{"id":1242,"date":"2021-07-12T16:49:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T08:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=1242"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T04:14:49","slug":"useful-resources-dses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/?page_id=1242","title":{"rendered":"Useful resources: DSES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/literacy.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Literacy in the Disciplines<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/literacy.elc.polyu.edu.hk\/social-science\">Literacy in the disciplines<\/a><\/h2><hr \/><p>The website consists of a comprehensive support system to help provide a stimulating learning environment for students, content and language teachers. It also aims to help teachers become conversant with disciplinary genres and the linguistic and pedagogical resources suitable in a second language learning environment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/literacy.elc.polyu.edu.hk\/social-science\" title=\"Click Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Click Here\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .back -->\n\t\t <!-- ifb-flip-box -->\n\t <!-- flip-box -->\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Strategies-on-discipline-specific-writing.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Strategies on Discipline-specific Writing<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/teaching\/solveproblem\/strat-cantwrite\/cantwrite-02.html\">Strategies on Discipline-Specific Writing<\/a><\/h2><hr \/><p>The page introduced the strategies on discipline-specific writing, including identifying the key features of writing in your discipline, make expectations explicit, and model how you approach writing tasks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/teaching\/solveproblem\/strat-cantwrite\/cantwrite-02.html\" title=\"Click Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Click Here\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .back -->\n\t\t <!-- ifb-flip-box -->\n\t <!-- flip-box -->\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Speaking-in-Academic-Settings-1024x821.png\" alt=\"Speaking in Academic Settings\" title=\"Speaking in Academic Settings\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Speaking in Academic Settings<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/a-primer-on-communication-studies\/s12-02-speaking-in-academic-settings.html\">Speaking in Academic Settings<\/a><\/h2><hr \/><p>Strategies on discipline-specific speaking in academic settings<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/a-primer-on-communication-studies\/s12-02-speaking-in-academic-settings.html\" title=\"Click Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Click Here\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .back -->\n\t\t <!-- ifb-flip-box -->\n\t <!-- flip-box -->\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Optimus.png\" alt=\"Optimus\" title=\"Optimus\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>OPTIMUS | Online Project for the Improvement of University Speaking<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/optimus.hku.hk\/home\/\">OPTIMUS<\/a><\/h2><hr \/><p>The goal of the Online Project for the Improvement of University Speaking Project (OPTIMUS) is to provide Hong Kong tertiary students with an online, self-access resource for the improvement of their English speaking skills. OPTIMUS is the product of a large UGC-funded project conducted collaboratively by HKU, CityU and PolyU. OPTIMUS is centred on a database of more than 60 video exemplars of authentic best-practice speaking from expert and peer presenters. The user interface allows learners a large degree of independence to tailor usage to their preferred learning styles and needs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/optimus.hku.hk\/home\/\" title=\"Click Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Click Here\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .back -->\n\t\t <!-- ifb-flip-box -->\n\t <!-- flip-box -->\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SEWS.png\" alt=\"SEWS\" title=\"SEWS\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>SEWS Project<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/esp.eduhk.hk\/\">SEWS Project<\/a><\/h2><hr \/><p>Student Ambassador Project for English Academic Writing<br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/esp.eduhk.hk\/\" title=\"Click Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Click Here\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .back -->\n\t\t <!-- ifb-flip-box -->\n\t <!-- flip-box -->\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dses.eduhk.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ECE.png\" alt=\"ECE\" title=\"ECE\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>ECE Learning<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .front -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eceenglish.eduhk.hk\/\">ECE Learning<\/a><\/h2><hr \/><p>The &#8216;Early Childhood Education English learning&#8217; website at the Education University of Hong Kong is a learning platform for English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) learners and professionals in the field of Early Childhood Education globally.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eceenglish.eduhk.hk\/\" title=\"Click Here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"  role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Click Here\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<!-- END .back -->\n\t\t <!-- ifb-flip-box -->\n\t <!-- flip-box -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Literacy in the Disciplines Literacy in the disciplines The website consists of a comprehensive support system to help provide a stimulating learning environment for students, content and language teachers. 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