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British English Elocution for Secondary School Students
中學生英語特訓系列：英式英語正音研與習

Course Code
GENG9156
Application Code
2392-1073NW
Study mode
Part-time
Start Date
23 Jul 2025 (Wed)
Next intake(s)
July 2026
Duration
8 weeks
Language
English
Course Fee
HK$3,600
Deadline on 09 Jul 2025 (Wed)
Enquiries
3416 6413
2508 6403
summerschool@hkuspace.hku.hk
How to Apply
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Summer School 2025 Courses for Teenagers. 2025青少年暑期課程。

How to Apply

Highlights

This course is designed for secondary school students with advanced English language proficiency who aim high in projecting a better profile and a professional image by modifying their accent to sound more like a native British English speaker. Students will typically possess an interest in legal, journalism, public relations, marketing, media and communications, but motivated applicants in all fields will be considered. The determined student should finish with a more British accent and an understanding of his/her pronunciation ‘issues’ and of how to modify his/her accent over time, after the course has finished.
 

Programme Details

This course will cover:

  • The components of accent: rhythm, pitch (intonation and tone), flow, stress, dialect.
  • Pronunciation: the 44 phonemes of British English, common issues for Chinese learners of English, finding correct pronunciations.
  • Detailed examination of vowel and consonant sounds and letter combinations.
  • Flow (smoothing) and the preponderance of unstressed vowels in Standard English.
  • Standard English intonation.
  • Emphasis and modulation.
  • An awareness of regional accents.
  • Issues for non-Chinese (e.g. French and Indian) students, when applicable.
  • Pronunciation clinics.
  • British vs American English.
  • Image and professionalism.

A portion of the course will be theory but the majority will be practical, starting with an initial assessment of students’ accents, and then practising the concepts and ideas presented and evaluating students’ own accents, drawing lessons from sample recordings and using a number of training aids for detailed drilling and demonstration (vowel and consonant sounds, tongue twisters and difficult words, etc.) as necessary.

24 hours (8 x 3-hour workshops)

About the Trainer
Peter Brokenshire

 

Mr Peter Brokenshire, British English elocution and accent reduction trainer, was raised in Malaya and educated in England. He graduated in Classics (Latin and Ancient Greek) and joined the British Army, first in the infantry and then as an intelligence analyst, and met his wife in Hong Kong in 1982. He was then self-employed in sales and IT, and gained a BSc in Natural Sciences and an MSc in e-Commerce. He then worked for the Department for Transport in IT procurement, negotiating and managing large data management, IT services and software development contracts. In 2012 he returned to the Far East and teaches English and elocution in various tertiary education institutes in China and Hong Kong. His interests include languages, history, natural sciences and fish keeping.

Students will be impressed by his sense of humour and dynamic teaching methods. 

Related courses:

British English Elocution Enhancement
Stylistic Analysis: Insight into the Subtle Delivery of Meaning

 

Applicants should note:
  • Applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.
  • Unless changes are made to the advertised details, we do not usually issue joining instructions. If your application has been accepted, you should go to the first session of the class at the time and place shown.
  • No refunds or transfers to a different class will be approved. 
British English Elocution for Secondary School Students -
Application Code 2392-1073NW
Start Date 23 Jul 2025 (Wed)
Time Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue Admiralty Learning Centre

Days / Time
  • Wed, Fri, 2:00am - 5:00am
Duration
  • 8 meeting(s)
  • 3 hours per meeting
Venue

Fee

Course Fee
  • Course Fee : HK$3,600

Entry Requirements

Applicants should be Secondary 5 and 6 students and are willing to take part in discussions and practical reading aloud and speaking exercises, ideally with little inhibition. They should be reasonably confident and fluent English speakers.

 

Apply

Enrolment Method


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a) complete the enrolment form and enroll in the course(s)

(i) at the Enrolment Centres of HKU SPACE (please refer to the ‘Learning / Enrolment Centres’ section) by cash, EPS, cheque/bank draft or credit cards (VISA / MasterCard);

OR

(ii) by mail with cheque/bank draft to ‘HKU SPACE Summer School Office, 11/F, 250 King’s Road, Hong Kong'.
Cheque/Bank draft should be made payable to ‘HKU SPACE’ with applicant’s name and course(s) applied written on the back.  A photo of the applicant (in plain colour background, 45mm(W) x 55mm(H)) is also required.

b) apply through the School’s online enrolment system and pay by credit card or PPS.

  • All applicants who are below age 18 on 10 July 2024 MUST complete and submit the ‘Parent/Guardian Consent Form’ together with the Enrolment Form.
  • If you are applying for more than one course, please check to ensure that there is no clash of class schedules before submitting your application.

Notes

  1. Fees and places on courses cannot be transferred from one applicant to another. Once accepted to a course, the student may not change to another course without approval from HKU SPACE. A processing fee of HK$120 will be levied on approved transfers.
  2. Receipts will be issued for fees paid but HKU SPACE will not be responsible for any loss of receipt sent by mail.
  3. Receipts will only be issued once. For additional copies of proof of payments, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope with a completed form and a crossed cheque for HK$30 per copy made payable to ‘HKU SPACE’. Such copies will only normally be issued at the end of a course.

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