What is it?

You meet a teacher individually and get advice on strategies for improving your writing, such as how to:

• explain grammar points;
• find appropriate ways to express your ideas;
• generate and develop ideas;
• learn email writing skills;
• organise your content in logical paragraphs;
• understand the expectations of your target reader.

We also have:

• free, take-away learning resources on how to plan, organise and write better;
• guidelines on what employers in Hong Kong want to see and not see in job application documents.

What you should do now?

You should make a Writing Assistance Service booking well in advance and bring with you:

1. workplace or personal writing, e.g. an email or a newsletter that you are writing for your department or a club you are a member of;
OR
2. if you haven't actually started writing yet, the writing task so that you can discuss ways to get started with the teacher.

Important points:

• You should use English during the session.
• We are not a proofreading service and we do not correct errors for you, but we will help you identify possible errors and areas of improvement.

What are they?

You join a class of learners in a 1-hour workshop led by a teacher. All materials are provided. Workshop topics include:

Effective Listening Strategies

• Learn how you can improve your workplace listening skills

Effective Reading Strategies

• Learn how you can read workplace documents more effectively

Effective Speaking Strategies

• Learn how you can enhance your speaking ability

Effective Strategies for the IELTS Academic Test

• Learn how you can better prepare for all four IELTS papers

Effective Vocabulary Building Strategies

• Learn how you can expand your vocabulary

What you should do now?

You should make a Workshop booking well in advance. Spaces are limited!

Important:

• The workshops are conducted in English.
• Be an active learner! Our workshops are designed to be interactive, and you will get the most out of them asking more questions and doing all the activities during the workshop!

English courses offered by the ELC through HRO

The ELC also runs a series of workshops for PolyU staff throughout the year bookable through the HRO. For more details of upcoming courses please look at the Training Calendar.