本地語文課程
Local Language Courses

Course Outline:

• Gain confidence to express yourself effectively in any situation in English
• Sharpening listening, thinking and speaking skills
• Develop great communication and presentation skills
• Learn to formulate and organise your ideas
• Become a better communicator
• Foster interpersonal relationship by giving constructive comments

This programme provides participants opportunities to present in front of a group of audience.  This "learn by doing" and interactive programme has proven to be effective, enjoyable and worthwhile.  Participants learn and progress in a friendly, safe, and supportive environment.

To achieve optimum results, participants are expected to be committed and highly participative during the class.  Students will find this programme particularly rewarding when they face the challenging and competitive job market and the future business world.

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Course Outline:

The main purpose of this course is to give students increased confidence in using English well in a wide variety of common organizational situations, giving them clear ideas about appropriate styles needed when interacting with different cultural groups and different types of people, using an E.Q. (Emotional Intelligence).

Content

This course provides students with a base for lifelong independent learning in leadership skills. It gives students the opportunity to develop their personal growth and leadership potential through the interpersonal skills training activities in each class. Activities like role plays are designed to simulate problems and situations students encounter in real life, and local examples are used as much as possible to keep the learning more relevant and ready for immediate use both on campus and off campus, and in international settings.

*Students will need to have a good command of English to participate fully (Level 4 or above in HKDSE / Level 5 or above in IB / 80 or above in Tariff or equivalent level).

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Course Outline:

This course aims to provide students with training in public speaking in English. Specifically, the course is designed to help students in the following areas: to speak with confidence, with substance, with conviction and with clearly defined goal(s); to speak in a style appropriate to the occasion and with suitable gestures and body language; to develop a sense of timing and the appropriate use of pitch and voice qualities; to practice public talks and presentations to targeted audiences.

This course uses the Communication Model to help students learn how to "read" audiences' needs, in order to present oneself and one's material in a more persuasive way. That is, students learn to focus on the receivers of the message they intend to send, in order to be able to better convince different audiences by suitably adjusting the message content. Students are given as much chance to practice as possible, preparing their own speeches and role-playing in a variety of common situations. They will be videoed in action, and will get a chance to view the tape of themselves after feedback sessions. Participants can also practice PowerPoint presentations, and learn how to handle I.T. appropriately in presentation.

Special focus will be given to planning and preparation, attention getters and speech structures, use of visual aids and notes, managing nervousness, body language, use of eye contact, and other physical aspects of presentation. Specific topics include presentation of speeches to introduce and welcome a colleague, guest or visitor; impromptu speaking (speaking without preparation); presentations of proposals, speeches to get action, to convince, self-presentation in interviews, meetings and groups, and crisis management, especially when dealing with the media. We will also go off campus to attend a Toastmasters Club meeting, to hear speeches being presented by others.

*Students will need to have quite a good command of English to participate comfortably in this course.

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Course Outline:

This course aims to

• Provide students with the opportunity to improve their self-presentation skills in English, and to build their personal portfolio materials for use in gaining employment, academic exchange and post-graduate opportunities
• To help students become more self-aware, through reflecting on their personal characteristics, their life experience and their educational backgrounds, expanding these to reach international expectation

Using personalised, interactive workshop formats and assessment, the course focuses on providing them with the materials, confidence and skills to explain and articulate their potential in real life settings.

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課程綱要：

本課程重視普通話的活學活用，在課堂加入普通話教學遊戲，寓學習於活動，從而有效地增加學員的學習興趣，提高學員運用普通話的能力。

課程目的：

• 打好基礎︰介紹漢語拼音方案及普通話聲母、韻母、聲調、口語變調、兒化、輕聲等基本而實用的普通話語音知識，為學好普通話打好基礎。
• 避免方言︰針對粵方言區同學獨有的語音、詞彙、語法問題，加以重點修正。
• 活學活用︰通過教學活動，增加學員運用普通話的機會，並提高學員運用普通話的能力。
• 學會學習︰就每個語音專題提供「延伸學習」資料，並加以適當指導，使學員學會自學，使有志進一步學習普通話的學員可以自我改善。

教學活動涵蓋兩方面，一為練習語音；二為練習活用︰

1. 針對學生「廣東話說偏一點兒便是普通話」這種誤讀情況，著重聲、韻、調的練習，通過系統生動的教學，糾正學員的讀音問題，加強聽力訓練，改善學員口語準確度，並增加詞匯量。
2. 針對學員怯於表達的情況，加入情景對話、配音練習、小組討論、小組或個人遊戲等活動，為學員提供不同的語境，增加學員的參與，使學員感到普通話是活的語言，達到活學活用普通話的目的。

課程內容：

• 漢字發音
• 語音矯正
• 聽力訓練
• 常用詞彙
• 普通話、廣東話詞彙比較
• 普通話、廣東話語法比較
• 不同語境的普通話運用
• 專題會話及演講能力訓練

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Objective：

Understand the Cantonese language used in Hong Kong in order to help international students to have more understanding of local culture and enrich the exchange experience.

• Provide international exchange students chances to use the language in various language tasks and enrich students’ exchange experience through the tasks
• Provide international exchange students with more understanding of the language used in Hong Kong.

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