HKBU Summer Programmes for High School Students 2024 HKBU Summer Programmes for High School Students 2024

Aphasia: When Language Breaks Down

Programme delivered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Objectives
 

To introduce students to basic concepts of language disorders, neurological disorders, and approaches to diagnose and treat language problems in these patients.

Learning Outcomes
 

Students will understand how and why language can be damaged, characteristics of language disorders in adults with brain injury, and methods to diagnose and improve language disorders.

Programme Schedule

Date Time (HKT)
17 Jun 2026 (Wed) 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Show in Your Time Zone)
Programme Details
 
  • Conducted in English.
Programme Instructor
 
Ran LI (1) Ran LI (1)


Prof. Ran LI

Assistant Professor
Department of English Language and Literature
Academy of Language and Culture
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

About the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
FASS FASS

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is our newest Faculty in HKBU formed on 1st July 2024. Embarking upon the Arts' 62-year and Social Sciences' 53-year of legacies and academic foundations, the new FASS strives to lead the multiple arts and social sciences disciplines to cultivate a vibrant and diverse milieu that fosters transdisciplinary research, students' creativity and empathy.