Principal writer of the Teacher's Book

Book 1 of a new coursebook series in China published

First book of a new coursebook series in China, of which I am a member of the writing team, has been published. The writing team is based at the Guangzhou Education Bureau. This new coursebook series is in support of the 2011 National English Curriulum for Schools. The sample coursebooks have been approved by the Ministry of Education in Beijing. The first book (for Primary 3, first term) has been published and is currently being used by 140,000 P3 children in GZ (this is the official coursebook). When the whole series is completed, it will be used by over 1 million schoolchildren in China!

Attended PGDE graduation ceremony

Sept 1: Started a consultancy for Sacred Heart Canossian School

on the teaching of Speaking at P4 and P5 levels; funded by Education Bureau's English Enhancement Grant

May 31, 2012: Attended Graduation Ceremony, BA(English)+B.Ed.

May 31, 2012: Completed a school-based consultancy on synthetic phonics

Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School, a two-year project funded by Education Bureau's English Enhancement Grant.

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

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

Guest of honour, Graduation Ceremony, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

Reviewed a paper on spelling and phonological awareness for the journal Educational Psychology (published by Routledge)

Collaborative Lesson Planning with Primary 4 teachers ...

Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memory School. (April 20, 2012)

Collaborative Lesson Planning with Primary 1 teachers ...

Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memory School. (April 18, 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

Invited adjudicator for the Hong Kong Book Report Writing Contest organised by Ming Pao

Completed Module 2 ...

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

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.

Conducted the 3rd workshop for teachers on the "Key Teachers Scheme" of the Macao Education Bureau

Conducted a workshop on Phonics Across the Curriculum for 40 non-English teachers at TWGH C.Y. Ma Secondary School.

Conducted a digital storytelling workshop for the English Dept., Tai Po Methodist Primary School

Macao workshop 2 for primary English teachers on the Core Teachers Scheme launched by the Macao Education Bureau

Topic: From "What to teach" to "How to teach".

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.

Visit to Fung Kai Innovative Primary School

Talk for Primary English teachers in Macao: 'Reflecting on Current English Language Teaching and Learning"

organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, MACAO SAR Government, for the Core Teachers Scheme in support of the Macao's Curriculum Reform.

Talk for primary English teachers: A value-based approach to English Language Teaching

organised by OUP (China).

Talk with Dr Benjamin Au Yeung for Parents

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

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?

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.)

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.

Reviewed a manscript for the Journal of Quality School Education

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)

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

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.

Workshop for the English Dept., Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Primary School

Developing students' reading skills and strategies.

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)

Attended the gala reception, 50th Anniversary of OUP (China)

Teachers' Workshop for English Dept., Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Primary School

Topic: From phonics to reading

"Think out of the box": New episode on my Teachers' Stories podcast

Story told by Miss Eunice Tang

http://paulsze.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-08-25T00_21_09-07_00

Member and Institutional Representative, LPATE Subject Committee, HKEAA, 2011-12

Editor, Asian English for Specific Purposes Journal (AESPJ), 2011-12.

Guest speaker in a talk show with Benjamin Au Yeung on RTHK's 講東講西, hosted by 林沛理 and 劉天賜.

topic: When Chinese meets English ...

Guest speaker in a talk show with Benjamin Au Yeung on RTHK's 講東講西, hosted by 林沛理 and 劉天賜.

Topic: When Chinese meets English ...

"Why am I still teaching?" a new episode on Teachers' Stories

http://paulsze.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-07-28T00_31_25-07_00

Started a summer course on digital storytelling for gifted students

Conducted a workshop, with, Ms Olive Cheung, on digitalstorytelling for secondary school English teachers.

An event under the ELITE Knowledge Transfer Project headed by Professor Icy Lee.

中英大不同recommended by TVB Weekly for the Book Fair

Recent interview by Sing Tao published in Smart Parents, June 30

Recent interview by Sing Tao reported in Smart Parents published in June 30

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'

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）

Visited the English Day, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School

中英大不同：語法觧密by Benjamin Au Yeung and Paul Sze published

New Issue of 中英對談：讀音也隨俗

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110623/language03/a01.txthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

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.

星島《親子王》訪問

grammar drilling at learning centres.

New issue in Ming Pao Column中英對談：嬲到冇朋友

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110616/language03/a01.txthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

gave a talk titled "Phonics learning: What? Why? How?" at a parents workshop organised by OUP(China); YMCA Tsimshatsui, June 11, 2011

中英對談：hope與wish: New issue in Ming Pao Column

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110609/language03/a01.txthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

中英對談：新詞新語在文化

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110602/language03/a01.txt

Workshop on Reading Aloud for English Department, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School, June 1, 2011

Workshop on Word Stress for Phonics Instruction, for English Department, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School, May 25, 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).

Adjudicated in the OUP RWI Ambassador Programme Final Competition, with Mr Ronny Tong and Dr Richard Wong.

Workshop on "English Phonemes for Phonics Instruction", for English Department, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School, April 27, 2011

中英對談：否定問句

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110414/language03/a01.txt

Invited Ms Susanna Cheung, a graduate from the B.Ed (Lang Ed) programme to give a workshop on PowerLesson

Date: April 21, 2011
Workshop for student teachers on ELED4980: Computer Assisted Language Learning

中英對談：禮貌提問

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110407/language03/a01.txt

中英對談：名詞化

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110331/language03/a01.txt

Presented at the 45th TESOL Convention in New Orleans, March 19, 2011

Pronunciation improvement as a by-product of synthetic phonics instruction

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New Issue of 中英對談 in Ming Pao：詞意理解與溝通

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110310/language03/a01.txt

Taught a try-out lesson at Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School

Class: P.2A
Purpose: To try out a reading comprehension lesson that incorporates a phonics element.

New Issue of 中英對談 in Ming Pao：詞意理解與溝通

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110303/language03/a01.txt

New issue of Ming Pao column: 中英對談：中英點菜

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110224/language03/a01.txt

Completed review of a manuscript for e-FLT -- Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching

New Issue of 中英對談：快讀音變

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110217/language03/a01.txt

New Issue in Ming Pao column: 中英對談：修飾詞過濫

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110127/language03/a01.txt

New Issue in Ming Pao column: 中英對談：告示標語

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110120/language03/a01.txt

New Issue of 中英對談：「The Below Gifts」？

http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/language3.cfm?File=20110113/language03/a01.txt

Organised a subject seminar on the teaching of reading and writing for primary school English teachers

"Achieving Excellence in the Teaching of Reading and Writing",

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”.