English Language Leaders Symposium
. . . an informal conversational meeting for leaders and teachers in English Language centers throughout Asia. This Symposium is hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Undergraduate Core Education Office. WHERE: HKUST, Clear Water Bay, New Territories Hong Kong WHEN: Friday, March 11, 9:00 am, Saturday, March 12, 9:00 am-11:30 am. COST: No conference charge. CONTACT: Prof. Art Bell, artbell@ust.hk
Details about the English Language Leaders Symposium
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEADERS SYMPOSIUM (ELLS)
Where: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Clear Water Bay, New Territories Hong Kong
When: Friday, March 11 Coffee reception 9 am, Session starts 9:30 am
Banquet (casual dress is fine) from 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Saturday, March 12 Coffee reception 9 am, Session starts 9:30 am
Conference concludes at 11:30 am
If you can stay through Sunday or longer to enjoy Hong Kong, at the symposium we will distribute literature on things to see and do in this area.
Why: *An opportunity to share program strategies, pedagogical strategies, and teaching materials with your fellow English Language peers throughout Asia.
* A chance to network with fellow English Language colleagues and program leaders.
Who: Sponsored by the Undergraduate Core Education Office, HKUST
Contact person for all symposium questions: Professor Art Bell, artbell@ust.hk, tel. 852 2358 5951, home 852 2382 8551, fax 852 2358 1467
Costs: The Symposium is free. Participants pay for their own transportation and lodging.
Notification of Your Attendance: For our planning purposes, please email Art Bell (artbell@ust.hk) no later than Jan 31, 2011 if you will be attending.
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How to Prepare for the Symposium and What Materials to Bring
We will not be delivering traditional academic papers to one another at this gathering.
Instead, your program will be given 30-40 minutes (depending on final participation list) to
* briefly describe its work, student profile, and specific goals
* raise any issues or problems your program may be facing—matters on which you would welcome discussion and insight from the group
* distribute any learning materials you have found particularly useful and successful in your program. (Please bring 15 copies of such materials in electronic form—preferably a CD or memory stick that can be given to each attending program.
Please bring these with you; we will not have sufficient time or facilities to duplicate disks or load memory sticks during the symposium itself.)
If you would like to use PowerPoint for your program presentation/discussion, we will have a Windows-based PC connected to an overhead color projector on hand. (Please note that MANY program leaders have indicated that they will present more informally, not using PowerPoint but instead simply talking from a short handout for the group.)
To make our time together more efficient and enjoyable, a Recording Secretary will take thorough notes on all discussion and will distribute these notes to participants at the end of the conference.
Dress: Casual and comfortable for all sessions, including the Luncheon and the Friday Night Banquet.
Honored Guests:
1. You
2. HKUST Vice-Provost David Mole, who will be giving Opening Remarks and a Welcome to the group
3. Banquet speakers Joe Bookbinder (Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate, Hong Kong; and Glenn Shive, Executive Director of the Hong Kong America Center (HAC)
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How to Get Here and Where to Stay
Because our numbers are relatively small and selective for this first Symposium and because many attendees have indicated they will be staying in favorite Hong Kong areas or with friends, we have not “blocked off” rooms at any particular hotel.
Getting a Hotel Relatively Near to the HKUST Campus
Although there are no hotels within walking distance to campus, you can stay relatively close by choosing one of the many comfortable hotels in the Kowloon and Tsim Sha Tsui areas. Please see the HotelsRoomRate .pdf attached for some sample rates (quoted to us as typical for mid-March by the hotels) and several Internet booking services you may want to use. All these hotels have websites, so you may want to “google” them in advance to check out their locations and see what rooms look like.
Getting to Your Hotel from the Airport
You have many options (cab, metro (MTR), bus) for getting to your hotel and from your hotel to HKUST. Please see the TravelLocationMaps .pdf attached for general orientation. A cab may be easiest, though more expensive, if you are bringing more than carry-on luggage with you.
Getting from Your Hotel to the HKUST Campus
Again, buses, the metro (MTR), and cabs are all available to you. Please see the DirectionsToUST attachment for specific directions.
Suggestion: if you plan to take a cab and don’t speak Cantonese, have the doorman at your hotel make clear to the cab driver that you want to go to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) at Clear Water Bay. Otherwise, the driver may only hear “Hong Kong University” (a different place) and take you there. It also may prove handy to get a card bearing the name and address of your hotel so you can show it to your cab driver when returning to your hotel.
When You Arrive at the HKUST Campus
A student host will greet you (he or she will have a large ELLS sign) inside the guard entry gate alongside the Plaza driving circle marked in the middle by a huge red sundial, the HKUST logo. The student host will guide you to the Coffee Reception area.
Here are a few links you may find helpful:
Hong Kong International Airport (http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/index.html)
Hong Kong Customs - Advice to Travelers (http://www.customs.gov.hk/eng/advice_advice_e.ht
Hong Kong Observatory Weather Forecast
(http://www.hko.gov.hk/contente.htm)
Health and Hygiene Matters – HKUST (http://www.ust.hk/healthmatters/)
If you have not yet confirmed your attendance, please do so by an email to Prof. Art Bell, artbell@ust.hk We would like to have all confirmations gathered by Jan. 31. There is no charge for this conference. Thank you!
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEADERS SYMPOSIUM (ELLS)
Where: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Clear Water Bay, New Territories Hong Kong
When: Friday, March 11 Coffee reception 9 am, Session starts 9:30 am
Banquet (casual dress is fine) from 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Saturday, March 12 Coffee reception 9 am, Session starts 9:30 am
Conference concludes at 11:30 am
If you can stay through Sunday or longer to enjoy Hong Kong, at the symposium we will distribute literature on things to see and do in this area.
Why: *An opportunity to share program strategies, pedagogical strategies, and teaching materials with your fellow English Language peers throughout Asia.
* A chance to network with fellow English Language colleagues and program leaders.
Who: Sponsored by the Undergraduate Core Education Office, HKUST
Contact person for all symposium questions: Professor Art Bell, artbell@ust.hk, tel. 852 2358 5951, home 852 2382 8551, fax 852 2358 1467
Costs: The Symposium is free. Participants pay for their own transportation and lodging.
Notification of Your Attendance: For our planning purposes, please email Art Bell (artbell@ust.hk) no later than Jan 31, 2011 if you will be attending.
- - - - - - -
How to Prepare for the Symposium and What Materials to Bring
We will not be delivering traditional academic papers to one another at this gathering.
Instead, your program will be given 30-40 minutes (depending on final participation list) to
* briefly describe its work, student profile, and specific goals
* raise any issues or problems your program may be facing—matters on which you would welcome discussion and insight from the group
* distribute any learning materials you have found particularly useful and successful in your program. (Please bring 15 copies of such materials in electronic form—preferably a CD or memory stick that can be given to each attending program.
Please bring these with you; we will not have sufficient time or facilities to duplicate disks or load memory sticks during the symposium itself.)
If you would like to use PowerPoint for your program presentation/discussion, we will have a Windows-based PC connected to an overhead color projector on hand. (Please note that MANY program leaders have indicated that they will present more informally, not using PowerPoint but instead simply talking from a short handout for the group.)
To make our time together more efficient and enjoyable, a Recording Secretary will take thorough notes on all discussion and will distribute these notes to participants at the end of the conference.
Dress: Casual and comfortable for all sessions, including the Luncheon and the Friday Night Banquet.
Honored Guests:
1. You
2. HKUST Vice-Provost David Mole, who will be giving Opening Remarks and a Welcome to the group
3. Banquet speakers Joe Bookbinder (Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate, Hong Kong; and Glenn Shive, Executive Director of the Hong Kong America Center (HAC)
- - - - - - - - -
How to Get Here and Where to Stay
Because our numbers are relatively small and selective for this first Symposium and because many attendees have indicated they will be staying in favorite Hong Kong areas or with friends, we have not “blocked off” rooms at any particular hotel.
Getting a Hotel Relatively Near to the HKUST Campus
Although there are no hotels within walking distance to campus, you can stay relatively close by choosing one of the many comfortable hotels in the Kowloon and Tsim Sha Tsui areas. Please see the HotelsRoomRate .pdf attached for some sample rates (quoted to us as typical for mid-March by the hotels) and several Internet booking services you may want to use. All these hotels have websites, so you may want to “google” them in advance to check out their locations and see what rooms look like.
Getting to Your Hotel from the Airport
You have many options (cab, metro (MTR), bus) for getting to your hotel and from your hotel to HKUST. Please see the TravelLocationMaps .pdf attached for general orientation. A cab may be easiest, though more expensive, if you are bringing more than carry-on luggage with you.
Getting from Your Hotel to the HKUST Campus
Again, buses, the metro (MTR), and cabs are all available to you. Please see the DirectionsToUST attachment for specific directions.
Suggestion: if you plan to take a cab and don’t speak Cantonese, have the doorman at your hotel make clear to the cab driver that you want to go to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) at Clear Water Bay. Otherwise, the driver may only hear “Hong Kong University” (a different place) and take you there. It also may prove handy to get a card bearing the name and address of your hotel so you can show it to your cab driver when returning to your hotel.
When You Arrive at the HKUST Campus
A student host will greet you (he or she will have a large ELLS sign) inside the guard entry gate alongside the Plaza driving circle marked in the middle by a huge red sundial, the HKUST logo. The student host will guide you to the Coffee Reception area.
Here are a few links you may find helpful:
Hong Kong International Airport (http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/index.html)
Hong Kong Customs - Advice to Travelers (http://www.customs.gov.hk/eng/advice_advice_e.ht
Hong Kong Observatory Weather Forecast
(http://www.hko.gov.hk/contente.htm)
Health and Hygiene Matters – HKUST (http://www.ust.hk/healthmatters/)
If you have not yet confirmed your attendance, please do so by an email to Prof. Art Bell, artbell@ust.hk We would like to have all confirmations gathered by Jan. 31. There is no charge for this conference. Thank you!