Seminar Series

This Seminar Series is supported by the Constituent Theme Funding "Languages, Media and Communication: Language in Education and Assessment". We were very honoured to have
Prof Paul Tam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of HKU to officiate at the inaugural seminar
in LG06 Hui Oi Chow Building at 5pm on 27 April 2006. Click here to view the video (an extract of the opening address).

All HKU staff members and students and academics across Hong Kong tertiary institutions are welcome to attend these seminars.

2007-08

2006-07

2005-06

Date	Title	Speaker(s)	Chair	Venue	Handout, Powerpoint, Video & Photos
4 June 2007 (Monday) 5-6:30pm	(Re)defining Advanced Proficiency	Prof James Lantolf, Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA	Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU	Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
28 May 2007 (Monday) 4-5:30pm	Toward an Integrated Approach to Writing Instruction	Dr Paul Kei Matsuda, Department of English, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA	Dr Icy Lee, Faculty of Education, HKU	Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
24 Apr 2007 (Tuesday) 4-5:30pm	Impact, Washback and Consequences of Large-scale Testing	Dr Liying Cheng, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Dr Steve Andrews, Faculty of Education, HKU	Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
6 Mar 2007 (Tuesday) 4-5:30pm	Regimes of Multilingualism and the Language of Literacy in The Gambia	Mr Kasper Juffermans, PhD candidate, School of English, Faculty of Arts, HKU	Dr Hans-Georg Wolf, School of English, Faculty of Arts, HKU	Room LG01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
5 Feb 2007 (Monday) 4-5:30pm	(Un)Critical Literacies on the Net? Culture Jamming and the Geopolitics of English	Dr Brian Morgan, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University, Toronto, Canada	Dr Matthew Clarke, Faculty of Education, HKU	Room LG 02, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
2 Feb 2007 (Friday) 12:45-2pm	Written Cantonese and Implications for Hong Kong	Dr Don Snow, English Department, Nanjing University, China	Dr Stephen Matthews, Department of Linguistics, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, HKU	Room LG 01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
1 Feb 2007 (Thursday) 10:30am-12noon * Co-organised with Graduate School, HKU	Writing the Background Chapters of Your Thesis	Dr Brian Paltridge, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney, Australia	Dr Elaine Martyn, English Centre, HKU	T6, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
30 Jan 2007 (Tuesday) 12:45-2pm	Audience and Thesis and Dissertation Writing	Dr Brian Paltridge, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney, Australia	Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU	Room LG 01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
14 Dec 2006 (Thursday) 12:45-2pm	Vocabulary Development in First and Second Language Acquisition	Prof Ping Li, Department of Psychology, University of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Dr Sam Leung, Faculty of Education, HKU	LG 02, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
13 Dec 2006 (Wednesday) 12:45-1:45pm	Submitting Articles to Peer-reviewed Journals: Views from an Editor	Prof Ping Li, Department of Psychology, University of Richmond, Virginia, USA	Dr Sam Leung, Faculty of Education, HKU	LG 01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
12 Dec 2006 (Tuesday) 5:30-7:30pm	Research into Communication between Doctors and Patients: Applying Conversation Analysis	Prof Paul Drew, Department of Sociology, University of York, UK	Dr Agnes Kang, School of English, Faculty of Arts, HKU	LG 06, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
1 Dec 2006 (Friday) 12:45-2pm	'Welcome to the Online Discussion Group': Towards a Diagnostic Framework for Teachers	Dr Kristina Love, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia	Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU	LG 01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
23 Nov 2006 (Thursday) 5-6:30pm	Self/Peer-Assessment: Stress-Free Consciousness-Raising and Reflection	Dr Andrew E. Finch, Kyungpook National University, Korea	Dr David Gardner, English Centre, HKU	Lecture Room T2, Meng Wah Complex, HKU
8 Nov 2006 (Wednesday) 4-5:30pm	Mainland Chinese Undergraduates' English-learning Experiences in Hong Kong: A Case Study focusing on Learning Strategy Use	Mr Andy Gao, PhD candidate, English Centre/ Faculty of Education, HKU	Dr Agnes Lam, English Centre, HKU	LG 01, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU
20 Sept 2006 (Wednesday) 5-6:30pm	Latent Variable and Longitudinal Modeling for Language Education Research	Prof Steven Ross, School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe-Sanda, Japan	Dr David Carless, Faculty of Education, HKU	Room 167, Main Building, HKU
14 Sept 2006 (Thursday) 4-5:30pm	Multilingualism and Language Policies across Europe *co-presented with CERC, Faculty of Education, HKU	Dr Gabrielle Hogan-Brun, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, UK	Dr Chris Davison, Faculty of Education, HKU	LG 02, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, HKU