Topic:  The Application of Computer in Functional Linguistic Research
Speaker:  Dr. Wu Canzhong - Associte Professor, Macquarie University, Australia
Time:  10-12 December, 2006 

Topic:  Functional Linguistics as Appliable Linguistics
Speaker:  Professor Christian Matthiessen - Macquarie University, Australia
Time:  30 November - 2 December, 2006 

Topic:  1) Note-taking and Summarizing: Implicating Meaning in the Process of Change;
             2) Writing Introduction to Research Papers;
             3) Managing the Dual Demands of Critique and ‘objectivity’
Speaker:  Dr. Sue Hood - University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Time:  11-14, September, 2006 

Topic:  Chinese Grammar Study
Speaker:  Zou Ke - Associate Professor, California State University, U.S.A.
Time:  18-21 June, 2006 

Topic:  The Two Major Historical Factors in the Shaping of Modernist Poetry
Speaker:  Professor Charles Altieri - University of California, U.S.A.
Time:  21-22 May, 2006 

Topic:  The Changing Language Situation in Shanghai, Shenzhen andGuangzhou
Speaker:  Professor Marinus van den Berg - Leiden University, Netherlands
Time:  18-20 May, 2006 

Topic:  How We Communicaite: A Model of Language and Its Use for the 21st Century
Speaker:  Emeritus Professor Robin Fawcett - Cardiff University, U.K.
Time:  28 April - 1 May, 2006 

Topic:  The Common Ground of Translation Studies
Speaker:  Professor Chu Chi Yu - Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong
                  Polytechnic University
Time:  13-14 June, 2006 

Topic:  German Company and Workplace German
Speaker:  Ruf - German Swiss International School, HK
Time:  1-2 March, 2006