14 Mar, 2016 (Mon)

Using Language Perspective to Teach Cultural Differences in General Education

Venue: 許讓成樓701室

Language: Cantonese

Speaker: Prof. Ho Chi Ming (Department of Japanese Studies)

Abstract

是次的通識午餐聚會,是由大學通識教育部及學能提升研究中心合辦「博弈學習行為研討系列」的第一講,主題為運用小組作業教學和評核所面對的挑戰。講者將報告學能提升研究中心於去年一月到八月,就該課題收集的學生意見和經驗,並在會中首播一段於去年十月錄影,有關同學互評機制的學生辯論片段。其後,講者將邀請與會者討論同學互評機制如何影響學生在小組作業裡的博弈學習行為。

Speaker(s)

Prof. Ho Chi Ming is Associate Professor of the Department of Japanese Studies, and Exemplary Teaching Award in General Education 2014 recipient. He has a BA in Japanese Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a MPhil. and a PhD in Linguistics from University of Tsukuba, Japan. He joined CUHK in 2003. He has taught UGEC 1281 Understanding Japanese Language and Culture for 10 years. His research interests include Japanese linguistics and teaching Japanese as a foreign language, especially on the acquisition of Japanese compound verbs, the differences in communication strategies between Japanese and Hong Kong people, and cultural differences between Japanese and Hong Kong people through the language perspective. His most recent book publication is 60 keywords of Japanese culture (《日本文化60詞》) published in 2014.