Phase 3 is ending on 15 Aug, this Sunday. This is your last chance to finish the challenges!
Phase 3 is ending on 15 Aug, this Sunday. This is your last chance to finish the challenges!
TVNews provides online exercises based on local news videos (from News Archive) and other thematic videos for self-access learning and teaching. It is available to teachers and students in Hong Kong with their EdCity accounts.
Choose your level and start the challenges (modules). If you are new to TVNews, we recommend that you go to [Module 0 - Trial] to familiarise yourself with the format before you start Module 01.
IMPORTANT: If this is the first time you access TVNews in 2021/22, you must click on either button to enrol yourself to the right level. Or, click on any game on English Campus to get started.
There are two levels for students to choose from:
Students are encouraged to opt for a level that is suitable to their abilities.
TVNews challenges are built on local news and other thematic videos, testing students' vocabulary and comprehension of the videos. The challenges are delivered through a VLE (Virtual Learning Environment).
There are 4 items in each challenge (called 'Module' in the VLE):
There are marks allocated for different items in each module. Students with the highest marks in each phase and level will get awarded.
In the VLE, there is a trial module for students to familiarise themselves with the navigation and format of a challenge. Students' work in this trial module does not affect their overall results.
Students can also check their completed work and progress through 'Grades' in the VLE.
In addition to news videos, a wide range of thematic videos are included in the challenges:
Teachers can refer to the school report for students' performances in each module.
Meanwhile, teachers also can view the practices as a student in the VLE.
Local news videos in English and Chinese are available.
Senior Level: Exercises are updated every Tuesday and Thursday.
Junior Level: Exercises are updated every Tuesday.
Detailed schedule:
Date |
Senior Level |
Junior Level |
8/2/2022
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Module 32
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Module 17
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10/2/2022
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Module 33
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15/2/2022
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Module 34
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Module 18
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17/2/2022
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Module 35
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22/2/2022
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Module 36
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Module 19
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24/2/2022
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Module 37
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1/3/2022
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Module 38
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Module 20
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3/3/2022
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Module 39
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8/3/2022
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Module 40
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Module 21
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10/3/2022
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Module 41
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15/3/2022
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Module 42
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Module 22
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17/3/2022
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Module 43
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22/3/2022
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Module 44
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Module 23
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24/3/2022
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Module 45
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29/3/2022
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Module 46
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Module 24
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31/3/2022
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Module 47
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5/4/2022
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Module 48
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Module 25
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7/4/2022
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Module 49
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12/4/2022
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Module 50
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Module 26
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14/4/2022
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Module 51
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19/4/2022
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Module 52
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Module 27
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21/4/2022
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Module 53
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26/4/2022
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Module 54
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Module 28
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28/4/2022
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Module 55
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3/5/2022
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Module 56
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Module 29
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5/5/2022
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Module 57
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10/5/2022
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Module 58
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Module 30
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12/5/2022
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Module 59
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17/5/2022
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Module 60
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Module 31
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Students and schools with excellent performances will be awarded.
Schools that have enrolled are entitled to win school prizes. Teachers can enrol online for the whole school with their EdCity teacher accounts by 21 August 2022.
The teacher-in-charge having enrolled will receive award notification for both student and school prizes.
For each level in each phase, the 10 students with highest marks will get:
* If a student is eligible to be awarded at more than one level, they will get awarded at Senior Level.
For the whole year (Phase 1 + 2 + 3), the 10 schools with the highest participating rates will get:
Phase 1: 18/2/2022
Phase 2: 17/6/2022
Phase 3: 2/9/2022
Results will be announced on this website. Awarded schools and schools with awarded students will receive a separate notification through email.
Here are the results for Phase 1 of TVNews Award Scheme 2021/22. The schools with awarded students will be notified of the prize collection arrangement.
Each awarded student will get HK$150 gift vouchers and a certificate.
School | Student |
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Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College | Lam Chau |
Pentecostal Gin Mao Sheng Primary School | Yim Ho Pong |
Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Primary School | Tam Yi Ki |
Good Hope School | Au Cheuk Yu |
G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College | Chiu Long Tin, Isaak |
Pentecostal Gin Mao Sheng Primary School | Yim Ho Ching |
SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School | Chung Man Hei |
Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School | Wong Hei Ching |
Shek Lei Catholic Secondary School | Tin Kar Ying |
Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School | Fong Sze Ching |
School | Student |
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Belilios Public School | Chau Grace |
St Francis' Canossian School | Suen Emma |
Good Hope Primary School cum Kindergarten (Primary Section) | Mohammed Ameera Khera |
St Francis' Canossian School | Suen Hayley |
Cheung Chuk Shan College | Yau Hiu Chung |
Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San Secondary School | To Wing Kit |
CCC Mong Man Wai College | Poon Wing Lok |
CCC Mong Man Wai College | Leung Lok Him |
SKH Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School | Cheng Chi Man |
Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School | Yeung Hok Yi |
Here are the highlighted vocabulary items covered in TVNews:
Module |
Vocabulary Items |
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Module 17 - Regenerative Medicine | joint | tissue | diminish | societal | regenerate |
Module 18 - City’s first automated car park opens for public use | automated | pallet | machinery | glowing | sweetener |
Module 19 - Saving Cambodian Cooking From Extinction | campaign | fund | culinary | cuisine | erase |
Module 20 - Extended lockdown at Tuen Mun block ends | lockdown | chaotic | cordon off | emerge | screening |
Module 21 - The Grandfather Paradox | paradox | journalist | exist | mainstay | universe |
Module 22 - | embattled | requisition | lot | ambulance | open air |
Module 23 - | state | establishment | convenience store | plain | bake |
Module 24 - | patriot | divert | concise | glean | impact |
Module 25 - | demonstrate | valuable | shield | knight | castle |
Module 26 - |
care home | morgue | stretch | convert | elderly |
Module 27 - | insecure | network | sensitive | encrypt | software |
Module 28 - | rub | squeeze | abuse | watchdog | hazard |
Module 29 - | source | perspective | genre | viewpoint | multimedia |
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Module 31 - |
Module |
Vocabulary Items |
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Module 32 - Regenerative Medicine | tissue | diminish | augmentation | regenerate | coax |
Module 33 - Guidelines requiring schools to fly National Flag daily kick in | Draw sth from sth | emblem | constitution | allegiance | belonging |
Module 34 - City’s first automated car park opens for public use | automated | pallet | stack | head-on | sweetener |
Module 35 - Chief Executive: Press freedom not linked to media closures | outlet | press | accordance | suppress | allegation |
Module 36 - Saving Cambodian Cooking From Extinction | campaign | culinary | erase | regime | precise |
Module 37 - Caspar Tsui ousted until after investigation | bar | bash | scandal | sanction | resume |
Module 38 - Extended lockdown at Tuen Mun block ends | lockdown | cordon off | transmission | scramble | emerge |
Module 39 - Hospital Authority eases discharge criteria for coronavirus patients | relax | discharge | nucleic acid | antigen | mild |
Module 40 - The Grandfather Paradox | paradox | mainstay | trilogy | universe | prevail |
Module 41 - | specialist | tsunami | impose | allowance | jab |
Module 42 - | embattled | visible | requisition | vacant | lot |
Module 43 - | slaughterhouse | disinfection | posed | epidemiological | grasp |
Module 44 - | state | establishment | convenience store | ferment | stewed |
Module 45 - | gas station | diverse | phase out | inject | all-round |
Module 46 - | patriot | divert | opposition | scrutinize | glean |
Module 47 - | exemption | exploit | privilege | boost | put forward |
Module 48 - | demostrate | goal | shield | castle | march |
Module 49 - | take part in | conduct | inspect | take into account | rapid |
Module 50 - | care home | pass away | morgue | stretch | accumulate |
Module 51 - | leaflet | checkup | prenatal | consent | pregnancy |
Module 52 - | insecure | sensitive | virtual | VPN | encrypt |
Module 53 - | severe | determine | a host of | decline | pre-existing |
Module 54 - | rub | squeeze | abuse | suffocation | carcinogenic |
Module 55 - | medic | practitioner | mishap | batch | dialysis |
Module 56 - | source | numerous | perspective | genre | pertinent |
Module 57 - | household | parcel | kit | relatively | proprietary |
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