Friday, 24 May 2013
| Time | AG710 | ||
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| 08:45 - 09:15 |
Registration (Venue: AG710) | ||
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote I - Creative Writing Strand The Writer at Work Keynote Speaker - Xu Xi (Author) (Venue: AG710) |
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| A302 | A308 | A607 | |
| 10:00 - 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 - 11:00 |
Coffee | ||
| 11:00 - 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) |
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| A302 | A308 | A607 | |
| 11:45 - 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 - 14:00 |
Lunch | ||
| 14:00 - 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 - 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 |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee | ||
| 16:00 - 16:45 |
Closing Plenary Paul Stapleton, Kathleen Ahrens, Elsie Christopher, Dean Gui, John Smith, Phillip Kim and Shari Lughmani (Convenor) (Venue: AG710) |
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| 17:00 - 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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