Summer English Programme 2020 – First-ever Summer English Programme fully online at the English Language Centre
The English Language Centre (ELC) of Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently organised a three-week Summer English Programme 2020 (July 1 to 21) for nearly 300 incoming first-year students of the University of Macau (UM). This was the first time this programme was conducted fully online and wit ...
FAH-ELC: Photo Sharing—i-Learner Workshop: Using Online Resources to Learn English on January 17, 2020
The ELC i-Learner Workshop: Using Online Resources to Learn English was successfully held on January 17, 2020. In this workshop, In this workshop, Year 1 and ELC students learned how to operate a very useful online platform to learn English in all different aspects including speaking, listening, read ...
2019 Creative Writing Contest– Storytelling Final Event
After a month of progressing and hard work, the Creative Writing Contest was successfully held in the Black Box Theatre last week. Among all the outstanding works that we had received in the first half of the month, five excellent works were shortlisted and were comprehensively presented in the final. ...
FAH-ELC: Photo Sharing—ELC English Presentation Contest on November 27, 2019
The ELC English Presentation Contest was successfully held last Wednesday, November 27, 2019. The Contest aimed at providing a stage for EELC1003 students to fulfill their talent in English presentation and share what they had learned in their EELC1003 class. The target audience was all UM students, ...
FAH-ELC: Photo Sharing—ELC Creative Writing Workshop on 8 November 2019
Have you thought of working as an author in the future? It sounds dramatic and unachievable but you can have a taste of it in this workshop! This workshop focused on scriptwriting which is not widely discussed among students. Some basic ideas about the settings, the plot, and types of genres were bein ...
FAH-ELC: Photo Sharing—ELC Note-taking Workshop on 25 October 2019
Dear students, There was a “Note-taking Workshop” held by ELC last Friday, 25 October 2019. Around twenty students participated in the workshop. During the workshop, they were first exposed to the basic idea of note-taking skills, and then together learned about six commonly used symbols in note-taki ...
FAH-ELC: Photo Sharing—ELC Watercolour Painting Workshop on 18 October 2019
Macau is a fast-paced city. Work and study are overwhelming which make us feel stress out and hectic. If we can’t find a way to release our stress, that may affect our physical and mental health! Art is the best remedy for stress. Through this workshop, students shared their worries while others gav ...
FAH-ELC: Photo Sharing—ELC Business Letter Writing Workshop on 27 September 2019
Business Letter Writing Workshop, organised by the English Language Centre, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, was held successfully on Friday, 27 September 2019. This academic workshop helped students understand the formal language and the structure of a business letter, and develop effective business ...
FAH-ELC: Photo Sharing-ELC Chatroom on Sept. 20
The ELC Chatroom activity is back! Held and successfully completed on September 20th, ELC Chatroom allows students especially freshmen to practice communicating and speaking in English, make new friends and share their own thoughts. In this activity, students got to talk with native speakers about th ...
Photo Sharing: Closing Ceremony of ELC/FAH English Summer Immersion Programme
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently organised a four-week Summer English Immersion Programme 2019 for incoming first-year students. The programme consists of morning formal classroom learning, and afternoon/evening immersion-style learning. Participating student ...