Language Centre

Language Enhancement Programme

Writing Enhancement Course

First-year incoming undergraduates with Level 3 or below in HKDSE English Language, or equivalents, are required to attend this semester-long course. The aim of the course is to develop writing strategies for academic and social purposes as well as to consolidate students' basic English grammer.

Writing Enhancement Services

The Writing Enhancement Services help undergraduates and postgraduate students improve their writing skills in English or Chinese on an individual or group basis.

Speaking Enhancement Services

The Speaking Enhancement Services help undergraduates and postgraduate students improve their Putonghua, Cantonese or English speaking skills on an individual or group basis.

Supplementary Language Courses

The Supplementary Language Courses help students improve their English, Chinese and Putonghua, and acquire other languages such as French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. The courses are non-credit bearing and enrolment is on a voluntary basis. Certificates of merit are given to students who pass their final tests in Putonghua courses.

Independent Language Learning

The Language Centre offers a wide range of facilities for independent language learning, to help students improve their English, Putonghua and other languages through individual study. Our Language Learning Oasis has a broad selection of materials to improve general language proficiency and specific language skills in English, Putonghua, Cantonese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. It also provides materials for preparation of public examinations such as IELTS, TOEFL, Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi (普通話水平測試 ), Common Recruitment Examination of the HKSAR Government and Japanese Language Proficiency Test. In addition, we offer support to students to develop independent language-learning skills. Students can make use of these facilities to make progress at their own pace.