ELC Events and Activities

Fawlty Towers night was conducted on Tuesday the 19th of November 2013 by University of Macau English Teaching Fellow Dan Burge. It started at 6 p.m. and went on for roughly three hours, finishing at just before 9 p.m. Dan Burge was most pleased that most students wished to stay […]

The ELC hosted a friendly table tennis tournament on Friday, November 15th in the UM Sports Complex Pavilion. Skill levels ranged from beginner (in the case of the host, ELC Teaching Fellow Kerry Pusey) to quite advanced (in the case of the tournament winner – a first year student from […]

One of the objectives of the General Education programme is to develop students’ critical thinking abilities. In this workshop, ELC Senior Instructor, Averil Bolster presented the importance of asking questions to generate students’ critical thinking. It is also important to train students to be able to ask good questions. Thought-provoking […]

A group of students joined the ELC semester event of taking photos around the campus on November 13, 2013. Students enjoyed walking around to take pictures of the UM campus and discovered spots with spectacular views of Macau. Despite the gloomy weather, the pictures display the beauty of the campus […]

Last week, the ELC has hosted its 9th English Language Festival. The Festival took place over 3 days from Wednesday, November 6 to Friday, November 8 and showcased academic and extra-curricular activities with the aim of promoting English skills awareness and usage around campus. Two guest speakers in the TESOL […]

Last Wednesday the English Language Center celebrated Halloween on-campus by hosting a pumpkin carving event outside the S.T.D.M auditorium. 20 students from the UM community competed to win 3 prizes for their pumpkin carving skills. First prize winner, Joel, won the best overall pumpkin carving first prize award for his […]

The English Language Centre (ELC) organizes a number of semester events for students to explore English in different contexts, and one of them is the Bowling Night at the Macau Dome on October 22, 2013. Sponsored by the ELC, students not only enjoyed bowling but also learnt some technical bowling […]

Last Wednesday the first “Pacific Coffee Break and Study” met in the Pacific Coffee shop on campus. ELC teachers Marie Webb and Kerry Pusey, who are hosting some of the ELC Fall 2013 Semester Events, met with 13 students that attended the first meeting. Snacks and good stories were shared […]

For the second ELC Fall Event of the semester, English Teaching Fellows Marie Webb and Kerry Pusey led a Mexican cooking demonstration last Wednesday, October 9, 2013, which proved to be a fun-filled activity for all in attendance. The activity included several focal points, including background information about Mexico, California […]

On Tuesday, October 8th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ELC teacher Dan Burge (pictured above with UMAC students) hosted “Big Two Game Night” in ILG120 as part of the ELC Fall 2013 Events. During the event, participants were encouraged to use English in a natural setting while playing Big Two. […]