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How to extend English learning beyond the classroom – workshop for teachers
9.00 a.m. – noon | St. Bonaventure College and High School, Wong Tai Sin
Helping students to extend English learning beyond the classroom can facilitate faster language assimilation. The workshop aims to share practical approaches with teachers to develop and encourage student autonomy, self-directed learning, group work and creativity. All English language teachers are welcome. |
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Hong Kong International Literary Festival and an evening with Alexander McCall Smith
An evening with Alexander McCall Smith: 6.30 – 10.00 p.m. | 15 March 2010 | The China Club |
HK$8,000 per shared table of six people, HK$14,880 per table of twelve people (including welcome drink and Chinese dinner with wine)
‘Language of Words, Language of Music’: 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. | 16 March 2010 | Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall | Tickets: HK$280
To celebrate the richness and creativity of English literature, the British Council is presenting ‘Language of Words, Language of Music’ at this year’s Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Two prolific British authors will share their passions in literature as well as contemplate the relation between words and music, including multi-award winning novelist Alexander McCall Smith, who became world-famous for his ‘No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency’ series, and Louis de Bernieres, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. We are also supporting up-and-coming young writer Tash Aw at the Festival. Book lovers can also get up-close and personal with Alexander McCall Smith by joining a special dinner event hosted by the Friends of the British Council at the China Club. Limited places are available. |
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Connecting Classrooms – Student Voice: With Care and Action Forum
9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. | St. Paul’s Convent School, 140 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Registration through our website
Organised by British Council Hong Kong and St. Paul’s Convent School, with the support of the Education Bureau, the Forum is a one-day event to explore how Student Voice, combined with Care and Action, can contribute to school improvement and be developed as an ‘Other Learning Experiences’ activity in Hong Kong’s new curriculum. At the Forum you will hear and share views with senior educators on why student voice matters; examples of student voice in practice in schools in Hong Kong and Portsmouth in the UK, and participate in workshops and plenary sessions on the way forward in Hong Kong (and connecting to UK classrooms). Students, teachers, principals and educators are most welcome to join. Registration is required. |
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34th Hong Kong International Film Festival
The British Council is supporting UK films at the 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival. This year's festival features UK director Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, Jury Prize winner at Cannes, and Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown with the inimitable Michael Caine starring as a wrathful avenger. We are also bringing documentary director Rob Lemkin to Hong Kong, and he will talk about his new work, Enemies of the People, on Cambodia’s forbidden history. Other selections range from the classic Oscar-winning The Red Shoes in 1948 to the more recent BAFTA nominated Bright Star. |
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Knives in Hens
Cattle Depot Theatre, Cattle Depot Artists Village
Tickets: HK$150 URBTIX
Two years after the Hong Kong premiere of Scottish playwright David Harrower’s stunning Blackbird, Theatre du Pif presents his breathtaking first play. Set in a god-fearing, pre-industrial community, a young woman comes to terms with an ancient hatred, an unexpected betrayal, and a growing sense of her place in the world.
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5 pairs of tickets (HK$150 each ticket, five winners in total). Login and answer a simple question before 8 March 2010. |
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Meeting the UK Art Entrepreneur at the 15th ifva Festival (Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards)
7.00 p.m. (discussion) | 9.00 p.m. (screening) | Hong Kong Art School (Shau Kei Wan campus)
The British Council partners with the 15th ifva Festival (Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards) to bring Sarah Perks, Programme and Engagement Director of the Cornerhouse, an international centre for contemporary visual arts and film in Manchester, UK Together with Andy Willis, a Reader at the University of Salford, Sarah will share the current state of visual arts, film and the creative industries in the UK using Cornerhouse as an example. She will also talk about her story of becoming a British Council UK Young Visual Arts Entrepreneur finalist in 2009. Screening of short films from the Exposure Film Festival, the UK’s largest festival for students’ moving image works organised by the Cornerhouse and the University of Salford, will follow the talk.
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The Adventures of Peter RabbitTM LIVE ON STAGE
Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Tickets: from HK$195 to HK$495 HK Ticketing
Based on books by the World famous children's author Beatrix Potter, The Adventures of Peter RabbitTM LIVE ON STAGE is a family musical featuring the beloved characters Peter Rabbit, farmer Mr. McGregor, cousin Benjamin Bunny, Old Mr. Bunny, Tommy Brock the badger and Mr. Tod, the wily fox. The beautiful sets, costumes and enchanting songs in this captivating musical, bring to life the delightful adventures of Peter Rabbit and the vivid imagination of the much celebrated author Miss Potter. It is a joyous celebration of the World’s most loved bunny!
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World Book Day
UNESCO has designated World Book Day as a worldwide celebration of books and reading. To celebrate World Book Day on 4 March 2010, the British Council Book Shop is selling six specially selected titles for young readers at a special price of HK$10 per book. Check them out now – while stocks last.
Enquiries: 2913 5122 or shop@britishcouncil.org.hk
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British Council English Club
3.00 - 6.00 p.m., Sundays | Room 503, British Council
The British Council English Club (BCEC) is a student association administered by current and past students of the British Council with the dual objectives of helping members keep up their English and promoting friendship among fellow students of the British Council. Meetings are held on Sundays and the membership fee is HK$50 per year. All past and present students of the British Council at intermediate level or higher are welcome to join.
Enquiries: 9670 2525 (Norman Tang)
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Featured
Topic - IELTS Recognition by US Institutions Increases
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IELTS announced that more than 2,500 higher education institutions in the US: undergraduate, graduate and professional schools programmes, including the eight elite US Ivy League schools, recognise IELTS as their English language proficiency test for admission.
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Cambridge ESOL Key English Test for Schools (KET for Schools) and Preliminary English Test for Schools (PET for Schools)
Registration: 1 – 20 March 2010 | Examination dates: 15 – 16 May 2010
With an increasing number of school children taking the Key English Test (KET) and Preliminary English Test (PET), Cambridge ESOL has specially developed a school version for the KET and PET examinations. The school version has the same test format and level of question papers as KET and PET and the test certificates are the same. The only difference is that the content and treatment of topics in the school version target the interests of school children. Registration starts on 1 March 2010.
Enquiries: 2913 5100 or enquiries@britishcouncil.org.hk
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20/03/10 |
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10/04/10 |
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KET/PET & KET/PET for Schools (KET & PET schedule)
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