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The 25th Anniversary Conference of SCOLAR
With a view to showcasing parts of the efforts of SCOLAR over the years and creating a platform for various stakeholders to exchange knowledge on topics of strategic importance to the language education in Hong Kong, the 25th Anniversary was held on 25 June 2021 with the theme “Advancing Language Education, Building a Better Community”. The Conference formed part of a series of celebratory activities marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of SCOLAR in the year of 2021.
Conference content
Video
Video of Guest Talk I ── New Normal: Risks or Resources?
Video of Guest Talk II ── An Innovative Language Learning Approach in Europe Based on Neuro-scientific Principles and Its Implications for Theory and Practice for the Learning Community
Video of Guest Talk III ── A Conversation between Scholars: How Mainland China and Hong Kong are Helping Non-Chinese Speakers Learn Chinese Well
Video of Guest Talk IV ── A Translanguaging Perspective on Becoming‘Biliterate and Trilingual’ in 21
Video of Symposium I ── Early English Language and Literacy Development of Young Children in Hong Kong
Video of Symposium II ── Evolving Pedagogical and Subject Training Needs of Frontline Teachers on Supporting NCS Students Learning Chinese
Video of Symposium III ── Evolving Pedagogical and Subject Training Needs of Frontline Teachers on Supporting Early Language Development of Young Children
Presentations of Parallel Sessions
Session
Topic
Slides
Parallel Session I
Supporting Ethnic Minority Students' Chinese Language Learning through Enhancing Extramural Chinese Social Media Use
Hong Kong Senior Secondary Students' Problems in Reading Classical Chinese Texts and the Effectiveness of Current Chinese Reading Instruction
Gamifying Primary Students' Reading Process through an Online Battle Platform: Factors for Success and Obstacles to be Overcome
Parallel Session II
Foundational Chinese Literacy Skills for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students: An Intervention Research
Children' s Literature in English Language Teaching for Primary Students in Hong Kong
The Use of Perceptual Training in a Mobile Application to Improve Chinese Reading Performance in Children with Dyslexia
Parallel Session III
Investigating the Chinese and English Language Proficiency of Tertiary Students in Hong Kong: Perspectives from the Hong Kong Subset of the Multilingual Student Translation Corpus
