Monday, 26 May 2014
| Time | AG710 | ||
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| 08:45 - 09:00 |
Registration (Venue: AG710) | ||
| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Opening Speech Prof. Churen Huang Dean of Faculty of Humanities The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Keynote Speech Reading People, Writing Machines: New Literacies for an Era of Mass Surveillance Prof Rodney H. Jones Acting-Head of the Department of English City University of Hong Kong (Venue: AG710) |
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| 09:45 - 10:10 |
Coffee + Book Fair in CILL (A305) | ||
| A302 | A306 | A307 | |
| 10:10 - 11:00 |
Online audience participation sites to initiate ideas for writing (Workshop) Adam Forrester, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Making the Writing Process Visible: A Teacher's Toolbox (Workshop) Elizabeth Solomon, The ISF Academy |
Creative Writing in English Course - developing plot and characters (Workshop) Shari Lughmani, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 11:10 - 12:00 |
The interface between fiction and non-fiction genres for developing writing skills at university (Roundtable) Dr Hazel Chiu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
"Our students are illogical!"- exploring students' misuse of logical connectors at Hong Kong tertiary level (Roundtable) Dr Cissy Li, Hong Kong Baptist University |
Writing Self-Reflective Journals about Language and Cultural Exchange (Roundtable) Elsie Christopher, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch + Book Fair in CILL (A305) | ||
| A302 | A306 | A307 | |
| 13:30 - 14:20 |
How do you draw inspiration from real life to write humorous fiction (Workshop) Reenita Hora, Writer |
Interpreting writing assignments in content subjects (Roundtable) English Writing Requirement Team, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
The future of the literary magazine: online? (Roundtable) Phillip Kim, Author 'Nothing Gained' |
| 14:30 - 15:20 |
Turnitin-to-a-learning-experience: Exploring the use of similarity detection software (Turnitin) to develop student writers' understanding of academic integrity (Roundtable) Andrew Northern & Lucas Kohnke, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Students as language researchers (Workshop) Dr Svetlana Chigaeva, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Publishing undergraduate academic writing - the risks and the rewards (Roundtable) Dean Gui, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee + Book Fair in CILL (A305) | ||
| 16:00 - 16:50 |
Closing Plenary (Venue: AG710) Andrew Northern (Moderator), Bilands Dy (Moderator), Dr Svetlana Chigaeva (PolyU), Elsie Christopher (CUHK), Dr Hazel Chiu (PolyU), Prof Rodney Jones (CityU), Phillip Kim (Author), Dr Cissy Li (HKBU), Elizabeth Solomon (The ISF Academy), Shari Lughmani (PolyU) |
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| 17:00 - 17:50 |
Planning the next roundtable (Venue: A302) | ||