人文學院通訊 ． FHM Newsletter 10 英語教育學系 Department of English Language Education Public Lecture Series Funded by a knowledge-transfer award, the Department of English Language Education has run the Public Lecture Series (PLS) for three years. The primary aim of this series is to provide participants with a taste of some of the other aspects of language learning that are seldom taught in school. The PLS held in the last two years attracted 798 participants in 2013 and 745 participants in 2014. This year, we are pleased to have Professor David Coniam from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Matt DeCoursey from the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, Dr. Wang Lixun from the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies, and Dr. Paul Stapleton and Dr. Timothy Taylor from the Department of English Language Education to present you with their insights on different aspects of the English language. Date Topic Speaker 11/4/2015 Eat Your Lunch Slowly – Cultural Pattern of Communication and Language Misuses Dr. Paul Stapleton 18/4/2015 A bit of Funology – Phonological Issues at the Level of the Sentence Prof. David Coniam 25/4/2015 Expressiveness in Language Learning Dr. Matthew DeCoursey 2/5/2015 Corpus and English Studies Dr. Wang Lixun 9/5/2015 Contradictions and Controversies in How to Learn English Dr. Timothy Taylor Addressing Teachers’ Professional Development Needs English Language Education Saturday Seminar Series Each fall, the Department of English Language Education presents a series of Saturday seminars for English and subject teachers of both primary and secondary schools. These seminars aim to enhance teachers’ professional development in areas related to language learning, strategies of using English as a medium of instruction, development beyond the new secondary school curriculum and strategies to cater for learner diversity. The seminars also provide a channel for the department to introduce different professional development programmes (PDPs) to teachers. These three-hour seminars held on Saturday mornings at the HKIEd Tai Po Campus were well attended, attracting 722 teachers; postseminar comments were positive. The following is a summary of the seminars offered: Date Topic Speaker 8/11/2014 Ways of Teaching Reading Dr. Ruth Wong 22/11/2014 Ways of Teaching Grammar Dr. Timothy Taylor 29/11/2014 Ways of Teaching Listening Dr. John Trent 6/12/2014 Ways of Teaching Speaking Ms. Jessica Lee 13/12/2014 Ways of Teaching Writing Dr. Stella Kong
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