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8 December 2016 On 8 December 2016, the Department of English hosted their 18th Departmental Seminar presented by Dr Dan Lu. The seminar lasted an hour and a half with time for a Question & Answer Session. Date: 8 December 2016 (Thursday) Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 noon Venue: M502 Speaker:  Dr Dan Lu Topic:  English for Specific Purposes…

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7 December 2016 On 7 December 2016, Dean Thomas Luk, School of Humanities and Social Science and Head of Department of English, and  Dr Amy Kong, the person-in-charge of the project Ting Ka Ping Foundation Arts Ambassador Scheme: Enhancing Students’ Cultural Literacy and “Glocality” sponsored by the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, attended the annual dinner held by the Foundation. Dean Luk…

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10 November 2016 On 10 November 2016, the Department of English hosted their 17th Departmental Seminar presented by Dr Charles LAM. The presentation lasted an hour with time for a Question & Answer Session. Date: 10 November 2016 (Thursday) Time: 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Venue: M405 Speaker:  Dr Charles LAM Topic:  Functions of grammatical HAVE: a cross linguistic…

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7 November 2016 On 7 November 2016, the Department of English hosted their 16th Departmental Seminar presented by Prof Tom LUTZ. The presentation lasted an hour with time for a Question & Answer Session. Date: 7 November 2016 (Monday) Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Venue: M405 Speaker:  Prof Tom LUTZ Topic:  Writing the World Prof Tom LUTZ is a…

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30 September 2016 The Department of English has been running the “Glocality” and Cultural Literacy: HSMC English Enhancement Project since 2014. Funded by the Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS) from the Education Bureau and Tin Ka Ping Foundation, HSMC has been organising an array of activities to promote cultural literacy and the construct of “glocality” among our students. The…

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22 August 2016 On Monday, 22 August 2016, the Department of English hosted their 15th Departmental Seminar presented by Dr Arthur McNeill (HKUST) and Dr Keith Tong (HKUST). The presentation lasted an hour and a half with time for a Question & Answer Session. Date: 22 August 2016 (Monday) Time: 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Venue: M405 Speaker:  Dr…

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8 August 2016 On Monday 8 August 2016, the Department of English hosted their 14th Departmental Seminar presented by Dr Holly Chung, Dr Rebecca Ong and Dr Heidi Wong. Each presentation lasted thirty minutes with time for a Question & Answer Session. Date: 8 August 2016 (Monday) Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm  Venue: M405 Speaker Topic Dr Holly Chung:  Institutional Order in Curriculum…

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8 September 2016 The Department of English had the honour of inviting Ms Sharon Ho, a representative from the British Council, to deliver an IELTS Talk to our students on 8 September 2016 The IELTS Talk was well-received by our students As a token of appreciation, Mrs Anora Wong, Associate Head of Department of English, presented a souvenir to…

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20 July 2016 Sponsored by the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, the Department of English held an Intercultural English Summer Camp from 18 July to20 July 2016 for HSMC students and students from Tin Ka Ping Secondary School. The aim was to provide students with an opportunity to expand their cultural literacy and “glocal” awareness while boosting English proficiency. Students…

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23 May 2016 Date: 23 May 2016 24 May 2016 Time: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm 9:30 am – 12:00 nn1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Speaker: BA in English Year 4 students  Venue: A315, S H Ho Academic Building, HSMC Dean Thomas Luk, School of Humanities, gave an opening remark President Simon Ho expressed his appreciation and encouragement to our students Snapshots…

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