ELC Events and Activities

The English Language Centre (ELC) Spring Semester 2014 events started with the English Lunch at the Pacific Coffee (next to the UM library) on September 4, 2014. 12 students enjoyed free sandwiches and got to know each other in English. The English Language Teaching Assistants (ELTAs) wrote fifteen facts about […]

The annual ELC Retreat was held at the Sofitel Ponte 16 Hotel on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. During this time, ELC academic and administrative staff welcomed two new Senior Instructors as well as two new Teaching Fellows and, for the first time ever, four new English Language Teaching Assistants. While […]

A mocktail making workshop was held on May 16, 2014 from 17:30 to 18:30 in ILG 126. This is the second last ELC Spring Semester Events 2014 and the purpose is to provide participants a relaxed setting to use English and to make friends. Participants of the workshop worked together […]

On Friday May, 9th the ELC hosted a Korean Fan Painting activity. Many students attended said that it was their first time taking a painting class or even more specifically painting on fans. Students were instructed completely in English by ELC Teaching Fellow Marie Webb who gave techniques and tips […]

On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 ELC Teaching Fellow Kerry Pusey hosted an “impromptu speaking” event on campus at Pacific Coffee. “Impromptu” means unplanned or improvised, so to begin the event, the host prompted students to think about when and where they might engage in impromptu speaking in their daily lives, […]

On Tuesday, 22th April, ELC Teaching Fellow Dan Burge held an activity with students to discuss about “dating”. The activity started with getting to know one another and then proceeded onto discussions about dating, relationships and marriage. It was interesting to see different perspectives on this topic whilst comparing Western […]

On Wednesday, April 9, the English Language Centre (ELC) hosted a Spring Movie Night event in the American Corner of the UM library (http://library.umac.mo/ac/index.html).   The movie shown was Black Swan (2010), an award-winning psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. Survey data from previous […]

ELC Teacher Dan Burge hosted Rowan Atkinson Night for various students at UMAC where they were given a chance to practice their English in a social setting. Mr. Burge, a British citizen, is very passionate about his culture and is extremely fond of the British actor Rowan Atkinson who is […]

A group of UM students visited the Macau Art Museum last Friday (April 4, 2014) as one of the ELC Spring Semester Events 2014. The group saw the exhibitions of Hong Kong and Macau Illustrations, Macao Scenario: Animamix Biennale, and Historical Paintings of Macao in the 19th Century. Participants received […]

Have you ever thought of making your customized stamps? Last Friday (March 28, 2014), a group of 10 students tried making their unique stamps in the stamp-making workshop which is one of the ELC Spring semester events 2014.  Participants practiced their artistic skills and creativity through making a stamp of […]

On Monday, March 17, 2014, the ELC held an event to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day—a holiday with roots in Ireland, but celebrated now in several countries around the world (perhaps most notably in the United States). The host of the event, ELC Teaching Fellow Kerry Pusey, shared his experiences of […]