Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES), HKU

The Centre for Applied English Studies’ mission is to improve the academic literacy skills of undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Hong Kong. We run compulsory and elective undergraduate and postgraduate academic literacy courses for UGC-funded students. We provide UGC-funded students one-to-one language support services to develop a range of communication skills. We also run a Masters in Applied Linguistics and co-run a Masters in TESOL with the Faculty of Education. To support the wider HKU community, we offer workshops and courses for taught-postgraduate students and teach English courses for University of Hong Kong administration staff. We also supervise PhD students in the field of Applied Linguistics.

Home for CAES

Room 6.60, 6/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

For enquiries: caes@hku.hk

What's New: Summer with CSS 2020

CAES Communication Support Services (CSS) is pleased to announce its summer services running through 31 July. The Writing Centre, Speaking Studio, and Digital Literacy Lab will continue to offer 1:1 consultations by Zoom to all students of UGC-funded programmes. Students are welcome to book our trained consultants for feedback on any written, spoken, or digital media project. CSS will also offer a variety of workshops focusing on specific communication genres and general language development needs, as well as group discussions. To book, go to: http://caes.hku.hk/css

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Nurturing Global Leaders Programme

NGL is a 12-credit free elective experiential learning course at HKU but it is at the same time so much more beyond just a course. Over the past 11 years, NGL has led 260 HKU undergraduates and 132 local secondary school students on their adventures in Cambodia, China, Myanmar or Thailand, teaching local marginalised youth English communication skills with our 40 community partner organisations. http://caes.hku.hk/ngl/

SPOCS

SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses) were launched in 2019 and use blended learning to focus on niche areas of academic language and other communication skills. Sessions fit around the English-in-the-Discipline and Core University English assessment periods thus directly serving students' needs. Four SPOCs have been offered in the 2019-20 academic year with more currently in progress. https://learning.hku.hk/catalog/course-cat/spoc/

Communication-Intensive Courses

The CiC initiative aims to enhance students’ communication skills in the social, academic and workplace environments. It does this through recognising HKU undergraduate courses that enhance students’ oral, written, visual and digital communication competence. The initiative also brings together teaching staff from across Faculties and build a community of practice of enhancing students’ communication competence. http://cics.hku.hk/

General Language Advising

The General Language Advising programme offers one-to-one consultation sessions that assist students to develop language learning strategies on a longer-term basis. Conducted by experienced lecturers, such sessions aim to help students define their own learning goals, devise learning plans, engage in and reflect on learning activities and progress over time. https://caes.hku.hk/css/

Teacher's Lift

The coronavirus outbreak and move to online teaching provided the impetus for ‘Teachers’ Lift’ - an inter-institutional podcast about teaching - which was made possible through a collaborative effort between HKU, HKUST, and PolyU. With university teachers’ questions and concerns in mind, TL takes the form of an informal dialogue between the show hosts and practitioners. It hopes to build and sustain a community of practice and aims to create opportunities for academics to engage in professional development. To subscribe and listen to TL visit: https://teacherslift.com.

The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Published online bi-annually (in March and October), the Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics (AJAL) is an English language, international, blind-refereed journal. Its goal is to foster discussion and scholarship about the learning, teaching and use of English in Asian contexts. https://caes.hku.hk/ajal

Knowledge Exchange

The Centre for Applied English Studies reaches out to the Hong Kong community through a series of developmental projects designed to provide language learning resources and to understand the needs of Hong Kong learners. The Centre has various projects that have made demonstrable impacts to benefit the community and business. https://caes.hku.hk/home/knowledge-exchange

Centre for Applied English Studies at The University of Hong Kong