2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Hong Kong university students’ perceptions of verbal and visual humour
Leung, Chi Sun Benjamin
Source: Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Imagination and Education: Imaginative Practice, Inmaginative Inquiry
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Humour comprehension and appreciation in intercultural communication: An exploratory study on Hong Kong tertiary students
Leung, Chi Sun Benjamin
Source: Paper presented at 8th International Summer School and Symposium on Humour and Laughter: Theory, Research and Applications
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Introducing authentic, sustained but scaffolded exposure to spoken English in HK’s primary schools
HUSSIN, Nora Anniesha Binte; BRUCE, Nigel
Source: Paper presented at First International Conference of Popular Culture and Education in Asia
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Journalism education and second language learners: Linking students’ words with their worlds
Jhaveri, Aditi
Source: Paper presented at Postgraduate Research Conference 2008
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Learning academic vocabulary: Strategies and tools
Balunda, S.; Stamper, Suzan Elizabeth
Source: Paper presented at Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference (INTESOL 2008)
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
On the need for global journalism education
Jhaveri, Aditi
Source: Paper presented at 2008 International Conference on Communication and Media (i-COME’08)
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Sub-degree education in Hong Kong: Successes and shortcomings
Jhaveri, Aditi
Press: IATED
Source: Paper presented at ICERI 2008 Proceedings
Source: Paper presented at ICERI 2008 Proceedings
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Through a glass, darkly: processes and effects of teaching L3 through L2
Hopkins, Mark
Source: Paper presented at Mediating Multilingualism: Meanings and Modalities
2008
Conference Paper / Presentation
Towards a principled basis for language teaching
SMITH, Mike Sharwood; WHONG, Melinda Karen
Source: Paper presented at Unknown Event
2007
Journal Publication
Establishing a self-access centre in a secondary school
Miller, Lindsay; Shuk-Ching, Elza Tsang; Hopkins, Mark
Source: ELT Journal, v. 61, (3), p. 220-227
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccm029
DOI: 10.1093/elt/ccm029
<p>This paper reports on establishing and running a Self-Access Centre (SAC) in a secondary school in Hong Kong. The impetus for establishing the SAC came from new government curriculum guidelines with a focus on promoting greater autonomy for school students in their English language education. The approach taken in establishing the SAC was to include as many staff as possible in discussions about how to develop autonomy in the school; to ensure teacher development was part of the process of creating the SAC; and to allow students to share in helping to develop, stock, and run the SAC.</p>