The EMI Center invited Oxford EMI Training from the UK to hold an intensive, 5-day online training course for EMI teachers at the University from February 6-10, 2023, in the hopes that the training can help Tamkang teachers to enhance the quality of their EMI teaching, and to successfully apply what they learned from the course into their teaching in class so as to raise the effectiveness of EMI teaching. The course was attended by 9 teachers from various disciplines.

The course for the certificate was designed and planned by experts at Oxford EMI, and teachers who successfully completed the course were able to obtain the certificate. The first part of the course used Moodle for teachers to do self-learning, complete assignments and carry out group discussions. The second part utilized the expert Oxford EMI trainers to carry out synchronous online teaching, and offer advice. The training was primarily focused on EMI teaching techniques and EMI classroom management, so that EMI teachers can carry out their teaching through EMI more smoothly. At the same time, more effective teacher-student interactions can develop in class, which can strengthen students’ understanding in an EMI environment, thus enhancing student learning outcome. The teachers that attended the course indicated that the 5-day course was well organized and thought out, benefitting them a great deal, and they were all very happy to have this opportunity to interact with university teachers and expert EMI scholars from around the world.