Responds to Teachers Professional Development Needs in the Online Teaching Era

Issue February 2021 | News Updates

Zoom Workshop Series on “Suspending Classes without Suspending Learning”

In view of the current needs of pandemic prevention, the Department of Chinese Language Studies (CHL) has organised a series of Zoom workshops on “Suspending Classes without Suspending Learning” to support online teaching of primary and secondary teachers. The workshop series invited senior frontline teachers to share their practical experiences in “Suspending Classes without Suspending Learning”. These workshops have been incorporated into the “Academic Activity Award Scheme of the Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Chinese Language)” to encourage pre-service teachers to equip themselves with practical knowledge and skills in online teaching settings.

Issue February 2021 | News Updates

Teacher Workshop on “From Appreciation of Poetry to Education of Morality and Affection”

Teacher Workshop on “From Appreciation of Poetry to Education of Morality and Affection” was organised by the Department of Chinese Language Studies (CHL), co-organised by the School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong and International Classics Culture Association, and funded by the Quality Education Fund. The workshop was held on 10 October 2020 via Zoom and chaired by Professor Si Chung Mou, the Head of CHL. Themed on poetry teaching, two talks were delivered at the workshop, i.e. “Cultivating Emotions and Vocations through Poetry” by Dr Jin Meng Yao (Lecturer of CHL) and “Recitation and Poetry Teaching” by Dr Dung Chau Hung (Professor of the Department of Chinese Literature of Chu Hai College of Higher Education). More than 130 participants attended the workshop via Zoom.

Issue February 2021 | Honours and Kudos

Dr Zou Di Received a Silver Medal in the International Innovation and Invention Competition (IIIC) Taiwan 2020

Dr Zou Di from the Department of English Language Education received a silver medal in the International Innovation and Invention Competition (IIIC) Taiwan 2020. IIIC is a renowned event of innovations in the Greater China Region, attracting over 400 innovations from all over the world including Asia, the United States and European countries, every year.