The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Independent Learning Centre

University Library Workshops

Capturing readers' interest and communicating the significance of your research effectively can be challenging tasks. Do you want to enhance your writing skills in doing so? Co-organized with The Independent Learning Centre (ILC), the Library is pleased to offer the following discussion workshops for research postgraduate students on finding theses, thesis introduction, thesis abstract, literature review, and Chinese thesis writing skills.

Structuring a Thesis Introduction: How to Get Readers Hooked at the Beginning

Date	20 Jan 2022 (Thu)
Time	02:30pm-04:15pm
Speaker	Dr. Yvonne Loong
Venue	Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library
Workshop Description	In this workshop, you will be introduced to steps for capturing your readers' interest in your research topic, appreciating the significance of your research and understanding your research purpose. Specific language features which are commonly seen in thesis introductions will be discussed and practiced during the workshop.

Intensive and Profound: Chinese Thesis Writing Skills
精嚴深入：中文論文寫作技巧

Date	21 Jan 2022 (Fri)
Time	2:30pm-4:30pm
Speaker	Dr. Felix Chao
Venue	Online Workshop via Zoom
Workshop Description	If the thesis is not written and formulated in the right way, its key ideas will not be able to be communicated effectively. In this workshop, you will study the good language features of a thesis written in Chinese and learn how to avoid the common errors. You will also be introduced to the skills and choice of words for stating your research and theorizing your arguments. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss how to write definitions for key terms, the introduction and the conclusion. Medium of Instruction: Cantonese supplemented with Putonghua

Writing an Abstract for Your Thesis: How to Summarize Your Research in 500 Words

Date	24 Jan 2022 (Mon)
Time	2:30pm-4:30pm
Speaker	Dr. Yvonne Loong
Venue	Digital Scholarship Lab, G/F, University Library
Workshop Description	You will learn how to summarize the most important information in your research as well as describe the most significant contributions that your research has made in a concise, readable and impressive manner. Both the structure and language of the thesis abstracts will be discussed during the workshop.

Inspirations

「外物之味，久則可厭；讀書之味，愈久愈深。」

——（宋）程頤
「書就是風。讀了很多書，大風就來了。你像風箏，順勢而起，便往天空遠處飛去，讀越多，風越大；飛得越高，看得越遠。」

——台灣資深編輯傅月庵
「書山有路勤為徑，學海無涯苦作舟。」
「立身以立學為先，立學以讀書為本。」

——（宋）朱熹
「善讀者日攻、日掃。攻則直透重圍，掃則了無一物。」

——（清）鄭燮
「（任何一個人，都必須養成自學的習慣，即使是今天在學校的學生，也要養成自學的習慣，因為遲早總要離開學校的！）自學，就是一種獨立學習，獨立思考的能力。行路，還是要靠行路人自己。」

——數學家華羅庚
「敏而好學，不恥下問。」

——《論語
「喜愛讀書，就等於把生活中寂寞無聊的時光換成巨大享受的時刻。」

——孟德斯鳩
「讀書應自己思索，自己做主。」

——魯迅
「善學者盡其理，善行者究其難。」

——荀子
「人若志趣不遠，心不在焉，雖學無成。」

——（宋）張載
「不要把學問看做是用來裝飾的王冠，也不要把學問看做是用來擠奶的奶牛。」

——托爾斯泰
「遠行要假良朋，數數清於耳目；住止必須擇伴，時時聞於未聞。故雲：「生我者父母，成我者朋友。」親附善者，如霧露中行，雖不濕衣，時時有潤。」

——《溈山大圓禪師警策》
「寫作可以使一天中，工作的二、三小時，化為更有意味的二、三小時。」

——王文興
「寫作，最終是一連串允許你以某些特定方式來表達自己的過程。去創造。去跳躍。去飛翔。去掉落。去發現你自己獨樹一格的敘述方式和堅持；也就是讓你找到內在的自由。」

——Susan Sontag
「有時候我想，天堂一定是一場永不疲倦的閱讀。」

——Virginia Woolf