Undergraduate Program
Introduction
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The Department of Applied English (DAE) was founded in 1993. The mission of the department is to cultivate English professionals with competitiveness, excellent communication skills, and international perspectives. The DAE’s bachelor’s degree program not only lays stress on the enhancement of students’ capacity to put English to daily use, but also empowers students with professional knowledge, professional English proficiency, and cross-cultural competence. Except for courses required by the University, General Education courses, and computer and information courses required for freshmen, all courses offered by the DAE are taught in English and based on two axes – the Four-Year Integrated English Curriculum and the Professional Curriculum.
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The first axis, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing courses, drills the students in public speaking and feature reporting and develops the advanced writing ability needed for feature reports.
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The second axis consists of two modules, English Business & Tourism and English Teaching & Bilingual Education, providing students with comprehensive professional training in such areas as business management, tourism, interpretation/translation, English teaching, and cross-cultural communication.
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We also provide many extracurricular activities and overseas study opportunities to enhance learners’ motivation and opportunities for real-world English language use.
Mission
- Striving to enhance learning ability, the Department of Applied English aims to nurture students to be competent in English with a special focus on skills applications in professional areas through a variety of courses. It also aims to help students develop a global view.
Graduate Program
Mission
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Founded in 2000, the Graduate Program in Applied English has the mission to cultivate professionals in TESL and ESP who have the ability to construct knowledge and to apply this knowledge to their professional areas. The in-Service Graduate Program was founded in 2007 with the same mission and educational goals for its graduate students.
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Our program aims to promote and undertake scholarly research in sciences and humanities while putting theory into practice. The night program of Applied English Graduate School was established in 2008. Our goal is to train TESOL and ESP professionals in research and practice, with the following objectives.
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To pursue excellence in academic quality, teaching and research are both our top priorities. We recruit professional teachers, promote international cooperation and scholarly exchange, in order to cultivate an intellectual environment that is conducive to nurturing high-quality teaching and research for our faculty and students.
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To enhance professional knowledge, our school offers learning opportunities for students to put theory into practice in different contexts.
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