CALENDAR

06 September 2010

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU HK SCHOOLS' SPEECH FESTIVAL 2010 - TEACHER TRAINING
Dates: 4, 11, 18 & 25 September 2010

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.

Presenters: Dr Mike Ingham, Dr Verner Bickley, Mrs Mary Szeto & Dr Gillian Bickley
  
03 September 2010

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
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

  23rd ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
Time: 7pm - 9pm

Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK

Led by Dr Gillian Bickley
  
07 June 2010

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  22nd ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Venue: Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK.

Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
  
11 May 2010

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
Time: 7pm - 9pm

Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK

Led by Dr Gillian Bickley

  
03 May 2010

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU Scholarships 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

  21st ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Venue: Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK.

Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
  
20 April 2010

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
Time: 7pm - 9pm

Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK

Led by Dr Gillian Bickley


  
12 April 2010

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU SCHOLARSHIPS 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

  20th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Venue: Rm 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Rd, HK.

Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
  
06 March 2010

  HERITAGE WALK - "Early Pioneers of Western Education in Colonial Hong Kong"
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  19th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
Time: 7pm - 9pm

(Change of Venue)

Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK

Led by Dr Gillian Bickley

  
26 January 2010

  18th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU CHRISTMAS PARTY
Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
  
14 December 2009

  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Time: 6.30pm

Venue: The Helena May Club, 35 Garden Road, Central, HK.
  
07 December 2009

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  17TH ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  7th ESU DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  16TH ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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

  MEET AT THE ESU - HOW USEFUL ARE WORDLISTS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING?
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

  15th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  HK SCHOOLS SPEECH FESTIVAL 2009 - TEACHER TRAINING
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

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  14th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  13th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
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

  MEET AT THE ESU: A SOCIAL EVENING
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Venue: The Puzzle, Room 201, Lee Loong Building, 4 Queen Victoria Street, Central, Hong Kong
  
26 May 2009

  12th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  Interviews for ESU SCHOLARSHIP 2009 - ESU & Globe Education Cultural Seminar for Teachers
Time: from 5.30pm

Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road, Hong Kong (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
  
12 May 2009

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
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

  11th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  6th ESU DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES - "Enhancing Communication Skills"
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

  THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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

  10TH ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  THE WORLD OF BOOKS
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

  5th DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
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

  PROVERSE SURPRIZES: THE PROVERSE PARTY & PROGRAMME
Time: 7.00pm-9.30pm

Venue: Blue Room, The Henela May
  
24 February 2009

  9th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Time: 10.30am - 12.00 noon

Venue: Central Mid-levels. (Further details after registration.)

Hosted by: Mrs Bridget Lindsay
  
16 February 2009

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  8TH ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU CHRISTMAS PARTY
Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
  
25 November 2008

  7th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  6TH ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  GODS AND GUARDS: TUNG CHUNG WALK WITHIN SIGHT OF THE CHEK LAP KOK INT'L AIRPORT
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  5th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  The ESU World Members Conference 15th to 18th 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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  4th ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  3rd ESU PLAY-READING PROGRAMME
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

  ESU SPECIAL SEMINAR ON TEACHING THE EXAMINATION ESSAY FOR IELTS AND BEYOND!
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

  "THE OLYMPIC GAMES: TRIUMPHS & TRAGEDIES OVER THE YEARS"
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU PLAYREADING PROGRAMME
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 5.00pm - 7.30pm

Venue: Staff Canteen, HSH Campus, HK Baptist University.

Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
  
22 April 2008

  "THE PLAYS THE THING..." THE FIRST ESU PLAY-READING EVENING
Time: 7.00pm-9.00pm

Venue: Room 602, The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of HK, 3 Lockhart Rd, Wanchai.
  
08 April 2008

  LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 5.00pm - 6.30pm

Venue: Staff Canteen, HSH Campus, HK Baptist University

Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
  
07 April 2008

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  "THREADING THE GOLDEN NEEDLE": COLONIAL HK HERITAGE WALK
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  Invite you to drinks with Lord Alan Watson of Richmond, CBE
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 5.00pm - 8.00pm

Venue: The Helena May, 35 Garden Road, HK.

Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley
  
07 January 2008

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU CHRISTMAS PARTY
Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: Room 510A, Kornhill Plaza - Office Tower, 1 Kornhill Road (MTR Taikoo Exit A2).
  
24 November 2007

  ESU TRAIL-WALK
Time: 2.45pm - 5.30pm

Place: Pokfulam Reservoir Track

Meet our leader at Hang Seng Bank, Admiralty MTR at 2.45pm.
  
05 November 2007

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  WANCHAI WALK
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

  LANGUAGE CLINIC
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  THE 2007 ESU AND GLOBE EDUCATION CULTURAL SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS AT SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE THEATRE
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
  
10 March 2007

  CENTRE TO CEMETERY: COLONIAL HONG KONG HERITAGE WALK
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen`s Road, Central.

By appointments.
  
05 February 2007

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Presenter : Dr Gillian Bickley

Venue: Room G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  
08 January 2007

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
Venue: Room G06, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.

Time: 6:45pm - 8:00pm

Theme: "CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION"
  
29 December 2006

  ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Time: 6:00 pm

Venue: G04 The Center,
99 Queen's Road,
Central, Hong Kong.
  
28 December 2006

  SAY YOUR PIECE
Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm

Venue: Coffee.Book, G/F, 10 Park Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong.

Presenter: Dr Verner Bickley
  
23 December 2006

  CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PARTY
Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Venue: Suite G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
  
14 December 2006

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  SAY YOUR PIECE!
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

  LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH DISCUSSING SOCIAL ISSUES
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Presenter: Dr Gillian Bickley

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Venue: Room G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
  
06 November 2006

  "MEET AT THE ESU (HK)"
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

  ESU Programme - "ENGLISH THROUGH SONGS & POEMS"
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Venue: Room G04, The Center,
99 Queen's Road, Central.
  
09 August 2006

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  PRESENTING WITH POWER
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Venue: Room G04, The Center,
99 Queen's Road, Central.

  
17 July 2006

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong.
  
05 July 2006

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6:00-8:00pm

Venue: Room G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.

  
07 June 2006

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  POETRY LANGUAGE CLINIC - Special Clinic for Poetry Month
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

  ESU / ST. JAMES` TRAIL-WALK
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  THE STANDARD CHARTERED HK ENGLISH PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: G04, The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
  
07 March 2006

  LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH DISCUSSING SOCIAL ISSUES
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

  MEET AT THE ESU (HK)
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

  ESU LANGUAGE CLINIC
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: G04 The Center, 99 Queen's Road, Central.
  
06 February 2006

  ENGLISH THROUGH DRAMA
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

  "PRESENTING WITH POWER" WORKSHOPS
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