Two papers published in "Curriculum and Instruction: The Journey of Research and Practice"

Sze, Paul. (2008). Awareness raising activities for tackling individual differences in phonics learning at pre-intermediate level. In P.K, Fok et al. (Eds.), Curriculum and instruction: the Journey of research and practice (pp. 391-401). Chongqing, China: University of Chongqing Press. (2008.8)

Chun, K.W. & Sze, Paul. (2008). First language reading literacy assessment in PISA and second language reading curriculum and instruction in Hong Kong. In P.K, Fok et al. (Eds.), Curriculum and instruction: the Journey of research and practice (pp. 364-382). Chongqing, China: University of Chongqing Press. (2008.8)

My wiki on using wikis in ELT created

http://wikianPaul.wikispaces.com/

New episode on my podcast: The power of teachers' words

My podcast listed on Podcast Alley

My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-3f56b6e6cdcd1bb80de247008a5509e6}

New episode on my podcast: The Gift

The Gift

Completed review of a manuscript for Education Journal

Read-aloud of 'the Pulley' collected in Librivox

The Pulley, by George Herbert

Librivox Weekly Poetry.

To listen:
http://librivox.org/the-pulley-by-george-herbert/

Paper Proposal for ESEA Conference

Paper proposal submitted to the 13th International Conference on English in Southeast Asia, Singapore December 4-6, 2008:


http://www.ell.nie.edu.sg/esea2008/ESEAhome.html

Completed review of a manuscript for New Horizons in Education

Launching ceremony, EeceNet, May 20

EeceNet: the Net for English in Early Childhood Education, a faculty website for assisting the professional development of ESL teachers in pre-school settings.

Speaker, Principals' Workshop, NET Section

Principal's Workshop: "Enhancing the quality of learning and teaching of English: from the Primary NET Scheme perspective"; organised by the NET Section, CDI, EDB.

Talk for S.4 students at CCC Mong Man Wai College

Gave a talk titled "Fan kill you: Funny mispronunciations in Hong Kong" to all S4 students at CCC Mong Man Wai College.

Response of the students, according to Miss Stephanie Yeung, the teacher who organised the talk:

Dear Paul,

Thanks again for your wonderful seminar. We've done a written evaluation with our students. The feedback is very positive. They responded that they learnt more about mispronunciations and have a higher awareness of pronunciation after the seminar. Also, one of my students wrote on the form and stated that "I like this seminar because I like Paul Sze!" Hah, you have some fans here!

For snapshots of the seminar, go to:
http://www.cccmmwc.edu.hk/
Click on snapshots of activities on the homepage; open May 13, 2008.

Visit to Li Cheng Uk Govt Primary School

Led a group of B.Ed (Lang Ed) Year One students on a visit to Li Cheng Uk Government Primary school.

Meeting with Audit Panel, Quality Assurance Council

Meeting with Audit Panel from the Quality Assurance Council, on their visit to CUHK for the CUHK QAC Audit; meeting the Panel in capacity of one of eight recipients of teh Vice Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Awards.

Workshop on Phonics for Ying Wa Primary School

"A for Apple, and for Bad Man"; staff development workshop for the English Department, Ying Wa Primary School.

Judge, ELT Rap Lyrics Competition, ELT Rap Community, CUHK

Completed review of a manuscript for TESL Canada Journal

Conducted a phonics workshop for the English Department, Caritas Chong Yuet Ming Secondary School

This workshop is organised by the SMILE Project of the Faculty of Education, CUHK.

Reading of Venus Transiens by Amy Lowell collected in Librivox

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"Not just an English lesson": new episode of my podcast

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Paper proposal accepted for presentation at WorldCall 2008

WorldCALL 2008, CALL Bridges the World, Fukuoka, Japan, 5-8 August 2008

Paper presentation proposal submitted to AsiaTEFL conference 2008

Paper presented at the CamTESOL Conference, Feb 23, 2008

Sze, Paul. (2008). Teaching phonics through awareness raising activities. Paper presented at the 4th CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching "Building Bridges to the World", Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 23-24 February 2008

Completed review of a manuscript for TESL Canada Journal

"Smile": my first video on Youtube

(I am grateful to Cheng Suet Wing, who provided me with the materials (photos and audio narration) after her voluntary teaching visit to a rural area of China.)

New publication: Online collaborative writing using wikis

Sze, Paul. (2008). Online collaborative writing using wikis. The Internal TESL Journal, Vol. XIV. No.1, January 2008. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Sze-Wikis.html/

Conducted a workshop for the Govt Primary School Section, EDB

A whole-day workshop on lesson observation for English panel chairs and APSMs at Government Primary schools. Attended by 94 teachers and 10 school heads.Organised by Govt Primary School Section, EdB

PGDP class visited and observed by Professor Miki Shibata

Professor Miki Shibata, Dept of Language and Law, Okinawa University

Dean's commendation for outstanding teaching in second term, 2006/07

Courses commended:
DEP5102A SCT English (PGDE PRIMARY FULLTIME)
DEP5102G SCT English (PGDE PRIMARY PART-TIME)
ETM6804 Listening and Speaking: Teaching and learning (MA ELT)

Manuscript for Internet TESL Journal accepted for publication

Completed review of a manuscript for Educational Research Journal

New Episode, Teachers Stories: Don't laugh at me.

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Completed review of a manuscript for Journal of Basic Education

Manuscript reviewer for New Horizons in Education, Vol. 55 No. 2

Video of "Proud of you", sung by my MA students

My Reading of "My Prime of Youth is but a Frost of Cares" collected in Librivox

"My prime of youth is but a frost of cares" by Chidiock Tichborne, in Librivox Weekly Poetry, December 10, 2007.

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New Episode, "Teachers' Stories" Podcast: Making the World a More Beautiful Place

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My Teachers Stories Podcast: New Episode: The Unbreakable Tie

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Meeting with Expert Teachers for EeceNet

Attended Chung Chi College Graduation Ceremony

Conference paper for CLaSIC 2006 accepted for publication in the CLaSIC 2006 Book of Selected Papers

International Conference organised by the Centre for Language Studies, National Univesity of Singapore, December 7-9, 2006.
Paper: An online peer lesson observation platform for English language teachers in Hong Kong

Elected member of the Executive Committee, Hong Kong Educational Research Association

Abstract accepted for presentation at 4th CamTESOL Conference.

Co-taught 2 speaking lessons with Principal Sandra Lee

Class: S.1H School: Ka Chi Secondary School

Attended seminar by Prof. Terrence Wiley, Arizona State University

Topic: "Language diversity and education: Some lessons learnt, some not."

Teachers Stories new episode: The birthday present

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Submitted an abstract to CamTESOL Conference 2008.

Completed review of a manuscript for New Horizons in Education

Read-aloud of "The House on the Hill" collected in Librivox

"The House of the Hill" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
To listen:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=169742#169742

Conducted a workshop for the English Department, Caritas Chai Wan Marden Sec School

Theme: Phonics instruction: Why and How
The workshop is organised by the SMILE project of the Faculty of Education, CUHK

Teachers' Stories: New episode

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Journal paper published: "Web-based multimedia support for preservice primary ESL teachers in Hong Kong

Coniam, D., & Sze, P. (2007). Web-based multimedia support for preservice primary ESL teachers in Hong Kong. Journal of Basic Education, 16(1), 13-27.

"All is not lost": New 'teachers stories' episode

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Honorary Curriculum Consultant, Programme for the Gifted and Talented

Programme for the Gifted and Talented, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Submitted a CERT proposal to Research Grants Council; P.I.: Prof Icy Lee

Past journal paper translated by OUHK for use as study material for their students

Journal of Primary Education,4:2
'The optimal starting age for Second Language Learning: the case of Hong Kong'
Author: Sze,P
Publisher Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Publication Date: 1994-01
Description: pp. 49-54
OUHK Reference Code E854C / Unit03 - Reading

Attended the Graduation Dinner, B.Ed. (Lang Ed)

September 1, 2007

Attended the Graduation Ceremony for the PGDE programme

Submitted a proposal to the Academic IT Steering Committee for a Courseware Development Grant

The courseware development grant is to be used for developing an online multimedia presentation on "Using podcasts in language teaching".

Lecture on Grammatical Errors for new S6 students at New Method College

Topic: Common Grammatical Errors in Hong Kong
Lecture part of the Language Enhancement and Educational Development Project, organised by the CUHK Centre for University and School Partnership.

Lecture on Pronunciation for new S6 students at New Method College

Topic: Common Mispronunciations in Hong Kong
Lecture part of the Language Enhancement and Educational Development Project, organised by the CUHK Centre for University and School Partnership.

Completed teaching an IPA course for the Program for the Gfited and Talented.

Front row from left: Ivan, Jennifer, Christie
Back from left: Justin, Hertz, Catherine

Completed teaching a summer course on phonetics for teachers

A two-week summer course for teachers, on "Practical English Phonetics and Phonology"; organised by the CUHK Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research.
http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~hkier/summercourse/phonetics/

Attended International Conference on ICT in Teaching and Learning 2007

http://ict2007.ouhk.edu.hk/

Guest of Honour, Graduation Ceremony, Kwun Tong Govt Primary PM School

Speech: "We are all in this together"

Talking for Hong Kong: New episode: Brandnames

Seminar for Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School

Staff development seminar for English teachers, Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School.
Topic: Givng feedback on students' writing: Estabished and Alternative Approaches

Talking for Hong Kong:New episode: Personal Names

Charlotte, Beckham, Janet, Garrett, Bennett,
Fiona, Aaron,
Rita, Anita, Lolita,
Stephen, Rowena, Rosemary,
JK Rowling, , Roald Dahl,
Donald Tsang.

Submitted a read-aloud of Winter Night by Po Chu-i to Librivox

Submitted a read-aloud of Nippon to Librivox

Adjudicator, Radio drama competition, Methodist College

Talking for Hong Kong: New episode

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Talking for HK: New episode

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Submitted a read-aloud of "The river-merchant's wife: a letter" by Ezra Pound to Librivox

Submitted a read-aloud of Peach Blossom Shangri-la by Tao Yuanming to Librivox

New episode in my "Talking for Hong Kong"

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Gave a seminar on "Common mispronunciations in HK and how to help students avoid them".

Talking for HK: New episode

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Member, panel of judges, ELT Rap Finale Performance

organised by Angel Lin for SCOLAR; an event of English Festival 2007.

Teachers' Stories: New episode

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Teachers Stories

Teachers Stories

Conducted a workshop on ELT podcasting for NET Section

EMB Training Calendar

Workshop organised by NET Section, EMB, and took place at Tai Po Govt Sec School.
Workshop wiki: http://podcasterpaul.wikispaces.com

Second Edition of Talking for Hong Kong posted

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Practical English Phonetics and Phonology

My seminar for teachers on Common mispronunciations in Hong Kong:

Practical English Phonetics and Phonology

May 26, 2007.

Click on "Phonetics Seminar May 26"

Practical English Phonetics and Phonology

The summer course on

Practical English Phonetics and Phonology

begins to enrol students.

Attended drama and radio drama performance at LST Yu Kan Hing Secondary School

Invited Commentator, Sharing Session on Teaching and Learning of English Language for Teachers in Government Primary Schools

Organised by EMB Government Schools Section

Gave a talk on "Fun with radio drama" to students at Methodist College.

an event for the school's life-wide programme.

Presented a paper at the IT in Education Symposium 2007

Published: Sze, P. (2006). Developing students’ listening and speaking skills through ELT podcasts. Education Journal, 34(2), 115-134.

Attended the ELT Rap ECA Finale Performance at HKRSS Tai Po Secondary School.

Report in Ming Pao on Recent Visit to Ying Wa Primary School

http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070209/emb1.htm

Submitted a reading of "Red, red rose" by Robert Burns to Librivox.org

To listen:
http://librivox.org/romantic-poetry-001/

Attended the farewell activity of Language Educatio students of New Asia College

Submitted a read-aloud of a short horror story to Librivox.org

"The Soul of the Great Bell" by Lafcadio Hearn.
http://www.librovox.org/

Press conference with Dean Lee, Prof. Leslie Lo, and Prof. NI Yujing, on the launching of the B.Ed. and M.A in Early Childhood Education, and

an online professional development platform for early childhood educators.


http://www.takungpao.com/news/07/01/24/JX-682913.htm

Visited Ying Wa Primary School with PGDP English students

Organised and completed an ECA on radio drama for LST Yu Kan Hing Secondary School. (11/2006-1/2007)

Attended seminar on implementing language arts (drama) effectively in schools, Jan 13, 2007

This is a departmental seminar of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK

Admitted as FCIL, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK (FCIL)