2 April 2015 8th English Departmental Seminar, by Dr James Smith “The Ethics of Literature: from Antigone to The Winter’s Tale” by Dr James Smith Date: 2 April 2015 Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Speaker: Dr James Smith(the University of Exeter) Topic: “The Ethics of Literature: from Antigone to The Winter’s Tale” Venue: Room A314, S H Ho Academic Building (Block A) Dr James Smith shared his views with…
10 March 2015 We are very delighted to announce the publicationof Dostoevsky and the Epileptic Mode ofBeing, the new book written by Dr Paul Fung, Assistant Professor of the Departmentof English and Programme Coordinator (Literature Section) of BA in EnglishProgramme. Please refer to the webpage of Legenda, the publisher of the book for more information. Book Cover
2 February 2015 We are very excited to announce that the official website for the “Glocality” and Cultural Literacy: HSMC English Enhancement Project is finally ready! Our website is called the HSMC Cultural Hub. Our two current favourite functions are the Cultural Reviews and The Artistic Production (AP) Search Engine. 1) The Cultural Reviews page is a collection of HSMC students’ (that’s from you guys!) reviews on your favourite artistic works. We already have several…
22 January 2015 7th English Departmental Seminar, by Professor David Carless and Dr Ma Jing Jing Maggie “Exploring Learning-orientedAssessment in L2 Writing” by Professor David Carless and Dr Ma Jing Jing Maggie Date: 22 January 2015 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Speaker: Professor David Carless(Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) of the Faculty of Education at The University of Hong Kong) Dr…
4 December 2014 6th English Departmental Seminar, by Professor Jeremy Tambling “Self-talk and Soliloquy”by Professor Jeremy Tambling Date: 4 December 2014 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Speaker: Professor Jeremy Tambling(Former Professor of Literature at the University of Manchester) Topic: “Self-talk and Soliloquy” Venue: Room 405, Academic and Administration Building (Block M) Professor Jeremy Tambling shared his views with our teachers…
16 October 2014 5th English Departmental Seminar, by Professor David Parker “The Importance of TeachingLiterature in Our Second Language Context” by Professor David Parker Date: 16 October 2014 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Speaker: Professor David Parker(Former Chairperson of Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Senior Fellow of Morningside College, CUHK) Topic: “The Importance of Teaching Literature in…
18 September 2014 The English Language Centre had the honour of inviting Ms Mandy Lo, a guest speaker from the British Council, to deliver an IELTS Talk to our students on 18 September 2014 The IELTS Talk was well-received by our students
26 August 2014 Professor Thomas Luk, Dean of School of Humanities & Social Science, Head of Department of English and Programme Director of BA (English) Programme, gave the welcome speech to the BA- ENG Year 1 students Icebreaking Session: Students were having small group discussion with the professors of the programme Group photo of professors and students
22 July 2014 Summer course students with the Department of English at the opening ceremony on 9 June, 2014 Mr David Best, our guest speaker from Canada, introduced the cultural difference through interactive activities Mr Raju Lalwani shared with us his childhood in Dubai Mr. Peter Brokenshire introduced us to British life and culture Dean of School of Humanities…
Department of English proudly announces that “‘Glocality’ and Cultural Literacy: HSMC English Enhancement Project 2014-2016” has received a grant from the Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS). The QESS was first launched by the Education Bureau (EDB) in 2012 to support projects to enhance the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning in the self-financing post-secondary sector. With the grant,…
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