HKU SPACE: Learning English Through Current Affairs | 活動專區

Programme Overview

Highlights

This course aims to improve students’ understanding of and ability to discuss issues of current interest in English. It enables them to improve comprehension of news and documentaries, both written and spoken.
Topics cover a wide variety of Hong Kong and international media channels including newspapers, TV, the Internet and podcasts. Students practise and learn discussion and debating skills to capture and convince the audience.

Skills learnt will be very useful for taking part in discussions and debates, presenting in school settings, and studying subjects like current issues and liberal studies.

Programme Details

• Discussion Language through categorised current affairs
> Local, national and international
> Business, economy and banking
> Science and technology
> Environment

• Debating and Negotiating Skills using news and social media
> Persons in news / social media
> Sports
> Places

Learning English Through Current Affairs		-
Application Code	2292-1071NW
Start Date	19 Jul 2024 (Fri)
Time	2:00pm - 5:00pm
Venue	Admiralty Learning Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
Duration	6 weeks 6 meeting(s) 3 hours per meeting
Language	English
Course Fee	HK$2,000

Deadline on 05 Jul 2024 (Fri)

ENQUIRIES 3416 6413/2508 6403: summerschool@hkuspace.hku.hk

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a) complete the enrolment form and enroll in the course(s)

(i) at the Enrolment Centres of HKU SPACE (please refer to the ‘Learning / Enrolment Centres’ section) by cash, EPS, cheque/bank draft or credit cards (VISA / MasterCard);

(ii) by mail with cheque/bank draft to ‘HKU SPACE Summer School Office, 11/F, 250 King’s Road, Hong Kong'.

Cheque/Bank draft should be made payable to ‘HKU SPACE’ with applicant’s name and course(s) applied