New ELC staff
The ELC continues to expand with nine new academic members of staff joining us this semester
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Daniel Barlow, Richard Brooke, Dr Svetlana Chigaeva, Dr Joe Ching, Cameron Darcy, Sue Fitzgerald, Gavin Johnson, Jim Lo and Winnie Wu to our teaching team, and Emily Chan to our admin team.
We would also like to congratulate several members of the ELC teaching staff on their recent promotions: Dr Julia Chen (Senior Lecturer), Angel Lung (Lecturer), Andrew Morrall (Senior Lecturer) and Adam Tse (Lecturer).
ELC clubs & societies
We would like to invite you to join one of the extra-curricular clubs & events hosted by the ELC.
Student-run clubs include the English Club, which hosts Big Mouth Corner every Thursday evening to encourage local and international students to meet and have fun, all the while speaking in English. For those who enjoy theatre or film we have the student-run English Drama Club, and PIFS, the PolyU International Film Society (the only international film society in Hong Kong, as far as we know). For book-lovers, we run a number of Reading Groups which meet each week to discuss the book they have chosen to read.
If you would like to win $20,000 to study English and gain intercultural exposure at one of three overseas institutions next summer, the English Award Scheme is for you. We are holding workshops about the EAS scheme on the 22 and 29 September (Tuesday) in room A302 from 18.30 - 20.00, please come along and meet the team. If you would like to learn more before the workshops, click here.
To find out more about any of the ELC clubs and societies, click here.
CILL ePortfolio Competition 2009
We are delighted to announce the winners of the CILL ePortfolio Competition held between February and April 2009. The aim of the competition was to encourage students to use the ePortfolio as a tool for independent language learning. Recommendations for the awards were based on the contestants' ability to identify the purpose of their showcases, present evidence of independent language learning in digital form, and justify the choice of their files in relation to the identified purpose, as well as issues important for learning English.
An award presentation ceremony was held on 19 May 2009. Recipients of the awards include:
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Platinum Award (HK$1,000 gift voucher + certificate) |
Choi Hing Ying, SHTM |
Gold Award |
Ng Ka Yiu, FENG |
Silver Award |
Fung Wai Fong, SN |
Bronze Award |
Wu Ki Yan, SHTM |
Certificate of Merit |
Law Kar Ching, SHTM |
Click here to see highlights of the award presentation ceremony.
Congratulations to all our winners!
If you are interested in creating a CILL ePortfolio of your English learning experience, click here or get in touch with Juliana Chau.
Juliana Chau
ePortfolio Co-ordinator
New pronunciation course
We are proud to announce a new English Language Enhancement Programme, ELEP SPEAK2 - Pronunciation B. A new seven-week module, 'Pronunciation B' follows on from 'Pronunciation A'. It covers aspects of stress, rhythm, connected speech and intonation. Limited places are available during the trial this semester but we plan to offer this new course for many semesters to come.
