Presentations


 * Presentations (since 2005; last update Sept 24. 2011)**

2011/8/2 Guest speaker, “When English meets Chinese”; with Dr Benjamin Au Yeung, “Free as the Wind”, RTHK Talk Show.

2011/7/20 Conducted a workshop, with, Ms Olive Cheung, on digital storytelling for secondary school English teachers. An event under the ELITE Knowledge Transfer project headed by Professor Icy Lee.

2011/6/25 Seminar for parents: “Teaching of Reading and Writing to Young Learners”; organized by OUP(China).

2011/6/21 Speaker at a seminar for secondary teachers: “Becoming an Excellent Teacher of Reading and Writing”; a professional development under the ELiTE project headed by Professor Icy Lee.

2011/6/11 Seminar for parents: “Phonics learning: Why? Why? How?; organized by OUP (China).

2011/5/12-13 Sze, Paul (2011). Developing ESL learners’ speaking writing and skills through digital storytelling. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on ICT in Education, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (May 12-13, 2011) Speaker, Intersection: “Helping non-native English speakers teaching speaking and pronunciation”; with Tracey Derwing, Patricia Pashby, Katya Nemtchinova, and Keli Yerian; the 45th TESOL Convention (March 17-19, 2011; New Orleans, USA).

Sze, Paul (2010). Catering for affect in affect in language learning through digital storytelling. Paper presented at the 4th CLS International Conference: Individual Characteristics and Subjective Variables in Language Learning, Singapore, 2-4 December 2010. 2010/10/22 Presentation with Olive Cheung at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2010: Promoting creativity and reflection through digital storytelling.

2010/10/13 Workshop for the English Department, Buddhist Lam Bing Yim Memorial School: Phonics: What and Why?

2010/9/3 Media briefing, together with Legislative Councillor Mr Ronny Tong, and Dr Richard Wong of HKIEd, on the RWI Ambassadors Scheme.

2010/8/28 Talk on "Synthetic Phonics: Why"; Parents' Workshop organised by OUP.

2010/7/26 Workshop: "eLearning Pedagogies for the English Language Curriculum"; Learning and Teaching Expo 2010; HKEdCity; July 16, 2010. http://www.hkedcity.net/expo2010/

2010/6/26 Subject seminar: “Promoting Collaborative eLearning in the Primary English curriculum through Web 2.0 activities” (with Ms Janet Law, Ms Clare Wong, Ms Peggy Yau, Ms Bess Wong); June 26, 2010; organized by the Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK.

2010/6/11 Sze, Paul. (2010). Digital storytelling for teachers' professional development. Paper presented at //the 2010 Euro-American Conference for Academic Disciplines,// Aix-en-Provence, France, June 8-11, 2010.

2010/5/18 Wrap-up workshop for Learning Circle, Tuen Mun Regional Education Office.

2010/5/11 Sze, Paul. (2010). Preparing ESL teachers for using digital storytelling in English Language teaching. Paper presented at the 8th Malaysia International Conference on English Language Teaching, May 11-13, 2010; Melaka, Malaysia.

2010/4/26 Presentation: Video-recorded panel discussion by former recipients of VC’s Exemplary Teaching Award on teaching, organized by CLEAR for the production of a experience sharing DVD for distribution among CUHK’s teaching staff.

2010/3/4 Presented two symposia at CITE Research Symposium 2010, University of Hong Kong, March 3, 2010:

(1) Personalising English language teaching in secondary schools through technology (with Jenny Yeung and Armstrong Wong) (2) Wikis and blogs for collaborative English language learning activities for primary school students (with Peggy Yau, Bess Wong, and Clare Wong)

2010/2/27 Sze, Paul. (2010). Synthetic phonics for EFL learners? Paper presented at //the 6th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching//, 27-28 February 2010, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2010/2/2 Workshop on peer lesson observation, for Learning Circle, EDB Tuen Mun Regional Office.

2010/1/15 Workshop on Classroom Language, for Learning Circle, organised by EDB Tuen Mun Regional Office.

2009/11/5 Departmental lunch time seminar (with Dr Law Huk Yuen, and Prof Yeung Sau Chu): "Storytelling as Pedagogy?"

2009/10/23 Presented a poster, titled “Spice up your teaching with digital stories”, at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2009.

2009/10/21 Conducted a workshop on digital storytelling for the English Department, Sacred Heart Canossian School.

2009/8/29 Presented a Seminar on phonics learning for parents; seminar organised by Oxford University Press.

2009/8/16; 20 Conducted a two-part workshop on digital storytelling for ELT, for inservice teachers of English.

2009/6/22-26 Presented a poster at the 21st World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

2009/6/14 Presented the findings of the first study in Asia of the effectiveness of synthetic phonics for ESL schoolchildren, at a media briefing for the press in Hong Kong.

2009/6/1 Presented a paper at the European Conference for Academic Disciplines, Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

2009/4/25 ELT Seminar for primary and KG principals and teachers: "Phonics teaching in Hong Kong and the prospects of synthetic phonics"; Seminar organised by OUP (China), held in Royal Plaza Hotel.

2008/12/4-6 Presented a paper at the 13th International Conference on English in Southeast Asia, held at National Institute of Education, Singapore.

2008/10/17 Poster presentation at EXPO: Excellence Online 2008: “Wikis for Professional Sharing” Organised by CLEAR and ITSC of CUHK;

2008/5/16 Speaker, Principals’ Workshop: “Enhancing the quality of learning and teaching of English: from the Primary NET Scheme perspective”; organized by the NET Section, CDI, EDB. Attendance: 49 primary school heads.

2008/5/14 Seminar for S.4 students at CCC Mong Man Wai College: “Fan kill you: Funny mispronunciations in Hong Kong”; organized by the English Department of the school; Attendance: all five S4 classes and some S5 students.

2008/4/22 Staff development workshop on phonics for the English department, Ying Wa Primary School: “A for Apple, and for Bad Man”; organized by the English Department of the school. Attendance: all teachers of the school’s English department and PSMCD.

2008/3/18 Staff development workshop on teaching phonics at lower secondary level for the English Department, Caritas Chong Yuet Ming Secondary School; organized by the SMILE Project of the Faculty of Education, CUHK. Attendance: all teachers of the school's English Department.

2008/2/23 Presented a paper at the 4th CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; title of paper: ‘Teaching phonics through awareness raising activities’.

2008/3/18 Workshop of phonics teaching for English Department, Caritas Chong Yuet Ming Secondary School. This workshop was organised by the SMILE Project, Faculty of Education, CUHK.

2008/2/23 Presented a paper titled "Teaching phonics through awareness raising activities" at the CamTESOL 2008 Conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2008/1/30 Whole-day workshop on effective lesson observation for English panel heads and APSM(CD)s at Government Primary schools; workshop organised by EDB's Govt Primary Schools Section

2007/10/10 "Phonics instruction: Why and how". Professional development workshop conducted for the English Department, Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Sec Sch.; the workshop was organised by the SMILE project, CUHK Faculty of Education.

2007/7/6 "We are all in this together"; speech given in capacity of guest of honour, graduation ceremony, Kwun Tong Government Primary PM School.

2007/6/27 Staff development seminar for English Department, Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School. Theme: Giving feedback on students' writing: Established and alternative approaches.

2007/5/26 Seminar for English Language teachers: “Common mispronunciations in Hong Kong and how to help students avoid them”; organized by Hong Kong Institute of Education Research, CUHK.

2007/5/17 Conducted a workshop on “Developing students’ listening and speaking skills through ELT podcasts” for secondary English teachers. The seminar was organized by the EMB NET section.

2007/4/19 Invited Commentator, Sharing Session on Teaching and Learning of English Language for Teachers in Government Primary Schools; organized by EMB Government Schools Section.

2007/3/9 Talk: “Fun with Radio Drama”, Weekly Assembly, Methodist College.

2007/3/2 Presented a paper at the IT in Education Symposium 2007, organised by HKU

2006/12/16 Seminar on “Experiences in using Wikis for online collaborative writing”, with Dr Barley Mak & Ms Pauline Lee of Shatin Pui Ying College; at CUHK. Seminar co-organised by the WrITE Project and KSC Project.

2006/12/6 Presented a paper at ClaSIC 2006, Singapore: “An online peer observation platform for English language teachers in Hong Kong”.

2006/12/2 Invited speaker (with Prof Shiu Ling-po), RTHK Radio 1 "Smart Parents", topic:The teaching and learning of phonics

2006/10/27 Conducted a staff development workshop on scoring rubrics for English Language teachers at Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School; in collaboration with the Write Project and for the school’s QEF project “ Assessment for Learning: eAssessment Builder”.

2006/7/8 Conducted a workshop with Mr Pun Wai Wing on podcasting and radio drama for English Language and IT teachers; organized by Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK.

2006/6/23 “My research experience”: Presentation at University of Lancaster for a video resource for the UK HEFCE Project “Virtual Resources for Online Research Training”.

2006/4/22 “Using ELT podcasts in English Language teaching”; a seminar for English Language teachers; organized by Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK

2006/2/18 Sharing at Award Presentation Ceremony for Faculty Dean’s List cum Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2005

2006/1/14 “New directions in the teaching of reading in the primary school”: Talk for parents at CUHK PSA Thomas Cheung Primary School.

2005/11/9 Departmental lunch talk on “Using video clips as triggers for teachers’ online discussion”, with Professor Dave Coniam, and Dr Eunice Tang.

2005/9/17 “Recent developments in primary English teaching: “ Talk for parents at Mrs Fung Ping Shan Lee Wing Cheung Primary School