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Seminar Title

‘Sixty for communication skills … and forty for technical knowledge’: Understanding professional communicative competences of professionals in Engineering

Organizers:

Hong Kong Institute of Utility Specialists (HKIUS)

Research Centre for Professional Communication in English (RCPCE), Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Supporting Organization:

Construction Professionals’ Development Centre (CPDC), HKIE-CAD, SOE (HK), InstMC (HK), GAAHK, HKARMS

Date, Time and Venue

7 December 2010 (Tue)

7:00 – 8:30 pm (Registration starts at 6:30pm)

Venue: N001, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 

Speaker(s) Details

Prof. Winnie CHENG, Director, RCPCE, Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Seminar highlights:

The seminar describes an interdisciplinary project between English Studies academics and engineers, surveyors and architects. The collaborative project involves the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English (RCPCE) and Hong Kong Institute of Utility Specialists (HKIUS). The seminar reports on the analysis of 474 completed questionnaires, with a focus on the relative frequencies of use of languages (Chinese and English; Cantonese, Mandarin and English), use of different written and spoken text types, perceived importance of these text types, and perceived difficulty of these text types. It also reports on the findings of 36 interviews with a focus on the professionals’ opinions of their different competences in professional communication, and how the competencies are valued and evaluated in their workplaces. Based on the findings, the seminar discusses some implications for effective English communication in the engineering profession.

Registration:

Online registration at www.uti.hk.**

**The seminar is preferred to present in English and Supplemented with English presentation material. Please note that UTI website has an online enrolment system and if you want to join more CPD seminars later. Please register be an online member of UTI(http://www.uti.hk).

or you can fax back the standard reply form via 2618 4500

Enquiries:

Ms. Elley Cheng

Tel: 2690 3899 (Email: talks@uti.hk)

Limited No of participant

160

Fee

Free of charge on a first-come-first-served basis