HKU CAES Annual Report 2022-2023

Specially-funded English Courses Specially-funded English Courses (SFEC) offer a variety of workplace and academic English workshops to meet the learning needs of HKU students and staff. All lessons are conducted as plenaries, lectures or small group tutorials using customised materials designed to cater to targeted learners’ professional and discipline-specific academic English demands. The courses are designed based on faculties’ requests for academic, professional and workplace English support to meet the learners’ language needs. In the 2022-2023 academic year, we offered 27 courses to 1,650 students from different faculties (Arts, Business, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Medicine, and Social Sciences) and non-academic/administrative units at HKU. Faculty of Dentistry Medical/Dental Terminology Workshop Faculty of Education Academic Literacy Skills for Bachelor of Science in Applied Child Development Faculty of Arts Academic Writing Plenary (Plagiarism Avoidance and Critical Referencing Skills) for Master of Arts in English Studies Faculty of Business and Economics Presentation Skills for the Master Programmes in Business School Faculty of Dentistry Dissertation Writing for Master of Dental Surgery and Master of Science – An Induction Course Faculty of Education Thesis Writing Workshop for Doctor of Education Academic Writing Workshop for MA(TESOL) - Advanced Academic Literacy Workshop I: Planning and writing an academic essay - Advanced Academic Literacy Workshop II: Presenting stance and arguments in critical writing - Advanced Academic Literacy Workshop III: Writing a literature review Faculty of Engineering Dissertation Writing for Master of Science in Computer Science Presentation Skills for Master of Science in Computer Science Dissertation Writing for Master of Science in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Presentation Skills for Master of Science in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Dissertation Writing for Master of Science in Engineering (Innovative Design and Technology) Presentation Skills for Master of Science in Engineering (Innovative Design and Technology) Faculty of Medicine Dissertation Writing for Medical Sciences – An Induction Course Faculty of Social Sciences Academic Writing Workshop for Master of Social Sciences in Behavioral Health and Master of Expressive Arts Therapy Since 2008, CAES has collaborated with HKU Human Resources Office to offer English training in specialised contexts for identified groups’ language and communication needs. In the 2022-2023 academic year, we offered a range of workplace English courses to 153 non-academic HKU staff. This is a significant increase of 20% from the 2021-2022 enrolment into workplace English courses. The following courses covering various aspects of English workplace communication were offered in the 2022-2023 academic year: • English Communication Skills for HKU Graduate Management Trainees • Grammar Essentials at Work • Professional English Basics Level 1 (Beginners) • Professional English Basics Level 2 (Intermediate) • Workplace Meetings • Workplace Speaking • Workplace Writing CAES offers teacher training programmes (commissioned by the Education Bureau, HKSAR) to in-service English teachers at primary and secondary schools to provide them with up-to-date knowledge about teaching English as a second language. Programmes are tailor-made to enhance teachers’ teaching skills and subject knowledge through hands-on activities, teacher demonstrations and discussions. In support of the implementation of the English language curriculum by the Education Bureau, our programmes target various aspects of language teaching. A total of 550 local teachers participated in our teacher training programmes in the 2022-2023 academic year. The SFEC curricula and lessons have been overwhelmingly well-received by HKU students, staff, faculties, and local teachers. All of the courses and workshops received positive feedback regarding their relevance and teaching quality, with exceptionally high satisfaction ratings for their interactive delivery, the relevance of the materials provided, and the level of student engagement. The courses aim to improve learners’ skills in academic English literacy, dissertation writing, use of specialized terminology, and professional presentations. The following discipline-specific academic English courses with tailor-made instruction and support were offered in the 2022-2023 academic year: Background Workplace English for Non-academic Staff Teacher Training Programmes Academic English Courses for UG and TPG Students Undergraduate level Postgraduate level 24 ANNUAL REPORT 2022-2023 23