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| 20 February 2012 | | | | Venue: Fotogalerie, The HK Fringe Club, 1/F, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong.
The Play this time: "Faith Healer" by Brian Friel
Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 18 February 2012 | | | | Start: 10am sharp.
Meeting Place: Mid-levels Escalator walkway above Queen's Road Central (i.e. where the Escalator walkway and Queen's Road Central intersect) North side. Above the former Central Market building.
Ends: Outside the St John's Building, Garden Road.
Finish: 12.30pm
There will be a self-paying lunch to follow for those who are interested and who book early enough for this to be arranged.
| | | | | 13 February 2012 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8pm
Venue: Aston Education, Unit 7E, China Overseas Building, 130 Hennessy Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Institute) MTR Wanchai (Exit A2, few steps away from Fairwood Fast Food Store).
Guest Speaker: Dr Arthur McNeill
Topic: ¡§Native & Non-Native Speaker Teachers of English: Language Awareness Same Same?¡¨
| | | | | 17 January 2012 | | | | Time: 7-9pm
Venue: ESU Office, Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, No. 1, Kornhill Rd, HK. (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 16 January 2012 | | | | Venue: Fotogalerie, The HK Fringe Club, 1/F, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong.
The Play this time: "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde
Facilitators: Dr Mike Ingham; Mr Julian Quail | | | | | 19 December 2011 | | | | Venue: Fotogalerie, The HK Fringe Club, 1/F, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong.
The Play this time: ¡§Six Characters Looking for An Author¡¨ (Luigi Pirandello) in an English version by David HARROWER
Facilitators: Dr Mike Ingham; Mr Julian Quail
| | | | | 17 December 2011 | | | | Time: 2pm - 5pm
Venue: the ESU Office, Room 510A, 5/F., Kornhill Plaza Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road, Hong Kong (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
| | | | | 13 December 2011 | | | | Time: 7pm-9pm
Meeting Place: ESU office, Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, No. 1, Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 10 December 2011 | | | | Registration & Short Briefing: 10.00am sharp
Venue/Meeting Place: Tung Chung MTR station concourse, outside "paid area" near Exit B (sign directs to Ngong Ping) (To reach here from the MTR Central Station, take the Sunny Bay Line to Tung Chung station, which is the end of the line. Otherwise, change to the Sunny Bay Line from elsewhere within the MTR system.) Finish about 12.30pm (approx) at the Fort.
You will be guided back to the Yat Tung bus-stop to return to the Tung Chung MTR station. Optional group lunch (shared expense) at local Indian restaurant (near the Fort) for those who wish.
Led by long-term Hong Kong resident and writer, Dr Gillian Bickley.
| | | | | 01 December 2011 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 10.30pm
Venue: Ladies' Recreation Club, 10 Old Peak Road, Mid-Levels, HK.
| | | | | 21 November 2011 | | | | Time 7.15pm-9.00pm
Venue: Fotogalerie, The HK Fringe Club, 1/F, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong.
The Play this time: ¡§Toad of Toad Hall¡¨ by A.A. Milne
ESU Facilitators: Dr Mike Ingham & Mr Julian Quail
| | | | | 07 November 2011 | | | | Topic: "Gifted Education"
Guest Speaker: Ms Yoshie LEE Yuen-ping
Venue: Room 602, The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3, Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Time: 6.45-8.00pm
| | | | | 21 October 2011 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8pm
Venue: Aston Institute, 5/F Tai Yip Bldg, 141 Thomson Rd, Wanchai (MTR Wanchai Exit A4).
Theme: "Public-Speaking & ESU Scholarships"
Guest Speakers: Mr Chan Cho-kit, Mr Griffith Cheng and Ms Winnie Chan
| | | | | 18 October 2011 | | | | AN INTERACTIVE OCCASION
Meeting place: ESU office, Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, No. 1, Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit B, Exit A is temporarily closed)
Maximum numbers apply. Register early to secure a place.
Bring a book, poem, article, or similar, to share with the group or to ask questions about!
The only rule is, "Please speak in English!"
| | | | | 17 October 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "Confusions¡¨ by Alan Ayckbourn
Time: 7.15pm - 9.00pm
Venue: The HK Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong.
Facilitators: Dr Mike Ingham & Mr Julian Quail
| | | | | 27 September 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "The The End of the Beginning¡¨ by Sean O¡¦Casey
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Verner Bickley
| | | | | 26 September 2011 | | | | A joint event with the Island Toastmasters Club.
Time: 6.30pm - 8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Japanese Club, 18/F, 68 Yee Wo Street, Paliburg Plaza (next to Regal HK Hotel), Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Topic: "Be the Best You Can Be - In Every Way"
Guest Speaker: Ms June DALLY-WATKINS, OAM
| | | | | 10 September 2011 | | | | Saturday, 10 September 2011 Choral/ Harmonic Choral Speaking. Venue: Rm 1003, 10/F HK Federation of Youth Groups Building, 21 Pak Fuk Rd, Quarry Bay (MTR Quarry Bay Exit C Model Lane)
Saturday, 17 September 2011 Solo Prose Speaking, Solo Prose Reading, Bible Reading. Dramatic Duologue. Venue: BroadLearning Education, 22/F One Landmark East, 100 How Ming St., Kwun Tong, Kowloon (MTR Kwun Tong Exit APM)
Saturday, 24 September 2011 Solo Dramatic Performance, Dramatic Scenes, Shakespeare Monologue. Thematic Group Speaking. Public-Speaking Solo, Public-Speaking Team. Venue: Aston Institute, 5/F, Tai Yip Building, 141 Thomson Road, Wanchai (MTR Wanchai Exit A4)
Saturday, 8 October 2011 Solo Verse Speaking. Venue: BroadLearning Education, 22/F One Landmark East, 100 How Ming St., Kwun Tong, Kowloon (MTR Kwun Tong Exit APM)
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
| | | | | 11 July 2011 | | | | Venue: Room 602, The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3, Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Time: 6.30-8pm
Topic: "Life Coaching"
Guest Speaker: Ms Janet Nield CHAN
| | | | | 04 July 2011 | | | | Time: 6.30pm - 8pm
Venue: The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Conductor: Mr Mark LOASBY
| | | | | 28 June 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "The Inspector's Hound" by Tom Stoppard
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Verner Bickley
| | | | | 21 June 2011 | | | | Time: 7-9pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK.
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
Come to meet Dr Olga Walló, Visiting from the Czech Republic. She is a poet, novelist, broadcaster, and journalist, and worked for 35 years for Czech TV as translator and dubbing director.
| | | | | 13 June 2011 | | | | Time: 6.30pm-8pm
Venue: Aston Institute, 5/F, Tai Yip Building, 141 Thomson Road (next to the Hennessy Primary School), Wanchai (MTR Exit A4) ¡X by courtesy of the Institute.
Topic: "Tips on Public Speaking from Leaders"
Guest Speaker: Mrs Mary SZETO | | | | | 10 June 2011 | | | | Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Roof Top of The HK Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central. | | | | | 31 May 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Mr Julian Quail
| | | | | 24 May 2011 | | | | Time: 7.00-9.00pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 09 May 2011 | | | | Time: 6.30pm-8pm
Venue: Aston Institute, 5/F, Tai Yip Building, 141 Thomson Road (next to the Hennessy Primary School), Wanchai (MTR Exit A4) ¡X by courtesy of the Institute
Topic: "The English Language: Its Literature & Aspects of British Culture in Pre-Independence Singapore, Post-Independence Burma & Indonesia and Post-War Japan"
Guest Speaker: Dr Verner BICKLEY
| | | | | 27 April 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "Lady Windermere's Fan" by Oscar Wilde
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Mr Julian Quail
| | | | | 19 April 2011 | | | | Time: 7.00-9.00pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 14 April 2011 | | | | Time of Interviews: From 6.30pm
Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza ¡V Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
Please see "Events" for the details.
| | | | | 04 April 2011 | | | | Time: 6:30pm-8.00pm
Venue: Room 602, The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of HK, 3 Lockhart Rd, Wanchai (MTR Wanchai Exit C)
Topic: "Talking to Strangers: How HK Students Practise Their English Overseas"
Guest Speaker: Dr Philip HOARE
| | | | | 28 March 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "Hobson's Choice" by Harold Brighouse
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Mr Julian Quail
| | | | | 26 March 2011 | | | | Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Time: 10.00am - 12.00 noon
Language Doctor: Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 15 March 2011 | | | | Venue: Fung Ping Shan Art Gallery, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Bonham Road, Hong Kong Island.
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Group Leader: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 07 March 2011 | | | | Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Time: 6.30pm - 7.55pm
Topic: ¡§Post Secondary Options for Hong Kong Students and How to Get There"
Guest Speaker: Mr Danny Harrington, M.A. (Oxon)
| | | | | 28 February 2011 | | | | From 28 February to 12 March 2011.
Total 14 sessions for Students, 4 sessions for Teachers.
Funded and invited by the Standing Committee on Language and Research, Education Bureau.
Workshops conducted by the ESU Debate Squad
| | | | | 28 February 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "M. Butterfly" by David Henry Hwang
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
| | | | | 19 February 2011 | | | | Start 10.00am sharp Meeting Place Mid-levels Escalator walkway above Queen's Road Central (i.e. where the Escalator walkway and Queen's Road Central intersect) North side. Opposite the Seven Eleven Store. Ends Outside the St John's Building, Garden Road. Cash Please bring some money for refreshments if needed. Finish 12.30pm
Led by HK writer, historian and long-term resident, Dr Gillian Bickley (Author of "The Golden Needle")
| | | | | 14 February 2011 | | | | Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Time: 6.30pm - 7.55pm
Topic: ¡§Plain English¡¨
Guest Speaker: Ms Ruth BENNY
| | | | | 31 January 2011 | | | | The Play this time: "The Real Inspector Hound" by Tom Stoppard
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham | | | | | 22 January 2011 | | | | Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Time: 10.00am - 12.00 noon
Language Doctor: Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 18 January 2011 | | | | Time: 7.00-9.00pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 10 January 2011 | | | | Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Topic: "HK's New Academic Structure & New Pathways to Studying in the UK"
Guest Speaker: Ms Katherine FORESTIER
| | | | | 18 December 2010 | | | | Date: Saturday, 18 December 2010
Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Venue: HK College of Technology, Language Centre, 3/F, 412 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay (close to the Canal Road Flyover and opposite the Standard Chartered Bank, MTR Causeway Bay Exit B) (by courtesy of the Language Centre)
| | | | | 17 December 2010 | | | | Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Time: 10.00am - 12.00 noon
Language Doctor: Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 14 December 2010 | | | | Time: 7.00-9.00pm
Venue: The Blue Room, The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 10 December 2010 | | | | Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Time: 10.00am - 12.00 noon
Language Doctor: Mr Chris Hall
| | | | | 06 December 2010 | | | | Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Topic: "Understanding China: Through the Work of the NGO Amity Foundation"
Guest Speaker: Mr Anthony TONG
| | | | | 30 November 2010 | | | | The Play this time: "The Shape of Things" by Neil LaBute
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham | | | | | 24 November 2010 | | | | Tuesday, 24 November 2010
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road, Hong Kong (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 23 November 2010 | | | | Date: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 Time: 7.00-9.00pm Venue: The Blue Room, The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
The session will be led by Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 23 November 2010 | | | | Dates: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 Tuesday, 14 December 2010 Tuesday, 18 January 2011 Tuesday, 15 March 2011 Tuesday, 24 May 2011 Tuesday, 21 June 2011 (All subject to confirmation)
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 20 November 2010 | | | | Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
Time: 10.00am - 12.00 noon
Language Doctor: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 15 November 2010 | | | | Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Topic: ¡§The Rule of Three¡¨
Guest Speaker: Mr Robert BULL | | | | | 26 October 2010 | | | | Time: 7-9pm
Venue: 2/F Foyer, HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchia.
The Play this month: "The Rats" by Agatha Christie
ESU Facilitator: Dr Verner Bickley
| | | | | 09 October 2010 | | | | Led by long-term HK resident and writer, Dr Gillian Bickley.
Registration & Short Briefing: 10.00am sharp Venue/Meeting Place: Tung Chung MTR station concourse, outside "paid area" near Exit B (sign directs to Ngong Ping) (To reach here from HK Station, take the Sunny Bay Line to Tung Chung station, which is the end of the line. Otherwise, change to the Sunny Bay Line from elsewhere within the MTR system.) Finish about 12.30pm (approx) at the Fort. You will be guided back to the Yat Tung bus-stop to return to the Tung Chung MTR station. Optional group lunch (shared expense) at local Indian restaurant (near the Fort) for those who wish.
| | | | | 04 October 2010 | | | | Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Topic: ¡§Fund-Raising for a Good-Cause: Stories of Success & Failure¡¨
Guest Speaker: Mr Charles Kwok-choi LUM
| | | | | 28 September 2010 | | | | The Play this time: "The Ash Girl" by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham | | | | | 25 September 2010 | | | | Session 4: Solo Verse-Speaking (1-70)
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: BroadLearning Education (Asia) Ltd's Office, 22/F, One Landmark East, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, HK (MTR Kwun Tong Exit APM). Tel: 3913-3000.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 18 September 2010 | | | | Session 3: Solo Dramatic Performance (216-218), Dramatic Duologue (223-225), Dramatic Scenes (219-222), Shakespeare Monologue (212-215), Solo Prose Speaking (140-148), Solo Prose Reading (158-175)
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: BroadLearning Education (Asia) Ltd's Office, 22/F, One Landmark East, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, HK (MTR Kwun Tong Exit APM). Tel: 3913-3000.
Presenter: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 11 September 2010 | | | | Session 2: Public Speaking Solo (193-196), Public Speaking Team (198-201), Thematic Group Speaking (206-208)
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: BroadLearning Education (Asia) Ltd's Office, 22/F, One Landmark East, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, HK (MTR Kwun Tong Exit APM). Tel: 3913-3000.
Presenter: Dr Verner Bickley & Mrs Mary Szeto
| | | | | 06 September 2010 | | | | Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Theme: ¡§Public-Speaking and ESU Scholarships¡¨
Guest Speakers: Miss Karen Chan, Mr Desmond Chu, Ms Fontane Ko, Ms Paula Kong, Ms Shida Lee, Ms Ada Li and Ms Jenny Siu
| | | | | 04 September 2010 | | | | Session 1: Choral / Harmonic Choral Speaking for Classes 104-122, 90-99
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: BroadLearning Education (Asia) Ltd's Office, 22/F, One Landmark East, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, HK (MTR Kwun Tong Exit APM). Tel: 3913-3000.
Presenter: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 03 September 2010 | | | | Time: 10.00am - 12.00 noon
Dates: Friday, 3 September 2010 Saturday, 20 November 2010 Friday, 3 December 2010 Saturday, 4 December 2010 Friday, 10 December 2010 Friday, 17 December 2010
Panel of Language Doctors: Dr Gillian Bickley & Mr Chris Hall
Venue: Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
| | | | | 31 August 2010 | | | | The Play this time: "Master Harold and the Boys" by Athol Fugard
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 20 July 2010 | | | | Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
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Venue: Knight Frank HK`s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by countesy of the Company)
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Monday 6 September 2010 Topic: "ESU Scholarships and Public-Speaking" Speakers: Ms Paula Kong, Ms Jenny Siu, Ms Ada Li, Ms Shida Lee, Ms Fontane Ko, Miss Karen Chan and Mr Desmond Chu
Monday 4 October 2010 Topic: "Fund-Raising for a Good Cause: Stories of Success and Failure" Speaker: Mr Lum Kwok-choi
Monday 15 November 2010 Topic: "The Rule of Three" Speaker: Mr Robert Bull
Monday 6 December 2010 Topic: "Charity Work in China - Amity Foundation`s Experience" Speaker: Mr Anthony Tong
Monday 10 January 2011 Topic to be announced. Speaker: Ms Katherine Forestier
Monday 14 February 2011 Topic: "Plain English (Writing Style)" Speaker: Ms Ruth Benny
Monday 7 March 2011 Topic to be announced. Speaker: Mr Danny Harrington
| | | | | 15 June 2010 | | | | Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 07 June 2010 | | | | Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai.
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Topic: "STORY-TELLING"
Guest Speaker: Mr Simon Tham, Head of Section (Native-speaking English Teacher Section) (Curriculum Development Institute), the Education Bureau | | | | | 25 May 2010 | | | | Time 7.00pm-9.00pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
The Play this time: ¡§Trifles¡¨ by Susan Glaspell
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham.
| | | | | 24 May 2010 | | | | Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley | | | | | 11 May 2010 | | | | Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 03 May 2010 | | | | Speaker Dr Verner Bickley
Time: 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¦s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai (by courtesy of the Company)
Topic: ¡§Creative Writing and Life Writing¡¨. A talk illustrated with excerpts from the autobiography, ¡¥Footfalls Echo in the Memory¡¦ and given under the English-Speaking Union series, ¡§Meet at the ESU¡¨.
| | | | | 29 April 2010 | | | | Second Round of Interviews
Seminar at Shakespeare's Globe 5pm - 6.30pm
International Summer Conference at Mansfield College Oxford 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Shakespeare in Stratford from 7.30pm
Date: Thursday 29 April 2010
Venue: ESU Office - Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 27 April 2010 | | | | Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
The Play this time: ¡§The Browning Version¡¨ by Terence Rattigan
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 26 April 2010 | | | | Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 20 April 2010 | | | | Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 12 April 2010 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¯s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai.
Topic: "The Art of Listening with Understanding"
Guest Speaker: Mrs Linda LUI
| | | | | 07 April 2010 | | | | Time of Interviews:
Shakespeare's Globe for Teachers - 5pm - 6.30pm
Mansfield College - 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Shakespeare at Degree or Post-Graduate Level - from 7.30pm
Venue - Rm 510A Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, Hong Kong (MTR Taikoo Exit A2)
| | | | | 30 March 2010 | | | | Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
The Play this time: ¡§The Cherry Orchard¡¨ by Anton Chekhov in an adapted version by David Mamet Anton Chekhov's masterpiece 'The Cherry Orchard'
Guest Facilitator: Mr David Booth ESU Coordinator: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 29 March 2010 | | | | Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 06 March 2010 | | | | Start: 10.00am sharp Finish: 12.30pm Meeting Place: Mid-levels Escalator walkway above Queen's Road Central (i.e. where the Escalator walkway and Queen's Road Central intersect). Opposite the Seven Eleven Store. Ends: Outside the St John's Building, Garden Road.
| | | | | 01 March 2010 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¯s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai.
Topic: ¡°The Prize-Winning Language Learning Entry and a Visit to the Palace"
Guest Speaker: Mr Jeremy Walenn
| | | | | 23 February 2010 | | | | Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
The Play this time: ¡°The Woman in Black¡± by Susan Hill
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 22 February 2010 | | | | Topic: ¡°Liberal Studies in the New Secondary Curriculum for HK Schools¡±
Guest Speaker: Professor Y H Fung
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Knight Frank HK¡¯s Office, 4/F Shui On Centre, 6-8 Harbour Road, Wanchai.
| | | | | 09 February 2010 | | | | Time: 7pm - 9pm
(Change of Venue)
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK
Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 26 January 2010 | | | | Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
Time: 7pm - 9pm
The Play this time: "Daisy Pulls It Off" by Denise Deegan
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
| | | | | 04 January 2010 | | | | Topic: "Questions & Questioning Techniques in English"
Guest Speaker: Mr Malcolm Brocklebank
Venue: Room 603, The Boys` & Girls` Clubs Association of HK, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, HK
Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
| | | | | 19 December 2009 | | | | Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road (MTR Taikoo Exit A2). | | | | | 14 December 2009 | | | | Time: 6.30pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK.
| | | | | 07 December 2009 | | | | MEET AT THE ESU (HK) Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The HK Federation of Youth Groups, Room G06, The Center, 99 Queen¡¯s Road, Central, Hong Kong.
Speaker: Mrs Mary Szeto, BBS
Topic: "THE LEADERSHIP MYSTIQUE"
| | | | | 24 November 2009 | | | | Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
The Play this time: ¡°The Wedding¡± (and, if time, "The Anniversary") by Anton Chekhov
ESU Facilitator: Dr Verner Bickley | | | | | 04 November 2009 | | | | Speaker: Mr Robert Lloyd George
Topic: "Winston, David, Tony and Gordon: Leadership in Peace and War" *
* i.e. Winston Churchill, David Lloyd-George, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Time: 12.30pm to 2.15pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 02 November 2009 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8pm
Venue: Room 602, The Boys` & Girls` Clubs Association of HK, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Guest Speakers: Dr Matthew DeCoursey and Ms Michelle Raquel
TOPIC: "THEATRE AND DRAMA IN LANGUAGE LEARNING" | | | | | 27 October 2009 | | | | Time: 7pm-9pm
We are going back to the HK Arts Centre for this and future sessions.
Venue: G/F OR 2nd/F OR LB level (all public spaces), HK Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai. Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.
The Play this time: (a continuation) ¡°Blithe Spirit¡± by Noel Coward
ESU Facilitator: Dr Michael Ingham | | | | | 21 October 2009 | | | | Presenter: Dr Sheilah Hamilton
Time: 10.30am - 12.00 noon
Venue: Central Mid-levels. (Further details after registration.)
Hosted by: Mrs Bridget Lindsay
| | | | | 05 October 2009 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Topic: "How Useful Are Wordlists in Language Learning?"
Speaker: Dr Arthur McNeill, Director of the Language Centre at the HK University of Science & Technology.
| | | | | 29 September 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: "The Puzzle", Rm 201, Lee Loong Building, 4 Queen Victoria Street, Central.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "Blithe Spirit" by Noel COWARD | | | | | 12 September 2009 | | | | Venue for Sessions 1, 2 & 3: "The Puzzle", Room 201, Lee Loong Building, 4 Queen Victoria Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Venue for Session 4: Rm 501, The Boys` & Girls` Clubs Associatiion of HK, 3 Lockhart Rd, Wanchai, Hong KOng.
Session 1 12 Sept (Sat), 9:30am-12:30pm Conductor: Dr Mike Ingham
Session 2 19 Sept (Sat), 2.00pm-5.00pm Conductor: Dr Verner Bickley
Session 3 26 Sept (Sat), 2.00pm-5.00pm Conductors: Mr David Booth & Dr Mike Ingham
Session 4 10 Oct (Sat), 9:30am-12:30pm Conductor: Dr Mike Ingham | | | | | 08 September 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00-9.00pm
Venue: LB level (public space), Hong Kong Arts Centre, Harbour Rd, Wanchai, HK. If in doubt, please check the location at the Bookstore at G/F when you arrive.
Presenters: Guest-of-honour: Dr Vaughan Rapatahana. Led by: Dr Gillian Bickley. | | | | | 07 September 2009 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: "The Puzzle", Room 201, Lee Loong Building, 4 Queen Victoria Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Speakers: Ms Phoebe LEE, Mr Joey TANG, Mr Mathias CHEUNG
Theme: "PUBLIC-SPEAKING & ESU SCHOLARSHIPS" | | | | | 25 August 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F or 2/F or LB level (all public spaces), The Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. (Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.)
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "Educating Rita" by Willy RUSSELL
| | | | | 15 July 2009 | | | | Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: The Puzzle, Room 201, Lee Loong Building, 4 Queen Victoria Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Guest Speaker: Mr Mark Loasby
Topic: "THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY" | | | | | 23 June 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F or 2/F or LB level (all public spaces), The Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. (Please ask the Bookstore on the G/F for the location of the day.)
ESU Facilitator: Dr Verner Bickley
The Play this time: "The Proposal" A Jest in One Act: by Anton CHEKHOV | | | | | 17 June 2009 | | | | Presenter: Mr S J Chan
Time: 10.30am - 12.00 noon
Venue: Central Mid-levels. (Further details after registration.)
Hosted by: Mrs Bridget Lindsay
| | | | | 09 June 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F or 2nd floor, The Hong Kong Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 01 June 2009 | | | | Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: The Puzzle, Room 201, Lee Loong Building, 4 Queen Victoria Street, Central, Hong Kong
| | | | | 26 May 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F or 2/F, The Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "Abigail`s Party" by Mike LEIGH
| | | | | 20 May 2009 | | | | Time: from 5.30pm
Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road, Hong Kong (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
| | | | | 12 May 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: G/F or 2nd floor, The Hong Kong Arts Centre, Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 28 April 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: "The Bookshop", G/F, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "ART" by Yasmina REZA; English version by Christopher HAMPTON.
| | | | | 25 April 2009 | | | | Time: 10.00am - 12.00noon
Venue: Langham Place Ballroom, Level 7, Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok.
Guest Speaker: Mr LEE Ming Kwai, Dick - Former Commissioner of HK Police Force.
| | | | | 22 April 2009 | | | | Presenter: Mr Geffrey Charles Emerson
Time: 10.30am - 12.00 noon
Venue: Central Mid-levels. (Further details after registration.)
Hosted by: Mrs Bridget Lindsay
| | | | | 31 March 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: The Boys` & Girls` Clubs Association of Hong Kong,Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" by Jay Presson Allen (1968) adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark (1961)
| | | | | 18 March 2009 | | | | Presenter: Dr Dan Waters
Time: 10.30am - 12.00 noon
Venue: Central Mid-levels. (Further details after registration.)
Hosted by: Mrs Bridget Lindsay
| | | | | 12 March 2009 | | | | Luncheon Meeting
Speaker: Mr Andrew SEATON, British Consul-General
Time: 12.30noon to 2.15pm
Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 11 March 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm-9.30pm
Venue: Blue Room, The Henela May
| | | | | 24 February 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¯ & Girls¡¯ Clubs Association of Hong Kong,Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Verner Bickley
The Play this time: "Rats" by Agatha Christie
| | | | | 18 February 2009 | | | | Time: 10.30am - 12.00 noon
Venue: Central Mid-levels. (Further details after registration.)
Hosted by: Mrs Bridget Lindsay
| | | | | 16 February 2009 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¯ & Girls¡¯ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Topic: "Remote Teaching & Learning"
Speaker: Mr Simon Hunt, Director, English Language Services, The British Council, HK
| | | | | 20 January 2009 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¯ & Girls¡¯ Clubs Association of Hong Kong,Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
ESU Facilitator: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: ¡°A Retrospective devoted to the Drama of Harold Pinter¡±
| | | | | 19 January 2009 | | | | Presenter: Mr Charles Griffith - Lecturer in the English Language Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¯ & Girls¡¯ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Topic: "Culture and Globalisation"
| | | | | 20 December 2008 | | | | Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
| | | | | 25 November 2008 | | | | Venue: Room 602, The Boys` & Girls` Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai (MTR Wanchai Exit C).
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Led by: Dr Verner Bickley
The Play this time: "English in Three Acts: Teaching Oral English Through Drama" A Tribute to Richard Via
| | | | | 03 November 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Theme: "CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION and PUBLIC-SPEAKING"
Speakers: Ms Penny Leung, Ms Mei-mei Chan, Miss Patricia Wong and Miss Maggie Lee
| | | | | 28 October 2008 | | | | Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Room 603, The Boys` & Girls` Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai (MTR Wanchai Exit C).
Led by: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee
| | | | | 11 October 2008 | | | | Led by long-term HK resident and writer, Dr Gillian Bickley.
Registration & Short Briefing: 10.00am sharp Venue/Meeting Place: Tung Chung MTR station concourse, outside "paid area" near Exit B (sign directs to Ngong Ping) (To reach here from HK Station, take the Sunny Bay Line to Tung Chung station, which is the end of the line. Otherwise, change to the Sunny Bay Line from elsewhere within the MTR system.) Finish about 12.30pm (approx) at the Fort.
| | | | | 06 October 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Topic: "THE CHALLENGES FOR MAINLAND CHINESE STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH"
Speaker: Mr Patrick Wood
| | | | | 30 September 2008 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Venue: Room 603, The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Led by: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "The Children's Hour" By Lillian Hellman
| | | | | 15 September 2008 | | | | Let¡¦s All Visit Bonny Scotland!
All ESU members are cordially invited to participate in the ESU World Members Conference to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland from the 15th to the 18th September 2008. | | | | | 01 September 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Topic: "LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH DRAMA"
Speaker: Ms Fleur Clarke, Drama Expert | | | | | 26 August 2008 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Venue: Room 602, The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Led by: Dr Mike Ingham
The Play this time: "An Inspector Calls" By J.B. Priestley
| | | | | 04 August 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Topic: "The Teaching of Reading"
Speaker: Mr Simon Tham, Member of the ESU (HK) Executive Committee and Chief Curriculum Development Officer of the Education Bureau.
| | | | | 07 July 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Room 602, The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Topic: "Achieving Work-Life Balance"
Speaker: Mr William Ng, an occupational psychologist and experienced management trainer.
| | | | | 24 June 2008 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: Room 602, The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai
The Play this time: "The Admirable Crichton" by J.M. Barrie
Activity Organiser: Dr Verner Bickley
| | | | | 18 June 2008 | | | | Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai
Presenter: Mr Robert Lewis, M.A. Applied Linguistics, B.Ed., a certified IELTS Examiner. | | | | | 11 June 2008 | | | | Speaker: Dr Verner Bickley
A joint event with the Helena May.
Time: 6.45pm - 8.30pm
Place: The Blue Room, The Helena May Institute, 35 Garden Road (the colonial-style building, opposite the American Consulate).
| | | | | 02 June 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Room 602, The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of HK, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Topic: "Non-Verbal Communication: The Secrets of Body Language"
| | | | | 27 May 2008 | | | | Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Venue: The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
The Play this time: "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde
| | | | | 05 May 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Boys¡¦ & Girls¡¦ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Topic: Mind Your Ps and Qs (i.e. "Be Polite")
Guest Speaker: Dr Gillian Bickley, Professor of English Literature at Hong Kong Baptist University for 22 years; Honorary Research Fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.
| | | | | 02 May 2008 | | | | Time: 5.00pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Staff Canteen, HSH Campus, HK Baptist University.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 22 April 2008 | | | | Time: 7.00pm-9.00pm
Venue: Room 602, The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of HK, 3 Lockhart Rd, Wanchai.
| | | | | 08 April 2008 | | | | Time: 5.00pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Staff Canteen, HSH Campus, HK Baptist University
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 07 April 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm-8.00pm Venue: The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of HK - Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Theme: "Public-Speaking and ESU Scholarships"
Speakers: Ms Karen Cheung, Mr Patrick Li and Miss Carol Wong
| | | | | 08 March 2008 | | | | Time: 10.15am Sharp - 1.00pm (approx)
Meeting Place: Escalator walkway above Queen's Road Central (i.e. where the Escalator walkway and QRC intersect). Opposite the Seven Eleven Store.
Led by: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 03 March 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm-8.00pm
Venue: The Boys` & Girls` Clubs Association of HK 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
Topic: "The Secrets of Learning English"
Speaker: Mr Anthony Tong, former Deputy Director of Education
| | | | | 01 February 2008 | | | | Lord Watson will give a talk on his latest book: ¡§Jamestown: the Voyage of English¡¨
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: The Harcourt Suite, The Hong Kong Club, Central. | | | | | 29 January 2008 | | | | Time: 5.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: The Helena May, 35 Garden Road, HK.
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 07 January 2008 | | | | Time: 6.45pm-8.00pm
Venue: The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong, Room 602, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, HK.
Speaker: Dr Michael Ingham
Topic: "Hong Kong: A Literary and Cultural Tour with Dr Michael Ingham"
| | | | | 22 December 2007 | | | | Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
| | | | | 24 November 2007 | | | | Time: 2.45pm - 5.30pm
Place: Pokfulam Reservoir Track
Meet our leader at Hang Seng Bank, Admiralty MTR at 2.45pm.
| | | | | 05 November 2007 | | | | Time: 6.45pm-8.00pm
Venue: LG02, Hoi Oi Chow Building, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam.
Topic: "Understanding Images: How We Read Them" | | | | | 25 October 2007 | | | | Time: 10:00am sharp - 12:00 noon (approx)
Led by Mrs Linda Lui, local resident and HK writer & historian, Dr Gillian Bickley.
Begins with a briefing at the MTR Exit B2 (Southern Playground), street level.
| | | | | 19 October 2007 | | | | Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road, HK. (Taikoo MTR Exit A2)
Presenters: Mr Reginald Hunt and Dr Gillian Bickley
| | | | | 15 October 2007 | | | | Guest Speakers: Mr Peter Sidorko, B.Math, MAppSc (Lib & Info Mgt), DipIM-Lib NSW, and Ms Suzanne Ensom, Assistant Director of the ESU in Edinburgh, Scotland
Topic: "The Changing Nature of Scholarly Publishing and the Growth of Electronic Information"
Time: 6:45pm-8:00pm
Venue: HK Park Sports Centre, Activity Room (1), G/F, 29 Cotton Tree Drive, Queensway, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 10 September 2007 | | | | Time: 6:45pm-8:00pm
Venue: HK Fringe Club, Fotogalerie Room B, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, HK.
Speaker: Mr Ken Durran, VP, Palm Beach Branch of the ESU and Co-Chair, Region V, ESU, USA.
Topic: "The Amazing and Unusual Place. Life in Florida's Palm Beach (and the English-Speaking Union)"
| | | | | 07 May 2007 | | | | Topic: "The Power of Speech Communication: to Win Trust and Friendship"
Time: 6:45pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Room G06, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong (The Federation of Youth Groups' Leadership 21 Office). | | | | | 03 May 2007 | | | | A second round of interviews will be held on Thursday, 3 May from 5.30pm at 3/F The British Council, 3 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong. Please call 2186-8449 or 6970-7430 for an appointment.
| | | | | 10 April 2007 | | | | Presenter: One of our panel of Language Doctors, a freelance writer specialising in business-related topics.
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong | | | | | 02 April 2007 | | | | Presenter: Ms Patricia WARREN
Time: 6:45pm - 8:00pm
Venue: G06 The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central, Hong Kong.
Topic: ¡§Teachers and Parents! Using authentic children`s stories in the language classroom and in the home and designing activities which focus on meaning and grammar.¡¨
| | | | | 20 March 2007 | | | | Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 10 March 2007 | | | | Time: 10:15am - 1:00pm (approximately)
Begins with a briefing outside The Center, 99 Queen`s Road Central.
Led by Hong Kong writer, historian and long-term resident, the ESU`s own Dr Gillian Bickley.
| | | | | 27 February 2007 | | | | Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.
By appointments.
| | | | | 05 February 2007 | | | | Time: 6:45pm - 8:00pm
Venue: HK Fringe Club (Fotogalerie, Room B), 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong.
Speaker: Professor Jeremy WALENN
Topic: "WRITES AND WRONGS - A TALK ON LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION" | | | | | 31 January 2007 | | | | Presenter: One of our Panel of Language Doctors
Time; 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.
By appointments.
| | | | | 19 January 2007 | | | | Presenter : Dr Gillian Bickley
Venue: Room G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
| | | | | 08 January 2007 | | | | Venue: Room G06, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
Time: 6:45pm - 8:00pm
Theme: "CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION"
| | | | | 29 December 2006 | | | | Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 28 December 2006 | | | | Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Coffee.Book, G/F, 10 Park Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong.
Presenter: Dr Verner Bickley | | | | | 23 December 2006 | | | | Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Suite G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 14 December 2006 | | | | Presenter: One of our panel of "Language Doctors"
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Room G04 The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central, Hong Kong. | | | | | 04 December 2006 | | | | Time: 6:45-8:00pm
Venue: Room G06, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central (the HK Federation of Youth Groups' Leadership 21 Office).
Topic: "DNA AND THE BIOTECH CHALLENGE"
Speaker: Dr William MAK, President of the HK Biotechnology Education Resource Centre. | | | | | 23 November 2006 | | | | Time; 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Venue: Coffee.Book, G/F, 10 Park Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong.
Expected to be present: Jennifer Wong (poet) Martin Alexander (poet and short-story writer, teacher) Gillian Bickley (non-fiction and short-story writer, poet, university professor)
| | | | | 21 November 2006 | | | | Dates: Tuesdays, 21,28 November, 5,12 December 2006
Time: 6:45-8:45pm
Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central, Hong Kong.
Presenter: Ms Linda Cooley, B.A. Hons; M.Phil; PGCE; RSA Dip TEFL. | | | | | 09 November 2006 | | | | Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Venue: Room G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
| | | | | 06 November 2006 | | | | Topic: 'A Fresh Look at "Common Errors" in English'
Date: Monday, 6 November 2006
Time: 6:45-8:00pm
Venue: G06 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 10 October 2006 | | | | Dates: Tuesdays, 10, 17, 24, 31 October 2006.
Time: 6:45 - 8:45 pm
Venue: Suite G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
| | | | | 09 October 2006 | | | | Time: 6:45 - 8:00 pm Venue: 4/F Lecture Theatre, HK Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Road, Central. Speaker: Dr David Bunton Topic: "PRIORITIES FOR HONG KONG LEARNERS OF ENGLISH"
| | | | | 28 August 2006 | | | | Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
| | | | | 09 August 2006 | | | | Topic: "PUBLIC SPEAKING" Speakers: Miss Joanne Ng & Miss Haratarani Samtani
Time: 6:45-8:00 pm Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central. | | | | | 02 August 2006 | | | | Dates: 2 and 9 August 2006 (Wednesdays)
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central. | | | | | 31 July 2006 | | | | Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
| | | | | 17 July 2006 | | | | Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong. | | | | | 05 July 2006 | | | | TOPIC: "WHAT HAPPENS IN PRONUNCIATIION?"
Speaker: Mr Jacob CHU, a distinguished phonetician and linguist.
Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.
Time: 6:45-8:00pm | | | | | 26 June 2006 | | | | Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
| | | | | 07 June 2006 | | | | Topic: "THE STORY OF BASIC ENGLISH: USEFUL TODAY?"
Time: 6:45 - 8:00 pm
Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.
Speaker: DR VERNER BICKLEY, MBE, Chairman of the ESU in Hong Kong, formerly an Assistant Director of Education and Director of the Hong Kong Government¡¦s Institute of Language in Education.
| | | | | 08 May 2006 | | | | Time: 6:45 - 8:00 pm Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.
Presenter: Ms May FUNG, Project Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture, independent cultural worker (curating, art administration, art education, cultural commentary and art creation).
TOPIC: "CREATIVE EDUCATION FOR A CREATIVE ECONOMY" | | | | | 25 April 2006 | | | | Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.
Presenters: Dr Gillian Bickley Professor Dr Chung Ling Dr Agnes Lam Ms Madeleine Marie Slavick Special appearance: ESU Chairman, Dr Verner Bickley
| | | | | 22 April 2006 | | | | Place: Pokfulam Reservoir Track Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm The Walk will begin with a short briefing at Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.
| | | | | 03 April 2006 | | | | Time: 6:45-8pm Venue: 4/F Multi-Purpose Room, HK Visual Arts, Centre, 7A Kennedy Road, Central.
Presenter: Mr Bryan Curtis, Head of the English Programme Service and Head of Radio 3 at RTHK.
Topic: "PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING AND THE CURRENT PSB REVIEW"
| | | | | 01 April 2006 | | | | 20 February 2006 Training & Briefing Session 2-7 March 2006 Preliminary Rounds 18 March 2006 Semi-Finals 1 April 2006 Grand Final & Award Ceremony 10 April 2006 HK & China English Public Speaking Winners` Festival 2006 May 2006 The ESU`s International Public Speaking Competition 2006 in London.
| | | | | 30 March 2006 | | | | Time: 6-8pm Venue: G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
| | | | | 07 March 2006 | | | | Dates: (Tuesdays) 7, 14, 21, 28 March 2006 Time: 7-9pm Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen¡¦s Road, Central. Presenter: Ms Linda Cooley, B.A. Hons; M.Phil; PGCE; RSA Dip TEFL. | | | | | 06 March 2006 | | | | Speaker: Mr Simon Hunt, newly-appointed Director of English Language Services at the British Council.
Time: 6:45 - 8:00 pm
Topic: "A Newcomer`s Perception of English Language Teaching and Learning in Hong Kong"
Venue: 4/F HK Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Road, Central. | | | | | 02 March 2006 | | | | Time: 6-8pm Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central. | | | | | 06 February 2006 | | | | Dates: (Mondays) 6, 13, 20, 27 February 2006 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Venue: 4/F Multi-Purpose Room, HK Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Road, Central, HK (near St Joseph`s College and the HK Park entrance in Kennedy Rd). Presenter: Ms Linda Cooley, B.A. Hons; M.Phil; PGCE, RSA Dip TEFL
| | | | | 10 January 2006 | | | | Dates: 10, 17, 24 January 2006 (Tuesdays) Time: 6:30 - 9:30pm Venue: G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central. Presenter: Dr Mike Ingham | | | |
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