Closing ceremony of the Study Programme for Core Teachers (Primary English) organsed by DSEJ, Macao SAR

(May 11, 2013) Attended the closing cum sharing session of the first-ever study programme for the core primary teachers (English) in Macao. This 15-month professional development programme was organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Macao SAR.

For pictures of the ceremony:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151628065404976.1073741828.680179975&type=1&l=aad1eaa464

For my own reflection on the programme:
http://paulsze.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/having-made-a-small-mark-in-the-history-of-elt-in-macao/

Attended the Performing Arts Appreciation Night organised by Good Hope School

May 4, 2013

Completed review of a manuscript for Asia Pacific Journal of English for Specific Purposes

Gave a talk at SKH St Simon's Lui Ming Choi Secondary School

Gave a talk on English reading to S4 and S5 students at SKH St Simon's Lui Ming Choi Secondary School:

'How language awareness can turn you into an effective reader'

Gave a talk with Dr Benjamin Au Yeung at Wesley College

Give a talk, titled 'Better Reading for Better English', with Dr Benjamin Au Yeung to all S2 students at Wesley College.

Conducted a school-based workshop on the teaching of speaking

'Demystifying L2 speaking pedagogy: What and how'
A professional development workshop for the English Department, Sacred Heart Canossian School

Recent publications for a general readership

My recent publications for a general readership (In FAM《樂活.家》月刊; only the first page of each article reproduced here):
一月號: 學英語，從聽和講開始？
二月號: 贏在起跑，輸在長跑?
三月號: 學拼音連接寫作

New Publication: Reading habits, reading attitude and literacy performance

Chun, C.K.W., Sze, P., & Ho, E.S.C. (2013). Reading habit, reading attitude and literacy performance. In Ho, E.S.C. (Ed.), Multilevel Analysis of the PISA Data: Insights for Policy and Practice (pp. 61-79). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research.

Completed the last module for the Macao Teacher Professional Development programme

Completed the last module of the Professional Development Programme for the Key Primary English Language Teachers; organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Government of the Macao SAR.

New Publications in China

My 2 New Publications in China:
- (with a Writing Team at the Guangzhou Teaching and Research Institute): Student's Book 2 of the New English Course for Universal Education, in support of the 2011 National English Curriculum
- (in capacity as main writer): Teacher's Book 2

Published by Educational Science Publishing House, Beijing.

Started a new module for Macao's Key Teachers Professional Development Programme

Module 5: Selecting and using English Language coursebooks
Part of the Professional Development programme for members of the Key Teachers Scheme (Primary English Language teachers); organised by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Macau SAR Government.

Gave a seminar for Education Bureau's School-based Professional Support Section

Title of seminar: 'Towards a Better Understanding of English Language Teaching in Mainland China'
Audience: Particpants of the Scheme on Hong Kong Teachers’ Exchange Activities to the Mainland organised by the School-based Professional Support Section, Education Bureau

Gave a talk with Dr Benjamin Au Yeung at Caritas Wu Cheng Chung Secondary School

an event of the school's English Week
Topic: 'Englishes in Hong Kong'
Attendance: All students at the school and some teachers

Issue 1 of column in FAM Magazine

Issue 1 of column in FAM Magazine, pp. 88-90 published in  January 2013:

'The role of listening and speaking in language acquisition'.

Presentation in Guangzhou on the New English textbook for universal education

Topic: Thriving on the new National Curriculum for English and the revised primary English coursebook
Audience: About 300 core teachers from schools administered by the Guangzhou Education Burea

Presentation in Guangzhou to teacher-researchers of the Teaching and Research Institute, Guangzhou Education Bureau

Topic: Developing ESL teacher standards for Guangzhou
Audience: About 80 teacher-researchers from the 12 admin districts under the Teaching and Research Institute, GZ Education Bureau

Presented a seminar for Catholic Diocese primary schools

'From Good Teaching to Good Assessment Performance: The Case of TSA'

Jan 28, 2013
Seminar for the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Program, Hong Kong Diocesan Schools (English)
Participants: principals, PSMCDs, English panel chairs (total about 200)

Attended a seminar by Professor Mary Shepard Wong

Harmony, Cacophony, or Silence: English Language Teacher Collaboration in Hong Kong
Speaker: Professor Mary Shepard Wong, Azusa Pacific University, currently a Fullbright Scholar with the Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK

Article 1 in FAM magazine published (January, 2013)

http://famworld.com.hk/

Appointed Honorary Curriculum Consultant, CUHK Program for the Gifted and Talented

Jan 2013-Dec 2014