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Now, Darren Harbutt is not new to the teachers‘ Lift. Back in 2020, he featured in one of our early episodes when HKU hosts, Phil Smythe and Aditi Jhaveri, where he shared his expertise on blended learning with a focus on e-assessment. Now it’s
Bilingualism in Hong Kong is often the product of learning English as a second language (L2) after Cantonese has been acquired as the first language (L1). Issues of code-switching (speakers alternating between two or more languages), interferen
Now in this latest episode from the Teachers’ Lift, we hear from Dave Gatrell, pedagogical consultant at PolyU's Educational Development Centre. Hosts, Dawn Gillis and Eric Tindall quiz Dave about his phd studies, and how video annotation softw
In this episode, our hosts Colin Tait and Levi Lam are chatting with Dr. Lisa Cheung about the work she has done in developing an English in the Discipline (ED) Course at the Centre for Applied English Studies at HKU. Lisa reflects on her lon
In this episode, Dr. Svetlana Chigaeva-Heddad invites us to imagine the future of English language teaching and talks to Aditi about why this is necessary. She describes Futures Literacy in terms of acknowledging the uncertainties we face, bein
From Nina Simone to Bowie, the Velvet Underground to the Rolling Stones, taking in Cairo and Beijing along the way, this wide-ranging conversation with the PolyU’s former Director of the English Language Centre, Bruce Morrison, looks back at h
What’s the role of self-access language learning centres in today's online world? Do they still have a place? Can they be re-imagined? In this episode of Teachers’ Lift, the tables are turned on host Eric Tindall as he is interviewed by Dawn Gi
We’re always looking for ways to make our students more engaged and make teaching more engaging for us – one possibility is to incorporate design-based learning. But first, we need to know what this is, its benefits, its challenges, and how thi
Why do Hong Kong university students learn German? What makes them interested in the German language and culture? And how do teachers build on students’ skills acquired while learning a first and second language to help them learn a new foreign
As HKU prepared to return to face-to-face teaching and learning this semester after almost 2 years of being online, Dr. Alvin Wong from the Department of Comparative Literature and Dr. Brenda Allegre from Gender studies, gauge the mood of their
In this episode Levi Lam interviews Dr. Melinda Whong, Director of the Centre for Language Education at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, about two major initiatives she's spearheaded during her tenure- scholarship and compete
Mark Hopkins is a Lecturer in English and French for the Center for Language Education at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he has led the 3rd Languages team for the last 10 years. Some of the 3rd languages include Spani
The goals of the Teaching and Learning Committee (TLC) are to help academic staff improve their teaching, to help students improve their learning, and to develop opportunities for conversation and reflection among faculty, students, and staff a
This episode of Teachers' Lift has Lillian Wong and Ashley Hazell tell us all about how they prepared for the originally planned face-to-face HKCPD Hub International Conference 2021 for English teaching professionals to be changed into an onlin
Dr. Nora Hussin is an Associate Director for the Center for Language Education at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Levi Lam is a Lecturer at the center. One of Dr. Hussin's many responsibilities includes designing and impleme
May Liao is a Lecturer of English for the Center for Language Education at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Levi Lam is also a Lecturer at the center. One of May's roles is to organize "socials" for first-year students in an
In this episode of Teachers' Lift Eric Tindall and new host Dawn Gillis, both from PolyU, interview Fridolin Ting. Frid is a teaching fellow in the Maths department at PolyU. What you might ask, is someone who teaches maths doing on Teachers’ L
As the Coordinator of English-in-the-Discipline Social Sciences programme at the Centre for Applied English Studies in HKU, Dr. Eleanor Kwan talks to us about addressing the academic and professional literacy needs of students by familiarizing
In this episode we have Dr. Parco Wong from HKU and Dr. Linda Lin from HKPolyU talking about the considerations that go into the planning, design, delivery, and management of an 'English for Academic Purposes' course; the joy it brings them, th
In this episode, Clarence Wang from the Centre for Applied English Studies at HKU, tells us about the roles and responsibilities of a programme coordinator in English Language Centres in universities. From leading a programme team, designing cu
This episode is unlike any other because in this show we have Connie Poon share her experiences of being a teacher of Chinese language at HKU. She talks about teaching Chinese in the discipline courses, which are aimed at enhancing students' pr
This unique episode has four language teachers tell us about their experience of developing Small Private Online Courses (SPOCs) on language and communication topics. It entails details about how they went about preparing SPOCs on impactful pre
In this episode from HKUST our hosts Tess Hogue and Levi Lam talk to Sean McMinn about what is digital literacy and why it is relevant to language teaching.
This episode features Albert Wong from the Centre for Applied English Studies at HKU who elaborates on the unique but very specific set of skills needed for one-on-one and small group language advising. He emphasizes the need for a dialogic app
In this episode, Lowana Phillips from the Centre for Applied English Studies at HKU, talks about the powerful role of works of art (such as paintings and sculptures) in helping students learn. She says, engagement with art does not only enable
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