News and Events

Date Time Venue Topic Speaker Chair
May 2013
Fri 31 18:00 - 21:30 Room 408A - 410A, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Knowledge Exchange (KE) and Alumni Gathering for BSc[Information Management] and MSc [Library and Information Management]

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Sat 25 08:30 - 17:00 Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Mobile Learning Festival 2013

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Professor Chin-Chung Tsai, Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan; Professor Lim Cher Ping, Director of Center for Learning, Teaching & Technology,Department of Curriculum and Institution, HKIEd; Associate Professor Daniel Churchill, Head of Division of information & Technology Studies, Faculty of Education, HKU. N/A
Sat 25 09:30 - 13:00 Theatre 3, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Symposium for Teachers and Guidance Professionals Supporting Students with Visual Impairment in their Transition from Schools to Higher Education

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Mr. HO Ka Leung Jason, Chairperson of Trailwalker Vocational & Educational Resources Centre, Hong Kong Blind Union Ms. TSE Yuk Ho, SEN Coordinator, PLK Mrs Ma Kam Ming-Cheung Fook Sien College Mr. LAI Chi Chiu, Resource Teacher, Ebenezer School Mr. Billy YAU, Hong Kong Blind Union Mr. Remy WONG, Ex-co member of HKACMGM & Principal, Ebenezer School Mr. WONG Ka Ho Alex, Year 1 student of Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Mr. TANG Tsz Long Ivan, Secondary 4 student, ELCHK Lutheran Secondary School Mr. SIU Siu Hong, Resource Teacher, Ebenezer School Mr. CHAN Chi Ho Marc, Social Worker of Trailwalker Vocational and Educational Resources Centre, Hong Kong Blind Union Ms. WONG Hue Wai, Resource Teacher, Ebenezer School Ms. Michele FOK, Senior Student Advising Officer (Accessibility Support) Centre of Development and Resources for Students Ms. MOK Siu Lai, Coordinator of Resource Support Program, Ebenezer School Dr. M. T. Yuen, Director, Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education
Tue 21 12:45 - 14:00 Room 205 Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Multilingual Month of May - 'It's the transformer of all electronics': Roxie, polymedia and her iPhone

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Professor Victoria Carrington, Professor of Education and Deputy Director of Research in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia. -
Thu 16 17:00 - 20:00 Wang Gungwu Theatre, P4, Graduate House

Postgraduate Research Conference (PRC) 2012-13: Opening Ceremony and Multilingual Academy

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Thu 16 17:30 - 20:00 Wang Gungwu Theatre, P4, Graduate House

Multilingual Month of May - Cognitive, Neuroscience and Psycholinguistic Approaches to Multilingualism

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Professor Manuel Carreiras, Ikerbasque Research Professor and Scientific Director of Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language; Professor Albert Costa, Center of Brain and Cognition in the Department of Technology of the Universitat de Pompeu Fabra, Spain; Professor Ram Frost, Haskins Laboratories and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. -
Wed 15 12:45 - 14:00 Room 205, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Teaching Critical Thinking in College English Classrooms

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Dr Jianying Du Dr Angel Lin
Wed 15 14:15 - 16:50 Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

HKU Education Faculty – Open House

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Tue 14 12:45 - 14:00 Room 205, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Teaching reading and rewriting in the form of semantic waves

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Professor Liu Yi Dr Andy Gao
Mon 13 12:45 - 14:00 Room 205, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Curriculum and research-based learning

Professor Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes University -
Fri 10 09:00 - 17:00 Lecture Theatre 1 Prince Philip Dental Hospital

Multilingual Month of May - Communication Disorders (Aphasia and Voice) in a Multilingual World

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Professor Loraine Obler (Distinguished Professor CUNY) Professor Ron Baken (Columbia and New York Medical College) -
Fri 10 18:15 - 19:30 Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU

Multilingual Month of May - Babel Burning: What We Lose When a Language Dies (Please note that this will be the 2013 MB Lee Distinguished Lecture)

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Professor Nick Evans (Australian National University) -
Wed 8 09:30 - 12:30 Room 405, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Micro Discourse Analysis Data Session for PhD students in the Faculty of Education: Analysing Interactional Discourse

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Professor Ben Rampton Dr Miguel Perez-Milans
Wed 8 09:30 - 12:30 Room 405 Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Multilingual Month of May - Analysing Interactional Discourse: A Micro Discourse Analysis Data Session for PhD students

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Professor Ben Rampton (Professor of Applied & Sociolinguistics and Director of the Centre for Language Discourse and Communication King's College London) -
Wed 8 16:30 - 18:00 CPD LG10 Hosted by the School of Humanities

Multilingual Month of May - The Minds of Others: Linguistic Diversity, Endangerment and the Exploration of Social Cognition

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Professor Nick Evans (Australian National University) and Professor Bill Wang (Chinese University of Hong Kong) -
Tue 7 12:45 - 14:00 Room 203, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Linking research with teaching to benefit student learning

Professor Alan Jenkins, Oxford Brookes University -
Tue 7 17:00 - 18:30 Room 205, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Constructing an Argument in Linguistic Ethnography

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Professor Ben Rampton Dr Miguel Perez-Milans
Tue 7 17:00 - 18:30 Room 205 Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Multilingual Month of May - Constructing an Argument in Linguistic Ethnography

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Professor Ben Rampton (Professor of Applied & Sociolinguistics and Director of the Centre for Language Discourse and Communication King's College London) -
Fri 3 12:45 - 14:00 Room 206, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Doctoral career path studies: Exchanging paradigms across international borders

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Prof Michael Samuel Dr Ora Kwo
Thu 2 12:45 - 14:00 Room 205, Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Styling in a Language Learned Later in Life

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Professor Ben Rampton Dr Miguel Perez-Milans
Thu 2 12:45 - 14:00 Room 205 Runme Shaw Building, HKU

Multilingual Month of May - Styling in a Language Learned Later in Life

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Professor Ben Rampton (Professor of Applied & Sociolinguistics and Director of the Centre for Language Discourse and Communication King's College London) -