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ENG3243 Research Writing
研究与写作
This course will offer students the opportunity to learn and apply research skills to a real-world problem or challenge culminating in the production of a piece of research conforming to rigorous academic and professional standards. The focus of this course is on developing writing and research skills simultaneously, allowing students to expand critical thinking while engaging in writing tasks.
Check DetailsENG4063 Off-Campus Internship Experience
校外实习
The Final Year Project (FYP) is a capstone that brings together academic and professional skills acquired in the programme. Under the guidance of a supervisor, the student will identify a suitable research or portfolio topic; find research materials; narrow the topic; read, evaluate, and interpret materials; write, edit, and polish, and, finally, document and present the work.
Check DetailsENG4143 Final Year Project II (ELLS)
毕业论文 II
Students will complete the project that they started in ENG4103 Final Year Project (FYP) I. This project (FYP II) is geared for the students who have shown the capacity for strong academic or professional work. Students will meet their supervisor during the semester in order to discuss progress. During the meetings, the students should bring in evidence, documenting progress. At the end of the semester all FYP II students will sit for an oral defense, which will involve a presentation and question-and-answer period with at least two faculty members.
Check DetailsPSY2053 Educational Psychology and Classroom Practice
教育心理学与课堂实践
This course aims to develop understanding of key concepts and theories in educational psychology and their application to the classroom teaching and learning; use key psychological constructs such as learning, motivation, cognitive processes and social construction as the basis for explaining current educational practice; identify and suggest efficient teaching methods, and evaluate the effectiveness of current educational practice.
Check DetailsTESL2013 Approaches to Second Language Teaching
第二语言的教学方法
This course aims to: (1) help students understand the principles of teaching a second language; (2) help them learn about the history and application of various language teaching approaches, methods, techniques and strategies; (3) relate the learned knowledge and expertise to the language teaching situation in China; (4) explore the ways of applying these approaches and strategies to language classrooms.
Check DetailsTESL3013 Language and Education
语言与教育
This subject aims to: explore the interplay between language and education; understand the role of language in education from both linguistic perspectives and sociolinguistic perspectives.
Check DetailsENG3193 Writing for New Media
新媒体写作
This course focuses on composing new media works using established web-based technologies. Students will build on the writing skills they have developed in Professional and Technical Writing to produce polished non-fiction works that communicate effectively online with public audiences.
Check DetailsENG3213 Language in Business and Legal Communication
商务与法律语言传意
This course aims to introduce a genre-based approach to analyse and evaluate the language use in professional genres from various business and legal settings, and foster students’ writing and speaking skills for communicating with specific purposes in business and legal settings.
Check DetailsENG4113 Advanced Professional Writing
高级专业英文写作
The class builds on the skills and the knowledge base acquired in Professional and Technical Writing to further their abilities to analyse and to present in written form information and concepts to audiences in global business contexts. Students will learn to apply writing techniques and strategies to present information accessibly and will be provided with the skills to edit their own professional and technical writing as well as those of their peers. Students will be invited to consider professional writing both as practical discipline and as a scholarly field.
Check DetailsENG4153 Editing and Publishing Practicum II
编辑与出版实习 II
The course will be devoted to the production-related aspects of the publication process. Herein, the students will work on the production phase of the publication, including the design, layout, and production of a professional quality publication. The students will be asked to conduct smaller-sized projects, using technology in order to diversify their knowledge of production-related print and online technology related to the publishing industry. Further, students will demonstrate through a research project their knowledge of the publishing industry, including developments in print and online technology and in publishing standards.
Check DetailsENG4163 Experiential Writing
体验式写作
The course is intended to engage students with the principles and practices of writing about an experience of leadership development (or other relevant experiences) that has been gained through community fieldwork (such as voluntary teaching, voluntary performance, etc.) over an extended period.
Check DetailsENG3093 Contemporary Poetry
当代诗歌鉴赏
This course introduces students to the new styles, courses, and poetic imperatives that emerged in the twentieth century. The course considers poets individually and as participants in poetic schools and movements. Selections may include English language poetry written anywhere in the world as well as some poetry in translation.
Check DetailsENG3103 Asian Diaspora in Literature and Film
亚洲离散文学与影片赏析
This course is designed to introduce the students to a number of fictional or non-fiction works in English produced by the Asian Diaspora in the West. Through these works, the students will examine the patterns of human movements and the impacts of the two worlds, the world of their origin and that of their host country, on their self-understanding of themselves and on their understanding of the world around them. The students will also analyse how people in the Diaspora negotiate between the two or more conflicting worldviews in the process of forming their individual or collective identities. The main aim of the course is to provide a stimulating and innovative approach to the voices of the Asians in the West expressed in English. In order to encourage cross-media and cross-cultural analysis, the course exposes students to selected novels and films, but does not deal specifically with filmic or fictional adaptation.
Check DetailsENG3123 Posthuman Futures: Science Fiction Since 1960
后人类未来：1960 年以来的科幻小说
This course will introduce the genre of science fiction by providing an overview of its early roots in popular culture (including its influence on film and comics), before turning focus to the post-New Wave era of sci-fi, and its impact upon the Western academy. From canonic works of the 1960s by Philip K. Dick and Ursula K. Le Guin, to lesser-known examples from as recently as the last decade, this module seeks to showcase the cutting edge of the genre, exploring various subgenres such as cyberpunk, splatterpunk and slipstream, in order to challenge preconceived notions of what constitutes modern science fiction. In addition, the course will explore the recent schools of critical thought underpinning science fiction studies, such as posthumanism and transhumanism, in order to build upon existing critical knowledge and further understanding of and engagement with contemporary critical discourse.
Check DetailsENG3223 Cross-cultural Studies of Literature
文学的跨文化研习
This course is intended to guide students to read and interpret literature from a cross-cultural perspective. Students will be expected to read works from both Chinese and Western literary traditions. Readings will be organized around either thematic topics such as literary journeys, death, and romantic love or literary genres such as lyric poetry, Bildungsroman, and ghost stories. Chinese texts will be read in English translations and problems of translation will be addressed when necessary. Students’ performance will be measured through class discussions, group presentations, writing assignments, and a final exam.
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