On March 20th, Dr. Nan Zhang, Associate Professor in English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, delivered a speech entitled "Modernism and the Observant Eye" at UIC. As introduced by Dr. Xi XU, Dr. Zhang, with a dual background in International Finance and Literature, is a scholar with a unique perspective. Deeply fascinated by Virginia Woolf's writings, she wholeheartedly immersed herself...

Our Journey to the International Conference on Frontiers of Corpus-Based Interdisciplinary Research (FoCIR), at Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityThe ELLS program, committed to fostering academic projects along with local and international collaboration, is thrilled to share the unforgettable experiences of our recent participation in the International Conference on Frontiers of Corpus-Based Interdisci...

On September 15th, 18 TESOL students from the course "Materials Evaluation and Production for Language Teaching," were led by Dr. Edith Yan, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature Studies at UIC, Dr. Jackie Yeoh, Assistant Professor of ELLS, and Ms. Joanna Wang, the Assistant Instructor, to Dulwich International High School at Zhuhai (DHZH). At DHZH, they met with their mentor t...

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”On May 10th 2023, a launch party was held to celebrate the successful release of Elsewhere Issue 5. Elsewhere is an annual English literary magazine that showcases excellent writing and photography by students across UIC and beyond. Produced by Year 4 students in the English for Professional Communications (EPC) con...

The program in English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS) is dedicated to cultivating the teaching talents of UIC students to meet the actual needs of English teaching in schools. To this end, in February 2023, members of the UIC Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences signed agreements with Zhuhai Yunfeng Primary School and Xiawan Middle School to collaborate in delivering the English te...

Learning and teaching modes have become increasingly open and innovative with regard to time, space, curriculum, organization, pedagogical methods and infrastructure. Educators must keep abreast of and adapt to the latest developments in order to cope with new demands and seize emerging opportunities. Five UIC Year-4 students successfully presented their papers online at the 2022 International ...

The Showcase Presentations on English Textbook Materials Development was successfully held in the afternoon of May 18th, at room T29-105 and via Tencent Meeting. These presentations showcased the collaboration between the English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS) Programme and CCC Kei Chi Secondary School (KCSS) in Hong Kong. ELLS-TESOL Year-3 students developed English textbook materials in consultation with KCSS English teachers.

The Symposium on Developing Pedagogical Innovations was held in T2-102 and on Tencent Meeting on 6 October. It is a part of a research project conducted by the English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS) Programme and funded by the Education Department of Guangdong Province’s 2018 University Innovation and Enhancement Project.All live and virtual participants took a group photo to mark the ...