Dr. Danny C. H. Leung, Assistant Professor of Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong conducted a well-received workshop on the use of English in emails and letters.

• Review videos of the workshop:
  - Part 1 – Introduction (12:00)

- Part 2 – Ten COMMON ERRORS among white collars(A) (22:41)
- Part 3 – Ten COMMON ERRORS among white collars(B) (23:35)
- Part 4 – Ten TACTICS to improve written communication(A) (24:44)
- Part 5 – Ten TACTICS to improve written communication(B) (38:52)
- Part 6 – Ten SMARTIES for structuring emails (28:04)
- Part 7 – Ten PRACTICAL GUIDES on writing effective emails (19:54)
 
• Download Notes of workshop
• Download PowerPoint of the workshop

Review videos of other workshop

The Workplace English Campaign sponsored a new series of TV and radio programmes, "English Made Easy", to introduce some useful English expressions in various situations.

• Review of radio and video programmes

· More English quizzes on the Internet

Further to the successful debut of our first English quiz on Facebook (apps.facebook.com/englishgovhk), the Workplace English Campaign (WEC) launched another quiz on www.englishquiz.hk to test if you could recognise some of the common errors in the use of English by Hong Kong people.

• Enter www.englishquiz.hk

• Enter apps.facebook.com/englishgovhk to test your understanding of some English sentences commonly used in the workplace
  
  (Note: Game description is presented in Chinese only.)

· "Hong Kong Welcomes You" (2009 version)–in Chinese only

A radio-cum-video programme produced in support of the Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games to introduce some English phrases and vocabulary commonly used in receiving overseas visitors.

• Review of radio and video programmes

· Videos: "Understanding some common English errors and how to overcome them" by Prof. David Li

Prof. David C.S. Li of the Department of English, Hong Kong Institute of Education hosted two well-received workshops to discuss some English errors which are commonly found among Hong Kong Chinese users of English.

• Review videos of the second workshop:


- Part 1 – too + Adj + to + VP (33:46)
- Part 2 – Independent clause as Subject (28:49)
- Part 3 – Pseudo-tough movement (19:42)

• Download Student's Notes of second workshop

• Review videos and Student’s Notes of first workshop


 

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