Developing young short story writers in secondary schools in Hong Kong-A university-school partnership programme
Project Leader: Prof. Barley Mak
Facilitators: Prof. Barley Mak, Dr. Betty J. Gran, Ms. Mary Thorp
Introduction
Aim
To nurture young short story writers in secondary schools in Hong Kong
Target participants
Project scope
Project period
02/2011 – 04/2012
Project Leader: Prof. Barley Mak
Facilitators: Prof. Barley Mak, Dr. Betty J. Gran, Ms. Mary Thorp
Introduction
- The project was supported by the University Grant Committee through the CUHK Knowledge Transfer Project Fund in 2011
Aim
To nurture young short story writers in secondary schools in Hong Kong
Target participants
- Secondary 2 students
- Secondary 2 English teachers
Project scope
- Professional development workshops for English language teachers
- Workshops on basic skills in writing short stories for students
- Collaborative writing of short stories after the workshops
- Experience sharing seminar with exemplar student writers as guests
- A short story writing competition and experience sharing session after the above activities
Project period
02/2011 – 04/2012