Archive for April, 2014

ELC Spring 2014 events: Activity about “Dating”, 22 April 2014

ELC Spring 2014 events: Activity about “Dating”, 22 April 2014

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 […]

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ELC Spring 2014 events: Spring Movie Night, 9 April 2014

ELC Spring 2014 events: Spring Movie Night, 9 April 2014

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 […]

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ELC Spring 2014 events: Rowan Atkinson Night , 8 April 2014

ELC Spring 2014 events: Rowan Atkinson Night , 8 April 2014

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 […]

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ELC Spring 2014 events: Visit to the Macau Art Museum, 4 April 2014

ELC Spring 2014 events: Visit to the Macau Art Museum, 4 April 2014

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 […]

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ELC Spring 2014 events: Stamp-making Workshop, 28 March 2014

ELC Spring 2014 events: Stamp-making Workshop, 28 March 2014

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 […]

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