Effective Proposal Writing
Introduction
This workshop is designed for you who need to write academic essays in tertiary education. Some adult learners who are taking a degree programme may not be familiar with basic academic writing conventions so they could not get satisfactory results in their academic papers. In this workshop, you are going to learn the basic academic writing conventions, appropriate tone and register, essential language items, paraphrasing and summarizing skills, and referencing skills in order to make your essays look standard and professional.
What is the target?
- To write a standard and professional academic essay
- To be able to use your own words to express the same ideas from source information
- To understand the importance of referencing and avoid plagiarism
Who should attend?
Those who are studying in tertiary education and required to submit academic essays.
Teaching Methodology
Interactive lectures, case studies, writing practices
Certification
Certificate of Successful Completion will be awarded to students who have achieved the attendance criteria.
Course Outline
- Basic academic writing conventions
- Appropriate tone and register
- Essential language items
- Paraphrasing and summarizing skills
- Referencing
Fee
- Registered Professionals: HK$1,400
- Six Sigma Community Buddies /Members of SSI Partners: HK$1,500
- Others: HK$1,650
Language: English
Venue: Unit 1627, 16/F, Star House, No. 3 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Date:
Time Slot: 6 Mar 2018 (Tue) Course Code: EPW-18MAR06F
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm & 2:00pm to 5:00pm
CPD Credit: 6 credits
About the Facilitator
BA (Hons) (HKPU), PGDE (CUHK), MSc (Bath), MA (HKU)
Jayson LO has nearly 20 years of work experience at the supervisory grade in various fields, including human resources and administration, sales and marketing, finance and accounting, public relations and corporate communication, to name a few. After he had finished his postgraduate studies and obtained an MSc degree in Business and Community in the UK, he returned to Hong Kong and worked for private and public sectors at the management level. Meanwhile, he started his training and teaching career. He has been working as Visiting Lecturer and Language Instructor for local universities and NGOs, and teaching communication and soft skills in English for more than 15 years. He has also conducted corporate training such as Effective Business Writing course, Effective Communication workshop, Successful Oral Presentation workshop, Efficient Complaint Handling seminar, and so forth, for local and multinational corporations. In addition to teaching duties, he also helps various organisations and institutes to design and develop different English programmes for particular groups so as to enhance their English communication competency. Apart from the MSc degree (UK), he has recently obtained a MA degree in Applied Linguistics (HKU). Jayson was also awarded the International Teaching and Training Diploma (UK), and the National Corporate Trainer qualification (PRC). Since he believes communication is vital for establishing harmonised relationship among people, and language is a tool for communication, particularly English language which is the common language spoken in almost every part of the world, he always devotes himself to teaching English and cultivating his students through sharing his experiences with them.
