Focus on Chinese Learners
Saturday 24th November 2001
Sheffield Hallam University
Organiser: Judith Rossiter
Plenary Sessions
Lixian Jin (The Chinese University of Hong Kong / De Montfort University) & Martin Cortazzi (Brunel University)
Cultural Synergy: Using Chinese strengths for learning in EAP"
Eunice Tang (Warwick University)
Discourse in the Chinese EFL Classroom
Gerard Sharpling (Warwick University)
Testing Chinese students: the problem of the writing component.
Xiuping Li (University of Sunderland)
A Positive Cultural Perspective on Rote Learning in China: An analysis of Views from 100 Chinese learners of English
Zhongshe Lu (Professor of English, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China / Nottingham University)
College English Teaching in China
Fionnuala o'Connell (University of Ulster) and Lizian Jin (Chinese University, Hong Kong / De Montfort University
A structural model of literature review: an analysis of Chinese postgraduate students’ writing
Joan Cutting (University of Sunderland)
The Graduate Abroad Scheme at the University of Sunderland
Workshops
Eunice Tang (Warwick University)
The Chinese Education system and its implications
Eileen Kontoulis (Sheffield Hallam University)
The SHEAP Course and related issues
Tim Francis (University of Bath)
Accounting for Errors, Problems and Differences. Contrastive Analysis Revisited.
Olwyn Alexander (Heriot Watt University)
In general and in particular: when to pay attention to detail in text.
Kevin Nield (School of Sport and Leisure Management, Sheffield Hallam University)
Possible differences in Chinese learners
Ni Minxue (currently on exchange at Djanogly City Technology College, Nottingham. Gu Huiling (currently on exchange at Slough Grammar School)
English teaching and leaning in Chinese secondary schools.
