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【文字提供：英語教學資源中心專案經理曾新惠】

2022-04-29國立高雄大學為響應行政院「2030雙語國家政策發展藍圖」，強化高教端學生英語能力，提昇整體高教國際競爭力，在陳月端校長帶領之下，榮獲教育部「大專校院學生雙語化學習計畫」經費補助，積極於校內推動全英語授課(English as a Medium of Instruction，簡稱EMI)。今（29）日由陳啓仁副校長於行政大樓主持英語教學資源中心(Center for English Teaching and Learning Resources，簡稱CETLR)揭牌典禮。

陳月端校長與陳啓仁學術副校長在本校雙語教學前置作業規劃期間，在既有之雙語教學基礎之下，積極整合校內現有教學及行政資源，建構校內EMI教學資源支持體系。朝向學習雙語化、英語實用化、教學精緻化及交流國際化等面向，加強建構特色EMI學群課程、延攬國際化教學人才，強化學習目標，務實培育生活應用及產業所需求之雙語化人才。為全力推動這項國家重要政策，特別禮聘本校西洋語文學系二位傑出的英語專長教授，顏淑娟教務長及人文社會科學院賴怡秀院長擔任英語教學資源中心主任及副主任，率領本校專業團隊推動EMI各項業務。

為打造校內全方位EMI教學體系，英語教學資源中心不僅提供校內教師EMI專業學習資源，鼓勵取得EMI全英語授課證書，提升教師端全英語授課知能；同時也鼓勵各領域教師成立EMI教師專業成長社群，進行專業英語 (English for Specific Purposes, ESP) 課程教學經驗分享，透過同儕社群交流，激盪出最佳的教學效果。另外為輔助教師EMI教學，學校也規劃了12小時的全英語授課教學助理(English Teaching Assistant, ETA)的專業訓練課程，培養教學助理英語口說、溝通及領導課程的軟實力，協助全英語課程順利進行，提昇課堂教學與學習效率。

陳啓仁副校長於揭幕典禮表示，學校目前已積極為下一階段的EMI教學做好準備，接下來將會推動學院EMI教學精進計畫，以各學院特色規劃專業課程EMI教學。不僅要讓學生專業學的好，英語更是嚇嚇叫!同時，陳副校長也期勉英語教學資源中心未來透過各項工作坊、講座、培訓資源的提供，全面提升校內全英語授課能量，在學校各個角落打造英語學習空間，讓校內不論是教師、學生，甚至職員，都能將英語自然地帶入生活中。

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National University of Kaohsiung inaugurates the Center for English Teaching and Learning Resources to promote featured English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) courses in response to Taiwan’s bilingual policy.


National University of Kaohsiung inaugurates the Center for English Teaching and Learning Resources (CETLR) on Friday, April 29, 2022. Under the leadership of President Yueh-tuan Chen, the CETLR was funded by the The Program on Bilingual Education for Students in College (the BEST Program) of the Ministry of Education, aiming at promoting English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) courses to elevate students’ English proficiency, international perspectives, and career competitiveness in higher education, in response to the bilingual policy of Taiwan by 2030.

President Yueh-tuan Chen and Vice President Chi-jen Chen have integrated the existing administrative and teaching resources to establish a comprehensive on-campus EMI support system progressively with the aims of promoting featured EMI courses and cultivating bilingual talents. To implement this important national policy, two outstanding English professors from the Department of Western Languages and Literature, Dr. Shu-chuan Yan and Dr. Yi-hsiu Lai, have been appointed as the Director and Dean Director of CETLR to lead the professional team.

To build a comprehensive EMI support system on campus, the CETLR not only provides EMI professional learning resources to faculty but also encourages them to obtain the English Certificate in EMI skills to advance their teaching. The CETLR also encourages faculty in all disciplines to form EMI professional development communities to exchange academic ideas and share their teaching experiences in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses. In addition, the CETLR has provided a 12-hour professional training program for English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) to support teachers in EMI courses. The program aims to develop students’ soft skills of English speaking, communication, and leadership to enhance the efficiency of classroom teaching and learning.

Vice President Chi-jen Chen said at the inauguration ceremony that NUK has well-prepared for the next phase of EMI education, such as the EMI teaching refinement plan of colleges to promote featured EMI courses. It is hoped that the students will advance overall English proficiency through EMI courses. Meanwhile, Vice President Chen expects the CETLR to provide more workshops, seminars, and training resources in the future to enhance full-English teaching capacity and to create English immersion learning spaces on campus, so that the faculty and students, even staff can bring English into their lives naturally.