Faculty Newsletter

(2) Book selection – Story adaptation: How to adapt stories to best fit the purpose?

Vicky Chen Qiyi, Year 4 Student of BA(Lang Studies) (2019/20) - With the prevalence of digital devices, digital storytelling has undertaken a significant restructuring: the new form of storytelling that presents short and personal narratives (Meadows, 2003) combines images with text, narration, voice and music (Robin, 2008), way outperforming traditional delivery of storytelling. Thanks to this, children may be likely to benefit from the digital stories that are more compelling, moving, empowering and everlasting (Maureen et al., 2018) and hence develop their digital literacy.

Department of English Language Education

(3) Storytelling skills: What skills can be used to tell stories in a more interactive way?

Rosetta Law Wai Chung, Year 4 Student of BEd(EL) (2019/20) - It was my honour to be able to join the QEF Sharing on “How to produce high-quality digital stories by pre-service teachers?” chaired by Dr Yu Baohua on 26 May 2020 as a speaker to disseminate my learning in creating digital storytelling videos.

Department of English Language Education

(4) Technical skills: Video-making tools and skills

Anna Xia Yang, Year 3 Student of BEd(EL) (2019/20) - With the emergence of some affordable and user-friendly video-making software, the production of digital stories becomes more practical and achievable pre-service teachers like us. In this QEF project, we have used three common software to produce our digital stories for primary school students. 

Department of English Language Education

Collaborative Learning Sans Frontiers × Intercultural Communication

To enrich students’ learning experience for the appreciation of cultural differences, over the past years the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML) has been working with Meijo University on the Cooperative Learning Across Borders (CLAB) project. In 2019/20, Semester I, LML continued this much beloved tradition as part of ENG2336 Intercultural Communication, where students worked with their new Japanese friends from Meijo University on a group project comparing an aspect of culture (eg pop music, gestures) between two or more regions. Through informal exchanges using various communication tools, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) and Meijo students helped each other collect information about their respective culture and completed their reports successfully. 

Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies

Students Participate in Developing Materials for Chinese Storytelling

In the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, Dr Fanny Li Yuen Mei has headed a project to develop Chinese storytelling and writing. Other participants include her colleague Dr Fung Chi Wang of the same department, and other participants from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). It sought to develop five courses taught at the three universities: three writing courses of different kinds at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), two creative writing courses at HKBU, and a religious studies course at PolyU. The distinctive feature of the project is the “Student Network Group”.

Department of Literature and Cultural Studies

History Education Talk Series

The Department of Literature and Cultural Studies (LCS) and Bachelor of Education (Honours) (History) co-oganised a History Education Talk Series for students of Bachelor of Education (Honours) (History) and Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) (Secondary) – History from January to April 2020. Topics of the talk series include history teaching and learning in secondary schools, the newly revised junior history curriculum as well as job-hunting guide for history teachers-to-be. The talk series have attracted about 90 participants in total.

Department of Literature and Cultural Studies

Creative Writing Contest

In April 2020, the Centre for Language in Education (CLE) held its 4th Creative Writing Contest. The Organising Team was led by the International Tutors, Ms Maria Belhaddad and Ms Viviana Gonzalez Lobato with help from other International Tutors. The contest was open to all full-time students with an aim of encouraging students who were keen on writing to share their ideas and creative compositions.

Centre for Language in Education

Student Sharing of Bachelor of Education (Honours) (Chinese History) – Reflection on Outbound Exchange Programme

Lee Kong Hang, Year 4 Student of BEd(CHI HIST) (2019/20)

In 2019/20, I joined the outbound student exchange programme at Peking University (PKU), which provided me with opportunities of self-development. I attended some courses, which were not offered in Hong Kong and were taught by famous history professors. There is no doubt that the professional knowledge I gained from the courses is beneficial to my future career development. 

Faculty of Humanities