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Teaching and Learning English Writing for Academic Purposes

Course Code
ENLT9040
Application Code
2265-1927NW
Study mode
Part-time
Start Date
08 Jan 2025 (Wed)
Duration
25 hours
Language
English
Course Fee
HK$3000
Deadline on 31 Dec 2024 (Tue)
Enquiries
2508 8867
2571 0630
charmaine.sung@hkuspace.hku.hk
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Highlights

This course is designed for teachers and students who have to teach or produce advanced written texts for academic, professional or research purposes. The focus is on using product-focused, process-oriented and genre-based approaches to generate plain English texts that conform to academic and discipline-oriented standards in terms of genre conventions, rhetorical structures and discoursal features.  The instructor will demonstrate how to deconstruct and analyse model texts, journal articles and research papers in diverse contexts, invoke analytical thinking skills and develop effective instructional strategies on writing pedagogy. Participants will receive constructive feedback and suggestions on their writing products.

Programme Details

Academic and research writings are based on understanding and analysing various relevant literature and field study data hence demanding reading, writing, analysing and critical thinking skills and abilities. To be a competent instructor of writing in EAP, one needs to clearly understand (1) writing as a practice of academic literacies and a situated socio-cultural activity in disciplinary discourse communities involving development of cognitive and linguistic abilities among the learners and writers, (2) the individual needs of ESL/EFL students, and (3) the effective instructional designs and pedagogical methods.

課程詳情

學術及研究論文的寫作是建基於理解及分析各種有關文獻及實地考究資料的一種創作活動，因此需要擁有閱讀、寫作、分析及批判思考的能力和技巧。成為一位稱職的學術英語寫作教師，必須清楚了解（1）學術寫作是在不同專科學院及學系領域內的多元學術讀寫能力(academic literacies) 及一種規範化的社會文化活動，需要學生及作者發展其認知和語言能力。（2）以英語作為外語的學生的個人需求，以及（3）有效的教學設計和教學方法。

This course intends to enable participants to :

本課程旨在使學員能够 :

  1. apply different reading strategies to comprehend relevant literature of various research(eg.Social Sciences Research) and academic sources in terms of their purpose, content, context, audience, rhetorical structures and genre features;

    運用不同的閱讀策略，從目的、內容、語境、讀者、修辭、結構和文體等方面理解各類研究(社會科學研究)和學術文章;

  2. understand and identify the characteristics and conventions of different academic and research genres for developing academic text and research proposals and reports for the intended rhetorical purposes, situations and audience;

    了解及鑒定不同的學術和研究文體類型的特徵和規則，達致預設的寫作目標，完成合適創作情境和有效地與讀者溝通的學術文章及研究建議及報告;

  3. develop applicable and transferable generic abilities in critical thinking, problem solving, and logical analysis in major research and disciplinary discourse for telling, transforming and transpiring knowledge and expertise;

    發展合適及可轉移的批判思維、解決問題、及邏輯分析的通達能力，使用於主體研究及學科討論，以作闡述，轉化和傳播知識和技能。

  4. follow effective composing procedures of prewriting planning, brainstorming, outlining, concept mapping, drafting, revising, amending, editing, proofreading, finalizing and publishing manuscripts;

    遵循有效的創作步驟，包括寫前規劃、搜索思考、輪廓大綱、概念圖表、起草芻稿、，重覆纂改、，編輯修訂、勘查校閱、最後敲定和出版手稿;

  5. produce correct, clear and coherent writings for academic and research purposes by using appropriate, idiomatic and collocated academic, research and disciplinary vocabulary to build grammatically correct sentences and well-structured paragraphs for specific genre types;

    使用合適和慣用搭配的學術、研究和專科詞彙來創作正確，清晰和連貫的學術文章及研究報告，以文法無誤的句子和結構良好的段落去構建恰當的文體，及

  6. finally, devise appropriate instructional strategies by using product-focused, process-oriented and genre-based methods, and the “teaching-learning cycle” to help ESL/EFL students develop their knowledge and skills in academic, disciplinary and research writings, such as the use of PPP approach (Presentation, Practice, and Production), the TBLT  method (Task-Based Language Teaching) and the Portfolio Assessment mechanism.

    最後，通過以作品效果，寫作流程和文型特徵的方法及「教與學循環模型」來設計教學策略，去培養及發展學生們在學術，專科和研究寫作方面的知識和技巧，例如使用PPP方法（演示，實踐、製作），TBLT方法（任務為主的語言教學）和習作進程式評估機制。

Tutor

Justin Kwan, BA (Hons), BEd, MBA, MEd, MAppLing (TESOL), PhD

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Application Code 2265-1927NW
Start Date 08 Jan 2025 (Wed)
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Days / Time
  • Wednesday, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Duration
  • 10 sessions, two and half hour per session
Venue
  • Hong Kong Island Learning Centre

Fee

Course Fee
  • Course Fee : HK$3000

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Course fees can also be paid by crossed cheque or bank draft made payable to “HKU SPACE”. Please specify the programme title(s) for application and applicant’s name. You may either:

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  • or mail the above documents to any of the HKU SPACE Enrolment Centres, specifying “Course Application” on the envelope. HKU SPACE will not be responsible for any loss of personal information and payment sent by mail.
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Applicants may also pay the course fee by VISA or Mastercard, including the “HKU SPACE Mastercard”, at any HKU SPACE enrolment centres. Holders of the HKU SPACE Mastercard can enjoy a 10-month interest-free instalment period for courses with a tuition fee worth a minimum of HK$2,000; however, the course applicant must also be the cardholder himself/herself. For enquiries, please contact our staff at any enrolment centres.

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