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This year the projects focus on Macau’s Inner Harbour, and are intended to revitalize the cultural and industrial heritage of this area while enhancing the relationship between citizens and the waterfront. Collectively, the work on display is an exciting demonstration of the talent and commitment of the next generation of Macau architects. 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Peter Stilwell, Rector of USJ, Prof. Vincent Yang, Pro-Rector, Prof. Jose Alves, Dean of School of Business, Prof. Alan Baxter, Dean of Faculty of Humanities, and Kent Lou of the Office of International Relations and Regional Cooperation. They made high remarks on USJ’s history and status during a tour of both the seminary campus and the new campus of USJ. 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Hearing loss creates barriers to communication and potentially leads to language delay and other cognitive and social psychological consequences that hamper the literacy development and school performance of deaf and hard-of-hearing (HDD) children. To tackle this problem, one recent proposal is to prescribe hearing devices and speech and language therapy to HDD children to enhance their hearing and oral language performance, and at the same time, expose them to sign language, a barrier-free visual language, in order to strengthen their conceptual foundation of language knowledge. The emergence of Sign Linguistics research has proven beyond doubt that sign language has a linguistic system independent of the surrounding spoken language, and, as a natural language, is acquirable by humans. As such, empirical studies on the acquisition of a spoken language and a sign language either simultaneously or sequentially at a young age (i.e. bimodal bilingual acquisition) have begun to show that both HDD and hearing children are potentially competent bilingual language users, if certain conditions are met.

In this presentation, we argue that Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment (SLCO) in a regular school setting potentially fulfills such conditions. By way of demonstrating how the SLCO model works in a programme conducted in HK, we highlight the ingredients for strengthening the bimodal bilingual development of DHH and hearing students in the classroom, thereby removing the language barrier for the creation of an inclusive ecosystem in a regular school environment.

  About the Speaker

Prof. Gladys Tang received her doctoral degree in applied linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Her research interests are language acquisition and language pedagogy. Her interest in sign language research also took her to embark on a series of research projects in recent years on the linguistics of Hong Kong Sign Language, the acquisition of sign language and the development of deaf literacy by deaf children. She has published on second language acquisition, second language pedagogy, sign linguistics, sign language acquisition and deaf education. She is Director of the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, Asian liaison of International Sign Linguistics Society and member of the Advisory Board of Sign Language Linguistic Society.

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Luis Proença Presents the recent developments and work produced at the Loyola Marymount University Film Scholl in Los Angeles, in regards to the production of Documentaries centered in the topic of social Justice. Additionally Fr. Proença will also present his latest Experimental Short Movie: "Kikola – The Timekeeper”, an exploration of the rhythms, human life, animal life and nature. This experimental short movie shows the resemblances and organic metamorphoses of all forms of life.Experimental Documentary – “Kikolā – the Timekeeper”, 2K, 18 minutes,  ISBN: 978-0-9801378-8-0. Los Angeles: Cactusfield Productions, 2013.   About the Speaker Luis Proenca directs documentaries and new media art. Bali – Arts and Creation is Proenca's most recent work in which he served as Producer, Director and Editor. Pukiki - The Portuguese Americans of Hawaii  was internationally broadcast over five continents on RTPi (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa Internacional) and was an Official Selection of the Hawaiian International Film Festival (October 2003). His documentary, Touchstone - The Rock Art of Côa Valley concerns rare forms of art produced 20,000 years ago and it has been distributed in Europe. Luis has directed live television programs for Portuguese National Television.  He broadcasted at RTPi (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa Internacional) two documentaries about the Portuguese community in California called Tradition and Off the Boat. He is also in pre-production of a documentary about the Missions in California. Proenca is an Associate Professor at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles – USA." 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Maria de Deus Manso (Short bio) Maria de Deus Manso is an Assistant Professor at the University of Evora, Portugal . In 2015 she was a CAPES visiting Professor at the University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.She usually cooperates with  Brazilian and Spanish Universities ad also with universities in Macao and in Japan. She has published numerous articles and books, mainly dealing with the Jesuits in the world." 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About the Talk

This lecture is about the poetry of Camilo Pessanha, his intensive philosophical reflection, in the wake of Antero de Quental. “...Um resto de batel (...) para não afundar na treva imensa: “the remains of a boat, so as not to sink into the immense darkness”, pleads the verse which, at the beginning of his poetic career, mirrors the metaphysical pain of Camilo Pessanha. The poet finds himself in a universe without God and submited to a life not glorified as a Destiny. Pessanha’s verses are imbued with  oriental wisdom, not as an exotic element, but,  along with opium, as a kind of narcotic,  a sort of slight balm, yet able to mitigate an incurable metapshysical pain.

About the Speaker

Born in Lisbon, in 1963, Carlos Morais José holds a BA in Anthropology  from the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, and has taught at the Macau Polytechnic Institute. In 1990 he came to Macau as deputy editor of the Revista de Cultura, do Instituto Cultural de Macau; he has been working as a journalist for several media since then. He is currently the director of Hoje Macau. He founded two publishers, COD and Livros do Meio, which has been publishing Wenceslau de Moraes and Chinese poets. As an author he has published chronicles (“Porto Interior”, “A Coluna da Saudade”), poetry (“Macau – O Livro dos Nomes”, “Anastasis”, “Visitações”) and fiction (“A Morte São Quatro Noites”, “O Arquivo das Confissões – Bernardo Vasques e a Inveja”). He has also prepared an edition of Pessanha’s Poetry (with Rui Cascais).

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A visit to University of Saint Joseph’s Future Campus at Ilha Verde was held at noon time on Saturday, 29^th April 2017. The visit began with an introductory speech by Fr. Peter Stilwell, Rector of USJ, followed by some words of welcome by USJ’s new Chancellor, Bishop of Macao Diocese Rev. Stephan Lee. Guests were then invited on a guided tour around the new campus and a simple standing lunch.

The Visit was attended by prestigious guests, such as: the Head of the Holy See Study Mission, Msgr. Ante Jozic; Bishop Emeritus of Macao Diocese, Rev. José Lai;  Acting Director of the Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES), Mr. Chang Kun Hong; Deputy Director of Department of Culture and Education of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macao SAR, Mr. Li Yongxian; Deputy President of the Macao Foundation, Ms. Chong Yee; Head of Division of Educational Equipment of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Mr. Wong Chio In; Head of Department of Research and Planning of the Social Affairs Bureau, Ms. Tang Kit Fong;Priests from the Macao Diocese and Parishes; Principals and representatives from local high schools; and representatives from local associations.

During the tour, visitors were welcomed by students of the university, and guests were amazed by the state-of-art design of the campus and its facilities. The guided tour took the guests to the large and small auditoriums, classrooms, dormitory, swimming pool, in-door basketball court and gymnasium. Booths and showrooms were set up across the central garden and classrooms on the 1^st floor for the visit of USJ’s friends and community.

In the afternoon, students of USJ and students from local high schools were invited to have a preview of the future campus of the University of Saint Joseph. The University’s international students arranged different cultural experiences for the visits, with booth games, food from different parts of the world and cultural dance performance. Through the exhibits and presentations in classrooms, organised by the seven USJ’s academic units, students had a glimpse of the future study life in the university’s colourful campus.

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• its small class size; and
• its support to academic staff for career enhancement and research.

Future action to be taken by the university includes consolidating its policies and procedures for clearer referencing, and developing an internal quality assurance manual to help enhance teaching, learning and assessment. The university will also engage students directly in future QA processes and performance reviews. The result of the mock-accreditation was positive, though there is much still to enhance and develop. According to the consultant, if things proceed as they have done so far, USJ should be ready for international accreditation in a year or so, after settling into its new campus." ["post_title"]=> string(35) "Positive Pre-Accreditation Feedback" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(35) "positive-pre-accreditation-feedback" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2017-05-10 14:40:04" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-05-10 06:40:04" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(50) "http://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=11187" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [19]=> object(WP_Post)#3769 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(11168) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2017-04-28 11:29:02" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-04-28 03:29:02" ["post_content"]=> string(2571) "  

ABOUT THE TALK At the mention of exceptional abilities, IQ and giftedness come to mind. However, the term exceptional ability refers to that capability of an individual who can achieve at a level of capacity that is significantly in advance of his/her peer group. In mainstream schools, students with exceptional abilities are always considered academically gifted and/or talented with a high level of intelligence or an IQ score of more than 130 or in the 98th percentile range. However, this is not always the case. There are those whose exceptional abilities are found in non-academic areas and they possess the inherent inclination to react intensely to individually different stimuli and hence, amplify socio-emotional growth. Termed as overexcitabilities by Kazimierz Dabrowski (b.1902-d.1980), there are five categories of overexcitabilities that are manifested in different forms of socio-emotional behavioral challenges: psychomotor, sensual, intellectual, imaginational and emotional intensities. A clear understanding of these overexcitabilities will help teachers to better understand why their students with exceptional abilities are behaving in certain ways or manners.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER Dr LIM Boon Hock, PhD, FCollT, FRETA, HonFRSAS, Cert SNET SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT, BH Lim Special Needs Consultancy, Malacca, Malaysia Dr Lim has been actively involved in special needs education for more than twenty years, often as an invited speaker and presenter at national and international conferences and seminars. He runs a special needs consultancy providing support for families with children with special needs through such services as initial screening of children, youths and adults suspected of disabilities and disorders; psycho-educational and behavioral assessments of children and young adults for developmental disabilities; learning difficulties; emotional and behavioral difficulties. In addition, Dr Lim also provides Access Arrangement, i.e., special provisions to students with disabilities attending international schools in preparation for international examinations. Dr Lim also conducts parent support training programs, student behavior management, and professional development and training for teachers, therapists and post-graduate students.

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About the Talk

The universal Catholic Church is celebrating the centenary of the apparitions of our Lady at Fatima. The devotion to our Lady of Fatima has a special place among Macau Catholics. The Faculty of Religious Studies of the University of St. Joseph-Macau wants to contribute from our field of expertise to this the yearlong celebration by organizing a Roundtable Discussion on Mary.  Our target participants are our students, religious men and women, lay Catholics.

About the Speaker

• Peter Stilwell – Rector of the University of St. Joseph; professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Faculty of Religious Studies; has a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome).
• Judette Gallares, R.C., is a member of the Religious of the Cenacle. She has a Ph.D. in Biblical Theology. She is involved in the ministry of retreats and spiritual direction. She is professor of Spirituality at the Institute for Consecrated Life in Asia and a visiting professor at the Faculty of Religious Studies, University of St. Joseph (Macau). She is the editor of Religious Life Asia Magazine and an author of several books and articles on women in the Bible, spirituality and formation.
• Fausto Gomez, OP – Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology at the Faculty of Religious Studies; has a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas (Manila); author of several books on Moral Theology and Bioethics. A Spanish Dominican friar belonging to the Rosary Province.

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