About the Event :

Academic writing refers to a style of writing that researchers use to define the intellectual boundaries of their disciplines, to examine and explain the significance of some complex ideas, and to publish the findings of their research. Academic writing is clear, concise, structured, and supported by evidence from scholarly sources. Each subject discipline has its own writing conventions and types of discourse. However, there are some general features and characteristics of academic writing that are relevant across all disciplines.

In this workshop, the overall schematic structure, the general characteristics of academic writing, and the writing process of a journal article will be introduced. Authentic journal articles will be used for analysing the characteristics of academic writing (such as defining the purpose and the intended readers of the writing, a clear focus of the research problem under investigation, synthesis of ideas from literature, incorporating evidence to support the arguments and findings, demonstrating a balance of views in the writing with clear and concise language).

Facilitator(s) :

Ms Jannie Tsang is the Project Consultant of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), and the Guest Lecturer of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). She is also a freelance writer of English teaching materials for local publishers. Before joining the University, she was a Vice-Principal and the English Panel Chairlady of an English-as-Medium-of-Instruction (EMI) secondary school in Hong Kong.

At EdUHK, she has been teaching undergraduate programmes on education theories, effective teaching, classroom management, Learning Study, teaching innovations, and professional & vocational programmes. Apart from undergraduate programmes, she teaches professional development courses for in-service teachers in Hong Kong and Macau. With her rich experience at the frontline, she does not only provide consultancy support services on English Language teaching but also conducts professional development seminars and workshops on themes like “cooperative learning”, “self-regulated learning”, “e-Learning”, “questioning techniques”, and “lesson observation & conferencing skills” for a number of primary and secondary schools in both Hong Kong and Macau.  

Intended Learning Outcomes :

On completion of the workshop, participants would be able to:

• identify key concepts, structures and elements of an academic journal article; and
• practise writing topic sentences and proper diction in academic writing.

Target Audience :

VTC Teaching and Instructing Staff

Enquiry :

Dr LAU Kam Ming, Chrystopher
Project Officer
Tel: 2919-1559
E-mail: ckmlau@vtc.edu.hk