Students apply communication skills to link people and the community
A total of 20 masterpieces demonstrating the professional skills in English communication, public relation, marketing, and writing of the final-year students of Associate of Arts English for Professional Communication (AAEPC) are on display from 14 to 16 April.
The theme of the project competition was “Communication links: people to community”. Ms Wanda Lau, Acting Head of CityU’s Division of Language Studies (LS), said, “We believe that communication is about people relating to each other and this is reflected in the projects our students have undertaken. The variety of projects, and the variety of host organizations that our students worked with, reflects the diversity of the communities that make up
Other officiating guests included Mr Chiu Tat-wing, Managing Director of Unison Orient International Limited; Professor Lilian Vrijmoed, Dean of Student Learning, CityU; and Ms Jennifer Ng, Principal of the Community College of City University of Hong Kong.
The “Project of the Year” awards went to two teams this year. They were “UTH Orchestras 4 YO” and “See the Blind, Feel the Shine” Campaign.
"I've been judging this competition for six years and I'm always impressed by the standard of English and the quality of the projects that I see. But this year we saw something exceptional. The standards were higher than ever--so high that we found it impossible to select a single winner. So, for only the second time in the history of this competition, we had to award project of the year to two teams.” said the Chair panel judge, the famous novelist Nury Vittachi. “The communication skills used by all members of the winning teams were extremely good, and their projects were of a standard that any professional communicator would be proud of."
“As the event organizers, we wrote to patrons for donation, sought sponsors to support the concert and invited companies to put advertisements to draw donation.” said Heidi Lam. “We also got the support of Mr. Joseph Wong, the creator of “Old Master Q” to design printed materials for the concert.”
The AAEPC provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to be effective communicators in English. It also provides a good foundation in business studies, communication theory and practice, and communication technology.
The exhibition is held at the Purple Zone Atrium of the