CAES Annual Report 2019-2020

CAES ANNUAL REPORT 2019 – 2020 5 4 Primary Mission The Centre’smission is to improve the academic literacy skills of undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). The Centre provided courses for 8,115 postgraduate and undergraduate students in 2019-2020. All of our courses have been designed in consultation with faculty colleagues to ensure that they are teaching communication skills which are well-aligned with students’ curricula. In 2019-2020, the following courses were offered: Faculty CAES Code Course Year No. of Students All 1000 Core University English 1 2,177 Architecture 9121 Communication Course for Architecture Students 2 172 Arts 9201 Academic English: Countries and Cultures 2 157 9202 Academic English: Literary Studies 2 45 9203 Academic English: Philosophy and the History of Ideas 2 20 9204 Academic English: History 2 50 9205 Academic English: Language Studies 2 145 9206 Academic English: Creative and Visual Arts 2 56 Business & Economics 9920 Academic Communication for Business and Economics 2 610 Dentistry 9350 Academic English for Dentistry 5 53 Education 9420 Academic English for Information Management & Social Data Science Students 3 60 9421 Academic English for Speech & Hearing Sciences Students 2 37 9423 Academic English for Education Students 2 122 9430 Academic English for Early Childhood Education Students 3 29 Engineering 9531 Technical English for Medical Engineering 3 21 9532 Technical English for Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering 3 38 9540 Technical English for Civil Engineering 4 155 9541 Technical English for Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 84 9542 Technical English for Computer Science 4 154 9544 Technical English for Mechanical Engineering 4 157 Medicine 9720 Academic Communication for Pharmacy Students 2 13 9721 Academic Communication for Nursing Students 2 180 9722 Academic English for Biomedical Sciences Students 2 55 9730 English for Clinical Clerkship for Chinese Medicine Students 3 22 9740 Professional Communication in Clinical Practice 4 227 Science 9820 Academic English for Science Students 2 441 9821 Professional and Technical Communication for Mathematical Sciences 2 140 Social Sciences 9921 Great Speeches: Rhetoric and Delivery 2 88 9922 Language, Genre and Reports 2 69 9923 Writing Psychology: Text and Context 2 95 9925 Academic and Professional Literacies in Social Work 2 44 9930 Dissertation Writing in the Social Sciences 3 21 Subtotal 5,737 Regular undergraduate enhancement courses Vision The Centre for Applied English Studies aims to be recognized as a regional and international leader in thefieldof second languageeducation through teaching, research and innovation. In this way, we will continue to make a vital contribution to The University of Hong Kong as a leading English-medium university.