Hong Kong students＇ approaches to learning： Cross-cultural comparisons

Anecdotal evidence abounds in Hong Kong to the effect that students entering tertiary education are predisposed to a ＂rote＂ learning approach. With the internalisation of higher education in many countries, there is still insufficient understanding of how Chinese students approach their learning. Except few studies were conducted locally, there have been no systematic studies undertaken and there is a tendency to rely on anecdotal statements about Hong Kong students＇ approaches to learning. This study was designed to see if Hong Kong Chinese students who enrolled into a 3-year undergraduate programme in occupational therapy predisposed to a surface or deep approach to learning react differently when moving progressively from one stage to the next stage in their curriculum. The study adopted a longitudinal design method and measured students＇ changes in their approaches to learning using the Biggs＇ Study Process Questionnaire （SPQ）. The internal consistency reliability estimates for SPQ scales for samples of Hong Kong, Australia and UK were compared. The results of this study indicated that Hong Kong Chinese students demonstrated a higher mean for the deep approach learning and a lower mean for the surface approach, similar to other Hong Kong studies conducted in other tertiary institutions in Hong Kong and Australia.     

PM10 and CO Exposure of Hong Kong Population in Public Transit Facilities

Taking public transit facilities (PTFs) is the major transport style in Hang Kong. Human exposure to indoor air pollutants may cause adverse health effects to the passengers. Exposure assessment on air pollutants is important for the control of human diseases caused by indoor air pollution. In this paper, the indoor PM10,CO and C02 levels in various PTFs, such as public bus, subway, railway and ferry in Hong Kong, were measured. Combining with the time budget survey of Hong Kong population, the human exposures were calculated through Monte-Carlo simulation.     

画龙还须点睛

下面的每一个句子都有一个错误,你能找出来吗? 1. There are only few students in the classroom. 2. I don't know how to do next. 3. Jim is taller than any boy in his class. 4. I have't got a pen to write. 5. China has population of 1.3 billion. 6. The man you are talking is leaving for Hong Kong next Monday.     

An Overview of Bilingual Education in Hong Kong

English is more widely used in Hong Kong than mainland China. The introduction, escalation and declination of English in Hong Kong are examined. Relevant reasons are explored to account for the gradual change of language use. Afterwards, appropriate recom mendations are provided to elevate the status of English as globalization requires communication barriers across diverse cultures to be lifted.     

Jet Li is on Time's Cover Again

It is reported in Hong Kong—based Wenhui(文汇报)that super star Jet Li (李连杰) is selected for the cover of Time (《时代周刊》) of the December 2008 issue in honor of his contribution to philanthropy,which means that Li's philanthropic deeds have become the focus of overseas media.     

答案专页(英文)

[书面表达对策与讲练(Ⅲ)]Dear Li Hong,Glad to receive your letter of Dec.15. Welcome to Wuhan to stay with me in winter. As it is much colder here than in Guangzhou, I suggest you bring along with you some more warm clothes. In Wuhan there are some places for sightseeing, for     

A Corpus-Based Study of the Use of Verb DO in L2 Hong Kong University Students Writing

It is found in the study that there is a big difference concerning the overall frequency of Do with Hong Kong students using much more DO in their writings than native speakers.Besides,Hong Kong university students tend to overuse the verbal operator DO,which is contrary to Qi Yan’s study(2006).At the same time,they also misuse Do;When Do is used as de-lexical verb,Hong Kong students share the same characteristics with the study of Fu zhuqin(2006),that is,they allow more freedom to collocate with more Nouns,some of which are inappropriate collocates in native English.The potential reasons for these problems might be illustrated as overgeneralization,mother-tongue interference,and lack of vocabulary etc.Based on the findings,the paper presents two pedagogical implications about vocabulary teaching and learning:the content of vocabulary teaching should be extended and enriched,and the corpus-based vocabulary teaching methodology should be integrated into class practices.     

SARS(高二适用)

SARS is short for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which wecall in Chinese“非典型肺炎”.It has been apopular topic of conversation since the dis-ease began to spread on the Chinese main-land,in Hong Kong and Taiwan.The mainsymptoms(症状)of SARS are high fever,dry cough and breathing difficulties.     

CEPA and interrelationship between Chinese yuan and Hong Kong dollar

In order to explore the interrelated impacts of the economical communications between China and Hong Kong SAR, especially after the closer economic partnership arrangement (CEPA) and the Chinese yuan offshore financial business in Hong Kong banks in 2004, the exchange rates of the Chinese yuan and the Hong Kong dollar are investigated as well-performing market signals that should reflect this historical transformation. With vector autoregressive models (VAR), the Johansen cointegration test and the Granger causality test on the exchange rates of the Chinese yuan and the Hong Kong dollar adjusted by the consumer price index and inter-bank interest rates are examined. It is found that the exchange rates of the Chinese yuan and the Hong Kong dollar after CEPA are in long-term equilibrium and Granger causality with each other, which means that the interrelationship of the Chinese yuan and the Hong Kong dollar is more closely integrated after the implementation of the CEPA. In conclusion, the cooperation regarding bilateral trade and financial markets between China and Hong Kong SAR has been enhanced after 1997; furthermore, after the implementation of CEPA the interrelationship of the economies between China and Hong Kong SAR is significantly reinforced.     

A Passage to India

India is an immemorial country with so many mysteries and traditions. Last November, I went to India for business trip and had a chance to have an exciting experience.My destination is Dehli via Hong Kong airport. I started from Dalian at 10a.m. and arrived at Hong Kong     

"花样女子"张曼玉

Biography: Maggie was born in Hong Kong and emigrated(移民)with her family to England at the age of eight. She once worked as a cashier(出纳员)in a London bookstore. Upon completing her secondary school education,she returned to Hong Kong and first     

(新目标)七年级下Unit 12测试题(英文)

Ⅰ.单项选择 1. I know that you ____ Hong Kong in five hours. A. arrive B. arrive in C. will arrive in D. will arrive to 2. Let me ____ you how ____ to our home. A. to tell; to get B. tell; to get C. to tell; arrive D. tell; arrive 3. ——Does he often go     

Disney Park

In 1955, Walt Disney(迪斯尼)himsellopened the first Disney Park in Los Angeles,the USA.Later Disney world wasopened in Florida in 1971. It cost betweens$ 500 and $600 million. TokyoDisney Park opened in Japan in 1983,and Europe (欧洲)Disney opened inFrance in 1992. Now Hong Kong is going to build a DisneyPark and it will be open in 2005. More than 80% of Hong Kong's populationwould like to visit the Disney Park when     

亚洲R&B歌后——李玟

Born in Hong Kong and having emigrated to the United States at the tender age of 10, CoCo Lee had no idea she would become an international singing superstar. After winning the second place in a singing contest (equilavent to Star Search) in Hong Kong, her life would be forever changed.     

Leonardo Advocates Environmental Protection

At the invitation of HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor- poration汇丰银行),the international superstar Leonardo DiCaprio (莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥) went to Hong Kong to promote public environmental awareness.He appeared in the first release (首演) of The 11th Hour     

刘德华:“我已经过时了”

Andy Lau is a popular actor and singer in Hong Kong and around Asia.He started his acting career in 1980 with the TVB when he was about 18 years old.He began his singing career in 1985.Having been in showbiz for 20years,Andy has been through everything.He knows how to handle small setbacks.He often says, "What is this?It's just an     

A Case Study of Language Policies in Hong Kong

Hong Kong belongs to China. However, Hong Kong has been a colony of the British Empire for 154 years and 11 months and it has been under Japan rule for three years and eight years. Hong Kong returned t...     

防弹武僧周润发

ailed in the Los Angeles Times as“TheCoolest Actor in the World”,the endear-ingly(可爱地)plebeian yet strikinglyhandsome Chow Yun-Fat was a fixture ofHong Kong film and TV from his debut in the eadv 1970s.Heis best known by American and Brifish culfists as a hard-boiled(无情的)action hero specializing in portrayals of honorablehit-men,gangsters,thieves and trigger-happy cops.In Asia,Chow is a superstar,with extensive credits in a variety ofgenres including romances, both period and contemporary;dramas;slapstick(闹剧)comedies and supernatural thrillers.Heis that rare Hong Kong star who has won admiration of boththe common folk and the cineastes(电影制作人员)by segueingsmoothly from commercial to arty(艺术的)fare.Chow is mostconvincing playing good-humored 'Joes'characterized byself-sacrificing loyalty and a lack of self-consciousness.Evenwhen he plays criminals,he is rarely truly bad,and if Cast in theromantic lead,he rarely gets the girl.Hong Kong audienceslove to see him suffer before overcoming incredible odds.     

非谓语动词改错精练（一）

下列句子中各有一处错误,均属非谓语动词用错,请指出,并改正:1.You shouldn’t keep him to wait therein such cold weather for so long.2.I’d like you taking a message for myfather working in Hong Kong when you arethere next week.3.Looked out of the window of our hotelroom,we saw lots of mountains.4.The main trouble was their having notenough tools to help them make repairs.5.He made it know to his friends thathe did not want to go into politics.6.The doctor did what he could do anoperation on the …