Self-study Resources | Hong Kong Institute of Construction

English Learning Programme

Patrons can start learning English by clicking "Continue as a guest" in the English learning software.

Tense Buster

Tense Buster is a self-learning practice resource which covers 33 key areas of English grammar at five levels from Elementary to Advanced. The learning areas at each level include grammar rules, pronunciation, vocabulary and listening. Interactive exercises with explanatory notes are available for self-learners to learn English grammar in a systematic manner.

Practical Writing

Practical Writing is an online program to guide learners on how to write English letter, eassy, formal or informal documents. lt contains different forms of writing, from academic papers, essays, reports, e-mails to short messages which help learners improve their English writing skills systematically.

Study Skills Success

Study Skills Success is designed to train learner in academic English learning skills and strategy applications, enable them effectively applied to academic courses. This program also covers the following study skills: Independent learning, critical thinking and research data etc.

Road to IELTS

Road to IELTS is an online preparation and practice resource for IELTS candidates. It contains over 120 hours of interactive activities, advice videos from British Council experts, hints and tips on question types as well as downloadable practice tests.

Active Reading

Active Reading comes at six levels from Elementary to Advanced, with ten units in each level. This software stimulates learners' interest through close-to-life situation which make reading is no longer a daunting task.

Clear Pronunciation (Sounds)

Clear Pronunciation (Sounds) helps learners recognise and pronounce 43 English phonemes. The program includes audio clips, videos and recorder for learners to copy and ecord their voice and assess their pronunciation against a native speaker.

Clear Pronunciation (Speech)

Clear Pronunciation (Speech) allows learners to practice how to speak fluently and accurately, and also helps learners identify IPA phoneme symbols. The course content includes consonant clusters, sentence stress and intonation etc.

Electronic Resources

LRC's subscribed electronic resources such as eBooks and eJournals are accessible outside the CIC/HKIC network via OpenAthens by eligible CIC/HKIC staff and students. Eligible users only need to complete a simple authentication with their email username and password (xxxxxx@cic.hk/ @hkic.edu.hk/@connect.hkic.edu.hk) to browse electronic resources on any device (A3) anytime, anywhere.

The Learning Resources Centre offers a free trial of the following database. Please send your comment regarding their usefulness in teaching and learning to lrc@hkic.edu.hk before the trial session ends.

Britannica Academic

Britannica Academic provides fast, reliable and convenient access to high quality content. Subjects include history, literature, science, geography, fine arts, etc. Some topics consist of images and videos and daily news articles are available.

Britannica Academic guided tour

Britannica Image Quest

Britannica Image Quest provides access to 3 million images from over 60 of the world’s best and most respected image libraries. All images are rights clearance for educational use with sourced information.

Britannica Image Quest guided tour

EBSCOhost eBooks

EBSCOhost is an English eBooks library which comprises ebook titles of building information modelling, new engineering contract, business management and big data etc. The books are available for online reading or for downloading to personal computers and mobile devices.

HyRead eBooks

HyRead offers Chinese eBooks, including construction, technology, humanities, fiction, language and literature. Patrons can thread the HyRead platform to read eBooks and eMagazines.

CNKI eBooks

CNKI eBooks library includes book series with great influence in the mainland and publishing masterpieces. The books are both historical, informative and research-oriented, covering the fields of philosophy and humanities, education and social sciences, and engineering science and technology etc.

SuperBookCity eBooks

Superbookcity is an eBooks library comprising ebook titles published in Hong Kong and the Mainland. It provides access to a wide range of subjects such as culture, social sciences and sports etc. Patrons can download an Apabi Reader for reading.

iRead eBooks

iRead eBooks offers Chinese books, including literature, fiction and books on academic and design etc. Patrons can download an iRead eBooks APP on mobile device to read ebooks anytime, anywhere.

iRead eBooks APP user guide (Chinese version only)

萬方視頻（國際版）

萬方視頻 delivers academic streaming videos include subjects of technology, education and culture. The Learning Resources Centre subscribed the Phoenix TV programs series “Culture Forum” and “Phoenix Selection”.

WisersOne

WiserOne provides access to the fulltext articles of newspapers, magazines, newswires, etc. published in the Greater China regions include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The earliest content can be retrieved from 1998. Majority of the articles are Chinese with some are English.

Self-Study Zone For Safety

In addition to providing basic safety training for construction practitioners, the Hong Kong Institute of Construction will also provide special safety training for specified trade with an aim to improve the overall safety level of related operations. The following are the important reminders and relevant information regarding the Safety Training Course for Construction Workers of Specified Trade (Silver Card Course) for your reference. We hope that you will stay vigilant when working on these operations at all times and contribute to construction safety!

Specified trade	Important reminders	Key points review
AS1 Painter and Decorator	PDF (1,458 KB)	PDF (2,730 KB)
AS2 Carpenter	PDF (1,492 KB)	PDF (2,970 KB)
AS3 Demolition Worker	PDF (1,456 KB)	PDF (867 KB)
AS4 Plumber	PDF (1,414 KB)	PDF (1,060 KB)
AS5 Bar Bender and Fixer	PDF (1,502 KB)	PDF (1,210 KB)
AS6 Plasterer, Tiler	PDF (1,451 KB)	PDF (1,030 KB)
AS7 Bamboo Scaffolder, Metal Scaffolder	PDF (2,591 KB)	PDF (1,730 KB)
AS9 Curtain Wall Installer	PDF (1,441 KB)	PDF (1,320 KB)
A10 Lift Mechanic	PDF (2,526 KB)	PDF (1,239 KB)
A11 Tower Crane Worker (Erecting, Dismantling, Telescoping & Climbing)	PDF (1,282 KB)	PDF (974 KB)
A12 Rigger	PDF (1,497 KB)	PDF (776 KB)
A12S Rigger and Signaller	PDF (1,577 KB)	PDF (845 KB)
A13 Tunnel Workers	PDF (1,329 KB)	PDF (1,347 KB)
A14 Concretor	NA	PDF (1,400 KB)

Work Safety Alert Videos

Please download and watch the Work Safety Alert videos by clicking the following link of the Labour Department :

https://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/news/work_safety_alert_video.htm

Construction Safety App

The Construction Safety App aims to provide a one-stop platform to consolidate key safety message and promote safety campaign to frontline workers, industry practitioners and stakeholders in real-time, including "Safety Tips", "Hot Issues", "LD Work Safety Alert", "Safety Notes", "RMAA Works Corner", "Safety Officer Corner", "Healthy Lifestyle" video and diet tips etc., so that workers can keep abreast of the safety and health information comprehensively.

Please download via the following link and QR code :

Should you have any queries concerning the above content or construction safety, please do not hesitate to contact us by the following means :

Tel：(852) 2100 9000

Email：KCCSafety@hkic.edu.hk

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