[Corpora-List] ELABP Symposium (5-6 NOV, Hong Kong)

[egrcpce at polyu.edu.hk]

            Symposium on English as the

 Language of Asian Business and Professions (ELABP)

                 5-6 November 2009

        The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

THEMES

v       Discourse and pragmatic studies of English
in academic, professional, institutional and other
workplace contexts in Asia

v       Concerns, methodologies and problems

v       Curriculum design, materials writing,
instruction and assessment

v       Corporate training, assessment and
appraisal, staff development and quality assurance

v       Partnership with corporations and
consultancies

 

PROGRAMME

v       Plenary Talks

v       Paper Presentations

v       Invited Panel Discussions

 

PLENARY SPEAKERS

v       Plenary Talk 1: Understanding risk, trust &
quality: What can Discourse Analysis offer to
professional practice?

Professor Christopher Candlin, Department of
Linguistics, Macquarie University

v       Plenary Talk 2: Another look at Asian
Business Discourse(s) – with an eye on ELABP

Dr Francesca Bargiela, Independent Researcher in
Linguistics

PANEL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

v       Ruth Benny,  Training Consultant, Centre for
Professional and Business English, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University

v       Tony Bruno, Director of PCCW Teleservices

v       Georgina Chan, Executive Director, Hong Kong
Institute of Certified Public Accountants

v       Vincent Ho, Chairman, Hong Kong Association
of Risk Management and Safety

v       Deanna J McGonigal, Director of Learning and
Development, Marco Polo Hotels

v       King Wong, Secretary General, Hong Kong
Utility Research Centre

 

symposium organising committee

Winnie Cheng, Stephen Evans, Gail Forey, Christopher
Green, Li Lan, David Qian, and Martin Warren,
Research Centre for Professional Communication in
English, Department of English, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION & REGISTRATION

Registration is FREE, and is on a first-come
first-served basis. For registration or enquiries,
please contact Ms Josephine Tsang,
egjtsang at inet.polyu.edu.hk / (852) 2766 4916.

 

Website:  http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/RCPCE/elabp.html
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