Workshops and Seminars
How to learn English: Your child’s English language education. Workshop delivered to 100 parents and students at HKMLC Queen Maud Secondary School, 12 January 2011, Hong Kong.
How to learn English: Your child’s English language education. Workshop delivered to 100 parents and students at Ng Yuk Secondary School, 11 Dec 2010, Hong Kong.
How to learn English: Your child’s English language education. Workshop delivered to 400 parents in the Knowledge Exchange Workshop, organized by The Knowledge Exchange Network, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, 26 June 2010.
Knowledge Exchange: Workshops/Seminars in Schools/Universities
“Catering for learner diversity through reading and writing across the curriculum”. 3-hour seminar delivered to 20 content subject teachers, INSTEP Course commissioned by the Education Bureau, Hong Kong, 18 January 2017.
“Using information texts in the primary schools”. 3-hour seminar delivered to 30 English language teachers, INSTEP Course commissioned by the Education Bureau, Hong Kong, 25 February 2017.
“Catering for learner diversity through reading and writing across the curriculum”. 3-hour seminar delivered to 25 content subject and English language teachers, INSTEP Course commissioned by the Education Bureau, Hong Kong, 6 June 2017.
“Diversifying models of medium of instruction in Hong Kong schools”. 2-hour seminar delivered at the Education Policy Unit, University of Hong Kong, 31 May 2017.
“Implementing content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in local educational institutions”. A 2-hour seminar delivered to 40 teachers in the Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong, 25 November 2016.
“How language varies: Understanding differences between everyday languages and academic languages & implications for teaching students in English Programs”. A three-hour seminar delivered to 70 school administrators and teachers at the Association of Private Schools for English Programs (APEP), Bangkok, Thailand, 18 June 2016.
“Improving students’ English using authentic content-based materials: A genre-based approach to teaching content and language”. A 6-hour workshop delivered to 20 faculty members in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology; organized by the Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 14 November 2015.
“Connecting reading and writing: A genre-based approach to enhancing academic English literacies”. Empowerment workshop given to 39 curriculum leaders (panel chairs, vice-principals, principals) from 9 schools; organized by the Education Bureau (Curriculum Development Institute—English Language Education Section), Hong Kong, 24 October 2015.
“Buy one get one free?” Content and language integrated learning (CLIL). A 2-hour seminar delivered to over 90 foreign teachers teaching in the English Program, Sarasas Ektra Bilingual School, Bangkok, Thailand, 26 June 2015.
“Buy one get one free?” A whole-school approach to content and language integrated learning (CLIL). A three-hour seminar delivered to over 80 school administrators and teachers at the Association of Private Schools for English Programs (APEP), Bangkok, Thailand, 20 June 2015.
Designing assessment tasks with language awareness in EMI education. Workshop delivered to over 50 teachers at St Margaret’s School, Hong Kong, 25 August 2014. (Co-presenting with Prof. Steve Andrews and Dr. Yuen Yi Lo)
Introducing CLIL: Integrating language learning with the content areas. Workshop delivered to over 20 curriculum leaders (year coordinators, department heads) at the Sarasas Ektra Bilingual School, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 August 2014.
Reading and Writing Skills for Physics and Mathematics. Workshop delivered to over 20 teachers at Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School, 20 June 2014.
Language Across the Curriculum. Workshop delivered to 30 teachers at DMHC Siu Ming Catholic Secondary School, Hong Kong, 18 June 2014. (Co-presenting with Dr. Yuen Yi Lo)
Language Across the Curriculum. Workshop delivered to over 100 teachers at the Hong Kong Vocational Training Council, 21 February 2014.
Language Across the Curriculum—Teachers’ Capacity Building. Workshop delivered to 120 teachers at St. Margaret’s Co-educational Secondary and Primary School, 29 August 2013.
Co-ordinator & Workshop Materials Designer, Connecting Reading and Writing in Secondary Schools. Workshop series co-organized with Hong Kong Education Bureau—Curriculum Development Institute (English Section), March-June 2013.
Co-ordinator & Workshop Materials Designer, Reading in the Primary School: Connecting to Junior Secondary Levels. Workshop series co-organized with Hong Kong Education Bureau—Curriculum Development Institute (English Section), March-June 2013.
Co-ordinator & Workshop Materials Designer, Reading Across the Curriculum in Primary Schools. Workshop series co-organized with Hong Kong Education Bureau—Curriculum Development Institute (English Section), January-April 2013.
Designing science lessons with language awareness. Workshop co-delivered to 15 science and English teachers, (co-organized with Hong Kong Education Bureau—Curriculum Development Institute (Science Section), 29 June 2013.
Teaching science with language awareness. Seminar co-delivered to 90 science and English teachers at the University of Hog Kong, (co-organized with Hong Kong Education Bureau—Curriculum Development Institute (Science Section)), 19 June 2013.
LAC Resource Persons Post-course support offered to 3 schools (for the LAC Resources Workshops co-organized with Hong Kong Education Bureau (Commission & Planning), January-July 2013.
Language across the curriculum: what is it, why is it important and how can it be implemented. Keynote speech given in the Medium of Instruction for Secondary Schools Sharing Session on A Whole-school Approach to Language across the Curriculum, 24 November 2012, Hong Kong Education Bureau.
Language across the curriculum for science and mathematics. Workshop given to 20 science and math teachers at the Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School, 22 October 2012.
Reading Across the Curriculum and Academic Study Skills. Workshop given to 120 students at Kowloon True Light Middle School, 18 January 2012.
Language Across the Curriculum: Raising language awareness of content teachers. Teachers’ workshop given at Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School, 9 January 2012.
Language Across the Curriculum: Developing a common language between content teachers and language teachers. Teachers’ workshop given at Kowloon True Light Middle School, 29 August 2011.
Language across the curriculum. Teachers’ workshop given at WGHs Mrs Fung Wong Fung Ting College, 6th July 2011.
A 4-step literacy approach to developing language across the curriculum. Teachers’ workshop given at Munsang College, Hong Kong, 18 January 2011.
How to help students to learn science in English. Keynote speech delivered at the 2nd Symposium on Language and Literacy in Science Learning. Organized by the Curriculum Development Unit (Science Section), Hong Kong Education Bureau, 18 December 2010.
Strategies in developing language across the curriculum. Seminar given at the Medium of Instruction for Secondary Schools—Half-yearly Sharing Session: Learning English and learning in English: Getting in tune with our students’ needs, Hong Kong Education Bureau, 20 November 2010.
A Genre-based Approach to Developing Academic Literacies. Teachers’ workshop given at True Light Middle School, Hong Kong, 24 August 2010.
How to teach academic science language. Keynote speech delivered to 150 science teachers in the Symposium on Language & Literacy in Science Learning, organized by Hong Kong Education Bureau (Curriculum Development Institute—Science Education Section), 24 June 2010.
ELT Rap: How to use rap music to create lyrics for English language education. Workshop given to 250 school teachers at the Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 18 July 2006.