【Reported by Yi-Wen Lee, Tamkang Campus】
In order to help students improve their English presentation skills, the EMI Centre is organizing the "English Presentation Emergency Room", offering 96 consultation slots. The first consultation was held on the 29th and students are welcome to make good use of the consultation opportunity to improve their English proficiency. Students are welcome to make use of the consultation opportunity to improve their English skills. Registration for the event is open from now until November 27th.
The "English Presentation Emergency Room" started last year, and this semester is the second time it is held. Associate Professor Chih-Lin Chung from the Department of Transportation, as well as Professor Yi-ti Lin, Associate Professor Jia-Ying Lee and Associate Professor Ming-Huei Lin from the Department of English, were invited to help students, providing them with a quick diagnosis on the content of their presentations. Each consultation is 50 minutes long, and students can apply for up to two consultations a week. If you have any questions about English presentations, all undergraduate and postgraduate students are welcome to register. Please refer to the program registration system for details.
The first student to sign up for this semester's consultation was Pei-xuan Wu, a PhD students from the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies. She sign up because she had a presentation in English at an upcoming academic seminar and had just learned about the consultation. Under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Lin on the 29th, she said, "The professor helped to correct the presentations, the vocabulary, and list the key points, so I think if you have need to present in English, you can come to the Presentation Emergency Room. A lot of the suggestions were really useful".
Associate Professor Ming-Huei Lin said that most of the students who come to the consultation have all types of questions, ranging from presentation design, aesthetics and oral expression. He pointed out that presentations should avoid too many complete sentences and information, and focus on precise vocabulary, while also paying attention to whether the font and size of the words will affect the understanding of the listener; oral expression should be as fluent as possible. The presentation emergency room will also offer correction of some pronunciation, and help students present the content in a more professional manner.
