【MYUM Interview】Department of English Professor Damian Shaw and His Cross-cultural Journey
If knowing a national language can break down cultural barriers in a particular country, Damian Shaw, an assistant professor from UM’s Department of English, must be holding a laissez-passer that allows him to travel freely to any place in the world. Thanks to his impressive set of language skills, P ...
Prof Ronald Fong and Prof Yao Jingming won awards at Outstanding Achievement Awards for Macao Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
Prof Ronald Fong, Department of English, and Prof Yao Jingming, Department of Portuguese, recently won awards at the Fifth Outstanding Achievement Awards for Macao Research in Humanities and Social Sciences. The event was co-organised by the Macao Foundation and the Social Sciences in China Press. ...
From literature to research -an interview with professional interpreter Professor Victoria Lei
For full version of the interview of Victoria Lei, an associate professor from the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau, with Macau Positive Energy Association, please click here. ...
Department of English Prof. Ronald Fong’s linguistics paper contributes to Cantonese-English translation
A paper written by Ronald Fong, an assistant professor from the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), has published in the renowned academic journal Translation Research and Teaching. Titled ‘A Cognitive Analysis of the Cantonese Motion-Directional Construct ...
Department of English Professor Cecilia Zhao gives talk at Affiliated School of UM on how to teach English effectively
As per the invitation of the Affiliated School of the University of Macau (ASUM), Prof. Cecilia Guanfang Zhao from the Department of English at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities recently offered a teacher training workshop to the English teachers at ASUM on how to teach English effectively in an EFL ...
FAH Dean Honggang JIN visited Beijing Language and Culture University and Beijing Foreign Studies University
On 20th November 2018, Prof. Honggang Jin, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) visited the Faculty of Humanities and Social Society, Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) as well as School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University. Prof. Jin was invited ...
FAH holds 2018 Rountable Seminar: Cognitive Perspectives on SLA
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities held 2018 Roundtable Seminar: Cognitive Perspectives on SLA on 3rd and 4th, November 2018. The purpose of the seminar is to share research findings concerning current cognitive studies in the fields of first and second language acquisition and to explore possible an ...
Performing Shakespeare: Teaching Literature through Theatre Practice
By Prof. Katrine Wong, Department of English Source: CTLE Following the success of six 40-minute productions by students of ‘The English Renaissance’ (2015) — selected scenes from Francis Beaumont’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle and John Ford’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, students of the undergraduat ...