人文學院通訊 FHM Newsletter New Staff Dr. Letty Chan has recently completed her doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics in Nottingham (UK). Prior to her PhD, she taught English in secondary schools, community college and university settings. She is currently teaching English for academic purposes, primary ELT curriculum, and teaching English in the primary school in ELE. Her research interests include second language motivation, L2 motivational self-system and second language acquisition. Dr. Rui Yuan obtained his PhD from Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include language teacher identity, action research, and teacher educators in higher education. As a novice academic, he feels it is a great honor to join EdUHK, one of the leading teacher education institutions in Hong Kong. English Language Education Saturday Seminar Series It has been a tradition for the Department of English Language Education to present a series of Saturday seminars for English teachers and subject teachers of both primary and secondary schools. This year the seminar series was held in the fall of 2015, and a repeat was held in the spring of 2016. The seminars this academic year aim to enhance teachers’methods in teaching English grammar. The seminars also provided a channel for the department to introduce different professional development programmes (PDPs) to teachers after they had learned a little bit about the topics and issues. These 3-hour seminars held on Saturday mornings at the HKIEd Tai Po Campus were well attended attracting close to 500 applicant teachers. We were pleased to read post-seminar comments that were very positive. Date 7 November 2015 14 November 2015 21 November 2015 28 November 2015 5 December 2015 Topic Seminar 1 Basic Principles of Teaching Grammar in Context Seminar 2 Teaching Grammar Through Text-based Strategies Seminar 3 Teaching Grammar Through Language Arts Strategies Seminar 4 Teaching Grammar Through Making Meaning Seminar 5 Teaching Grammar Through Participation Dr. Claudia Keh It was our great pleasure to receive academic staff from the University of Taipei, Dr. Lin Wen Ying, Dr. Eric K. Ku and 15 students, who paid us a visit on 29 February 2016. Dr. Paul Stapleton from ELE, Dr. Lixun Wang from LML and our students, Miss Leung Yuk Tin Yvette and Mr. Wang Pengjin Jack joined this event as the representatives of HKIEd. Department & Centre Highlights 11 Speaker Visit of University of Taipei on 29 Feb 2016 Representatives from UT: Dr. Lin Wen Ying, Dr. Eric K. Ku and 15 students Representatives from HKIEd: Dr. Paul Stapleton, Dr. Lixun Wang and 2 student representatives (Leung Yuk Tin Yvette and Wang Pengjin Jack) For more information about ELE, please visit http://www.eduhk.hk/ele.
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