人文學院通訊 FHM Newsletter Message from the Head of ELE Another year goes by and while on a day-to-day basis, nothing appears to change, we all know we live in an era of rapid change. Here at ELE, we do our best to stay in tune with macro-educational movements while also keeping our eye on the changes taking place locally. On a macro level, we realize that students need to be encouraged to take more ownership of their learning, and there appear to be worldwide moves to inspire learning beyond the classroom. And this does not simply mean doing homework. Rather, it means giving students more opportunities to explore on their own. Some of our new CoCurricular Service Learning (CSL) courses mostly take place outside the classroom in schools and the community. Of course, such innovation is not only confined to CSL courses. Our main educational business in ELE is the English language, and so our staff do their best to stay abreast of the times by acting as change agents that will in turn encourage our students to bring innovation to their own classrooms when they become English teachers. On the local level, changing demographics are forcing us to branch into new areas as primary places decline over the next few years. Apart from focusing more on secondary education, ELE is expanding its range of PDPs for in-service teachers in the recognition that we have to stay relevant for the professional community. In these challenging times. ELE will continue to remain keenly aware of innovations in language teaching as well as education as a whole and implement change to best serve our students. Dr. Paul Stapleton Head, Department of English Language Education Name of Activity Enhancing Students’ English Reading Competence through University-School Collaborative Action Research in the Chinese Context The Experience of Group Directed Motivational Currents in Project Learning: An exploratory study Argumentation in Academic Essay Writing Academic Literacy and Students’ Learning Needs: Proposing an Inclusive Model of Instruction How to Succeed in Hong Kong Universities: Evidence of Psychological and Socio-cultural Adaptation of Non-Local and Local Students A panoramic perspective of English primary school education in Taiwan Navigating the challenges arising from university - school collaborative action research Speaker Dr. Chen Zehang (Beijing Normal University) Dr. Letty Chan Dr. Ursula Wingate (King’s College London) Dr. Ursula Wingate (King’s College London) Dr. Yu Baohua and Dr. Zhang Kun Dr. Lin Wen Ying and Dr. Eric K. Ku (University of Taipei) Dr. Eric Yuan Date 26 August 2015 2 December 2015 8 December 2015 10 December 2015 21 December 2015 29 February 2016 4 May 2016 Public Lecture Series Using funding from a knowledge-transfer award, the Department of English Language Education has run the public lecture series for four years. The primary aim of this series is to provide participants with a taste of some of the other aspects of language learning that are seldom taught in school. Although it is impossible to fill in all those gaps in language learning on a few Saturday mornings, we hope we have provided some insights into English and language learning in general. The public lecture series held this year was attended by 600 participants, which brings us to a grand total of over 2,700 participants over the four years. This year, we were pleased to have invited Professor David Coniam from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Bidisha Banerjee from the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, Dr. Lixun Wang from the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, and Dr. Paul Date 5 March 2016 12 March 2016 19 March 2016 2 April 2016 9 April 2016 16 April 2016 Topic What separates good English speakers from very good ones? English language exams and ‘real’ English Exploring sex and sexuality in literature Learning language beyond the classroom World Englishes Making Grammar Meaningful Speaker Dr. Paul Stapleton Prof. David Coniam Dr. Bidisha Banerjee Dr. John Trent Dr. Wang Lixun Dr. Timothy Taylor Academic Activities epartment of English Language Education 英語教育學系 10 Addressing Teachers’ Professional Development Needs Stapleton, Dr. John Trent and Dr. Timothy Taylor from the Department of English Language Education to present their insights into different aspects of language learning. D
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