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We would like to thank all the people that attended and participated in the Spanish Teachers’ workshop organized by the SGEL publishing house on Saturday, December 3rd, as well as the excellent speakers and authors Miss Concha Moreno García and Mister Javier Castromil.
Thanks to all the visitors and alumni that came to the movie screenings of the Argentine Movie Days!
The organizers, the Spanish Programme Staff and the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic, are immensely grateful for your attendance and for turning the event into a big success.
On November 7th, SMLC held their annual Award Ceremony for students of the School. Students from various languages and area studies programmes attended the ceremony together with family and friends. The Spanish Programme had a total of 6 awards: 2 from the Consulate General of Spain in Hong Kong and Macao, and 1 each from the following universities: University of Alicante, University of Cádiz, University of Castilla-La Mancha (campus Toledo) and National University of Distance Education in Cuenca. Mr. Avelino Busto, Deputy Head of Mission from the Consulate General of Spain, and Ms. Rocío Blasco García, Spanish Programme Director from HKU, handed out the diplomas. Congratulations to all our awardees!
Spanish Consulate awards:
University of Alicante:
University of Cadiz award:
University of Castilla-La Mancha (campus Toledo) award:
National University of Distance Education in Cuenca award:
As one of ten HeForShe University IMPACT Champions, HKU is co-organising the first concert in support of HeForShe in Hong Kong with the Consulate General of Mexico in celebration of its 50th anniversary in the city. The concert will feature Magos Herrera, a most renowned jazz singer-songwriters from Latin America, also a supporter of HeForShe.
You, your family and friends are invited to enjoy this dazzling evening on Sunday, November 20, 2016 in Hong Kong City Hall at 7:30pm. Ticket sale starts today (October 20). Order your tickets on Urbtix before they are sold out.
All proceeds will support gender equity research led by HKU!
Like every November, the Argentina Food Wine and Culture Festival is back with a wide variety of events promoted by the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic, with the support of many other companies and institutions such as The University of Hong Kong, which will host the screening of two Argentine films within the Argentine Movie Days:
Have a look at the event calendar, visit the website www.argentinafestival.org.hk and try not to miss this unique opportunity to get in touch with Argentina!
The Consulate General of Peru and the Spanish Program have organized the screening of a film from Peru at HKU
Magallanes
by the Peruvian director Salvador del Solar
Monday, 9 May 2016, 6:30 pm, room CPD LG.34, Centennial Campus, HKU
Here are some links to a trailer, a synopsis, and a review, in Spanish and English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyGRWczKJ18
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4072352/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl
The entrance is free of charge but persons younger than 18 years of age are not permitted in the room. No need to reserve seats.
On the 11th and the 12th of March of 2016, for the fourth year in a row, the Spanish Teacher Training Conference of Hong Kong, organised by the Spanish Programme together with the Edinumen publishing house, and hosted by HKU, attracted more than a hundred people with four plenary lectures and twenty workshops given by academics, experts and educators from all over the world.
The repeated success of this event encourages us to continue celebrating it in the future.
You can visit the official website of the conference for more information, and see photographs of the event in the gallery below.
The Spanish Program of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at HKU, PRAGDA-Spanish Film Club, the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture of Spain and Spain Arts & Culture, and the Consulates General of Argentina, Mexico, and Spain in Hong Kong invite you to enjoy cinema from Latin America and Spain from March 31 to April 16 at the University of Hong Kong. This unique film series in Hong Kong will be followed by Q&A sessions with the film directors and experts in the field which will allow you and your family to interact with them and fully enjoy the experience. Visit the Spanish Program webpage to find out more details: http://www.spanish.hku.hk/?page_id=1246
This series was also made possible thanks to the collaboration of the African and American Studies programs at SMLC, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Centre for the Study of Globalization and Cultures, and the Spanish Chamber in Hong Kong.
¡Ya tenemos fecha para las Jornadas de 2016! Los días 11 y 12 de marzo podremos volver a vernos en esta cita consolidada e imprescindible para la formación de los profesores de español en Hong Kong.
Siguiendo con el espíritu con el que se crearon estas jornadas, podrán disfrutar de un programa muy práctico, cargado de talleres, experiencias prácticas y ponencias, siempre de la mano de profesionales del mundo ELE.
Este año hemos preparado un gran programa ponentes de excepción como Concha Moreno, Teresa Cadierno, Mar Galindo y Manuel Martí. ¡No se lo pierdan!
Colaboración con La Universidad de la Rioja:
Como viene siendo habitual, la Universidad de La Rioja colaborará en la formación de los profesores sorteando una beca completa entre los asistentes para un curso de posgrado, dentro de su oferta de cursos de posgrados online en el área de enseñanza del español, título propio de la Universidad de La Rioja.
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