Roundtable Programme

Friday, 24 May 2013

Time AG710
08:45
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09:15
Registration (Venue: AG710)
09:15
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10:00

Keynote I - Creative Writing Strand

The Writer at Work

Keynote Speaker - Xu Xi (Author)

(Venue: AG710)

A302 A308 A607
10:00
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10:45
Publishing Fiction: Self or Traditional?
A Writer's POV (Creative Strand)

Phillip Kim, Author of the novel 'Nothing Gained'
Tutoring in a Writing Centre in Hong Kong
(Academic Strand)

Cissy Li, Hong Kong Baptist University
Genre-based academic writing instruction: Theoretical underpinnings and pedagogical realizations
(Academic Strand)

Dr Svetlana Chigaeva, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:45
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11:00
Coffee
11:00
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11:45

Keynote II - Academic Writing Strand

Focusing on the quality of reasoning in students' persuasive writing:
Moving beyond argumentative form to substance


Keynote Speaker - Dr Paul Stapleton

(Venue: AG710)

A302 A308 A607
11:45
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12:30
Why people tell stories
(Creative Strand)

John Smith, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Feedback on First Year Student Academic Writing
(Academic Strand)

Andrew Northern, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Teaching English through writing and critiquing poems
(Creative Strand)

Antony Huen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
12:30
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14:00
Lunch
14:00
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14:45
Found Poetry Workshop
(Creative Strand)

Dean A. F. Gui, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Assessing writing in the disciplines
(Academic Strand)

Dr Alan Urmston, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Crossing the Divide: Injecting Linguistic Creativity into Academic Writing
(Academic Strand)

Geff Heathman & Lucas Kohnke, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
14:45
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15:30
Counterargumentation and reasoning in academic writing
(Academic Strand)

Dr Paul Stapleton, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Multimodal Academic Literacy
(Academic Strand)

Aditi Jhaveri, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
15:30
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16:00
Coffee
16:00
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16:45

Closing Plenary

Paul Stapleton, Kathleen Ahrens, Elsie Christopher, Dean Gui,
John Smith, Phillip Kim and Shari Lughmani (Convenor)

(Venue: AG710)

17:00
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19:00

Poetry and Prose Reading in any language

(nibbles and drinks will be provided)
(Bring along your own or a favourite work you admire)

(Venue: A607)




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