Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Second co-authored book 中英大不同2 on sale at Hong Kong Book Fair 2012

 《中英大不同2: 錯了就爆的語法問題》
歐陽偉豪, 施敏文
青桐社; 2012.7

Monday, July 16, 2012

Talk for Hong Kong Book Fair 2012

With Dr Benjamin Au Yeung
At Harbour City
July 14, 2012; 1600-1645
"Is this Cantonese or English: Features of Hong Kong language"
A talk for Hong Kong Book Fair 2012

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Reviewed a manuscript on CALL for the Asian Journal of English for Specific Purposes

Presentation: 'What has DST got to do with creative writing?"

at the seminar on "Creative Writing and Digital Storytelling" for secondary school English Language teachers. Other speakers: Icy Lee, Judy Keung, and teachers from Methodist College and United Christian College.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Gave a talk on synthetic phonics at a seminar for primary English Language teachers

.. seminar organised by the Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK.

Other speakers:
Ms Adeline Cheung, OUP China

From Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School
- Ms Charlotte Lee
- Ms Betty Lee
- Mr Timothy King

From Alliance Primary School, Kowloon Tong
- Ms Charlotte Lo
- Ms Karin Zhoc
- Ms Shona Reid
- Ms Beverly Yeung



Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Visited Nan Gang Primary School in Foshan and gave a presentation

Visited Nan Gang Primary School in Foshan, met with the principal and members of the English Department, and observed a P.3 lesson. Gave a presentation on computer-assisted reading comprehension.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Gave a talk on reading and writing at a seminar for parents ...

... for parents with children in primary school; seminar organised by OUP(China). (June 25, 2012)

Paper presentation at the 2nd International Conference on the Future of Education

 Sze, P. (2012). Renewing vocation for English Language teaching through podcasting and digital storytelling. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on The Future of Education (Florence, Italy, June 7-8, 2012).

Friday, May 04, 2012

Presented a paper at LIROD 2012 in Bangkok

Sze, Paul. (2012) An emerging orthography for mixed code in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 4th Language in the Realm of Social Dynamics International Conference (May 3-4, 2012; The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Bangkok, Thailand).

April 28: Presented a paper at the 2nd Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom

conference held in Osaka, Japan.

Monday, April 09, 2012

Guest of honour, Prize Presenation Ceremony, HK Book Reporting Writing Contest

April 9; 3:00-4:30; Olympian City Central Atrium
With Ariel Lau Yan Tung, Champion of the Junior Secondary Section (English) and her book report on The Secret Garden

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Completed Module 2 ...

of the Professional Development Programme for the Core Teachers Scheme launched by the Macao Education Bureau.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Conducted a workshop on Oral Enrichment Activities

Conducted a seminar with Prof Evelyn Man on Oral Enrichment Activities for primary and secondary English teachers. Seminar organised by the Man Kwan Education Group.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Workshop 1 for teachers on the Core Teachers Scheme: Teaching Towards Basic Academic Attainments

Organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Macau SAR Govt, in support of their current curriculum reform.

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Talk with Dr Benjamin Au Yeung for Parents

Topic: 中英教室,無處在 Event organised by Oxford University Press (China)

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Guest Lecture by Dr Richard Stibbard for ENLT6804

Guest lecture by Dr Richard Stibbard for ENLT 6804 (MA ELT): The Teaching of Listening and Speaking Topic: Poor phonemic and alphabetic awareness: The root of language learning problems in Hong Kong?

Monday, January 16, 2012

中英大同by Paul and Dr Benjamin Au Yeung has been chosen by HKEdCity as a nominee for the Poll for the Best Ten Reads 2011 Awards

To cast your vote, go to: http://www.hkedcity.net/article/reading_awards/2011booklist/ (You need an HKEdCity account and log in to vote. You can sign up for an account easily at the link above.)

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Conducted a teachers' workshop for the English Dept, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Primary School

Topic: Designing a reading comprehension unit.

Visit to the Guangzhou Teaching and Research Institute of the Guangzhou Education Bureau (Dec 30, 2011)

Talks delivered by Mr Lu Zonggan and Ms Hey Chan. Delegates included final year ELED students, and two colleagues, Eunice and Cecilia.

Exchange programme at Guanghou

Joined a 4-day exchange programme at the English School attached to the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou (Dec 27-30). Participants included 20 undergraduate student teachers, 3 postgraduate students, and 2 colleagues, Eunice and Cecilia. Activities included observations of lessons taught by the school's primary and secondary teachers.

Friday, December 02, 2011

Talk for Parents on Reading and Writing

"Becoming excellent readers and writers in a second language: The need for skills and strategies" - Mariner's Club - Attendance: 200 parents - Organiser: OUP(China)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Invited by the Teaching and Research Institute of the Guangzhou Education Bureau ...

... to be consultant for their resource development project in support of the implementatin of the revised National Curriculum for English Language for universal education

Saturday, November 19, 2011

DVD “Capturing the Experience of Excellent Teachers at CUHK”

Featured, along with other recipients of the Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award, in the DVD "Capturing the Experience of Excellent Teachers at CUHK", produced by the CUHK Centre for Learning Enhancement and Research.

Thursday, November 03, 2011

New book chapter published

Sze, Paul M.M. (2011). An online peer observation platform for English language teachers in Hong Kong. In W.M. Chan, K.N. Chin, M. Nagami, & T. Suthiwan (Eds.), Processes and Process-orientation in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning (Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education Series ) (pp. 193-209). Boston: Walter de Gruyter. (ISBN: 978-1-61451-009-3)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Attended the Learning and Teaching Expo 2011

From top to bottom:
- With Serene Lam of ET English (former student)
- With Susanna Cheung of Broadlearning (former student)
- Lee Fong Lok on mobile learning
- Stephen Heppell on 'Learning and Teaching in the Third Millenium'











Saturday, June 25, 2011

talk on the teaching of reading and writing to young learners

Gave a talk on the teaching of reading and writing to young learners at a workshop for parents; organised by OUP. Attendance: 350

日期﹕ 2011年6月25日(星期六)
時間﹕ 下午2:30 – 4:30
地點﹕ 九龍塘達之路72號創新中心2號禮堂(港鐵九龍塘站C2出口)
講者﹕ 施敏文博士(香港中文大學教育學院高級導師)
林沛理先生(專欄作家、電台節目主持及暢銷書《英文玩家》作者)
張子暉小姐(牛津大學出版社高級英語教學組主任)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Speaker, Seminar on Reading and Writing for Secondary English Teachers


"Becoming an Excellent Teacher of Reading and Writing"
organised by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK
June 21, 2011

Visited Tsz Wan Shan St Bonaventure Catholic Primary School ...

for observation of an eLearning Reading lesson using the programme Power Lesson.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Presented a paper at Challenges 2011

Attended and presented a paper at the 7th International Conference on ICT in Education held at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, (May 12-13, 2011).

Thursday, April 07, 2011

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Sunday, January 02, 2011

Awarded a Course Development Grant by the CUHK Academic IT Steering Committee

Awarded a Course Development Grant by the CUHK Academic IT Steering Committee for the project “Mastering the Subject Knowledge and Skills for Effective Synthetic Phonics Instruction”.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Paper presentation at the 4th CLS International Conference in Singapore

"Catering for Affect in Language Learning through Digital Storytelling"

Paper presented at the 4h CLS International Conference: Individual Characteristics and Subjective Variables in Language Learning, Singapore, 2-4 December 2010.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

New Issue of Bilingual Facebook in Ming Pao published.

中英對談:再談of與
http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20101125/language03/a01.txt

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Interviewed by iKid Magazine

Interviewed, together with the Principal, staff, and students at Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School, by parents' magazine iKid, on synthetic phonics and its implementation at the school.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Presentation at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2010







Joint presentation with Olive Cheung at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2010: Promoting creativity and reflection through digital storytelling.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Workshop for Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School

Workshop for the English Department, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School: Phonics: What and Why? October 13, 2010.

Tried adminstering a Curipod interactive presentation in a staff development workshop

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