Friday, 15 May 2015
Roundtable Programme - with abstracts
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| 08:45 - 09:00 |
Registration (Venue: Outside V322) | |||
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Keynote Speech I Empowering discipline teachers: How to improve university students' EAP competence Prof Winnie Cheng Associate Dean of Faculty of Humanities The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Venue: V322 - Theatre Hall) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee + Book Fair (Outside V322) | |||
| V312 | V313 | V314 | V315 | |
| 10:30 - 11:20 |
What the... is a Fog Index? Susan Ramsay - Invited Speaker Editor of Young Post |
Creative strategies and solutions to support academic writing development with large classes and large course loads (Roundtable) Ryan Hunter, University of Macau |
Finding creativity in unexpected corners: The power of the narrative in the Humanities, Sciences and Mathematics (Roundtable) Elizabeth Solomon, The ISF Academy |
Understanding the Writing in Engineering (Workshop) Dr Hebe Wong, City University of Hong Kong |
| 11:30 - 12:20 |
From blogging to getting published (Workshop) Jason Ng - Invited Speaker Author - 'HONG KONG State of Mind' |
Mechanics, meaning, or creativity? Teaching poetry writing in Hong Kong (Roundtable) James Shea, Hong Kong Baptist University |
Understanding university writing in Social Sciences (Roundtable) Lucy Chan & Shari Lughmani, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Models and modeling in the teaching of academic writing (Roundtable) Jay Bidal, University of Macau |
| 12:30 - 13:45 |
Lunch + Book Fair (Outside V322) | |||
| 13:45 - 14:35 |
Keynote Speech II Making creativity work Mr Justin Hill Assistant Professor City University of Hong Kong (Venue: V322 - Theatre Hall) |
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| V312 | V313 | V314 | V315 | |
| 14:45 - 15:35 |
Writing and publishing children's books: The good, the bad and the downright fun! Sarah Brennan - Invited Speaker Author- 'The Chinese Calendar Tales' |
Playwriting and theatre (Roundtable) Dr Matthew DeCoursey, Hong Kong Institute of Education |
Write, share and review using digital tools (Roundtable) Dora Wong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Exploring new territory: Genre-specific feedback (Roundtable) Chrissy Burns & Dr Svetlana Chigaeva, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 15:45 - 16:35 |
Developing a self-learning material pack for reflection writing (Roundtable) Man Chan & Shari Lughmani, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
How can we provide models and utilize group activities without stifling creativity? (Roundtable) Sean Grant, University of Macau |
To use or not to use: The influence of first language on the second language composing process (Workshop) Dr Daisy Zou, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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| 16:35 - 16:55 |
Coffee + Book Fair (Outside V322) | |||
| 16:55 - 17:45 |
The publishing industry in London Kelly Falconer - Invited Speaker Founder - Asia Literary Agency |
The five mistakes that stop writers going global Nury Vittachi - Invited Speaker Author - 'The Feng Shui Detective' |
Creating creativity in the EAP classroom (Roundtable) Geffrey Heathman & David Barnard, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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| 17:45 - 18:30 |
Closing Plenary (Venue: V322) Shari Lughmani (Convenor), Nury Vittachi (Invited Author), Jay Bidal (Macau), Dr Matthew DeCoursey (HKIEd), James Shea (BaptistU), Elizabeth Solomon (The ISF Academy), Dora Wong (PolyU), Dr Hebe Wong (CityU) |
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| 18:30 | Reception |
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