1. Hong Kong Langscape EN2707 Developing Reading and Writing Session 6

2. This session… Langscape project APA referencing, citation, literature search, keyword search Group consultation

3. Hong Kong Langscape…

4. A quick challenge… Describe the sign to a Martian. Explain why the sign is produced in a particular way. Refresh your memory and describe the language use in Festival Walk (what will you include?)

5. Langscape = language + landscape Other examples: soundscape, cityscape, dreamscape, artscape Langscape - the language of public road signs, advertising billboards, street names, place names, commercial shop signs, and public signs on government buildings combines to form the linguistic landscape of a given territory, region, or urban agglomeration (Landry & Bourhis,1997:25).

6. We are serious!!!! Due Date: Oct 25, 2008 Mark penalty will be imposed on late submission (departmental policy) Late assignments will be given a lower grade. Assignments more than 7 days late will be given the ‘F’ grade. Individual course coordinators will decide how mark deduction is calculated for assignments between 1 and 7 days late. Course coordinator will check your online submission at 8 a.m., Oct 26.

7. Your team should… leisurely stroll into your chosen district to discover the language use (all languages, all modes) in your chosen district; diligently record (any mode) the language use your team discovered; chat with people in your chosen district on their views about language use (you can use ‘Hi5’ from BC Magazine as an example); critically review the language use (all languages, all modes) in your chosen district; carefully select your presentation materials (only original works will be assessed); and creatively present your findings.

8. Administrative team effort – this is a collaborative writing assignment. It is expected that the writing submitted for this assignment will read like it is written by the collective mind of one group, rather than by 3/4/5 individual writers contributing one paragraph each; assessment – please refer to the assessment rubric for details. Everyone in the same group will receive the same mark for this assignment; word limit – about 2500 for a group of 4; editorial effort – your team needs to submit a piece of readily presentable writing; citations – APA referencing to 2 academic works (book chapter or journal article published in academic journal); and copyright – if you plan to use copyright works (photo, graphic, visual, audio and text), please seek permission before assignment submission (you will be required to submit written evidence).

9. Literature search Library catalogue – keyword search Library e-database Online tool – Scholar Google http://scholar.google.com.hk/ http://scholar.google.com.hk/ This is not an advertisement, but you can easily find references to journal articles/book chapters You will have to go through the library catalogue if you are working at home. A 20-year old book/ch./article may no longer be relevant!

10. APA basics… Book Author’s surname, Author’s initial. (Year). Title in italic. City of publication: Publisher. Lo, K.C. (2005). Chinese face/off: The transnational popular culture of Hong Kong. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.

11. Book chapter Author’s surname, Author’s initial. (Year). Title of the book chapter. In Editor’s initial, Editor’s surname (Eds.), Book title in italic (page number). City: Publisher. Cheng, H.H.-L. (2001). Consuming a dream: Homes in advertisements and imagination in contemporary Hong Kong. In G. Mathews & T-L. Lui (Eds.), Consuming Hong Kong (pp. 205-236). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

12. Journal article Author’s surname, Author’s initial. (Year). Journal article. Journal’s title in italic, Volume/Issue(number), page number. Chan, E. (2002). Beyond pedagogy: Language and identity in post-colonial Hong Kong. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 23(2), 271- 285.

13. Computer Lab As a group, please use either the library catalogue / online search engine to look for two relevant books/book chapters/journal articles on language use in Hong Kong/popular culture/your group’s general area of interest Upload your finds in APA referencing style to the Discussion Board.