新任一級主管專訪—全英語教學推動中心主任王高成

「心情很嚴肅，但也具備高度的熱忱來推動這項重要工作。」這是國際事務副校長王高成剛走馬上任全英語教學推動中心主任的心情。淡江的國際化一向備受業界肯定，本校為響應及支持政府雙語教育政策，參與教育部大專校院學生雙語化學習計畫，特於2021年12月成立全英語教學推動中心（EMI Center），推動以國際事務學院為主之EMI課程發展。

王高成表示，本校重視國際化及學生的外語能力，全校設有10個全英語教學的科系，並持續鼓勵全英語教學，而國家政策也要打造成雙語國家，這是公民必備的能力，「因此擔任新職覺得很有意義。不過，這也需要全校師生的共同努力。」EMI課程70%是使用英文，王高成指出，「未來將推廣到全校各個學院師生，特別是科技金融行業，甚至整個臺灣都要邁向國際化，希望全校同學都能受惠。」

關於如何執行EMI計畫，王高成說明：「全英語中心的建立，在高教深耕計畫、校級計畫中皆列入，各個院系亦將成立全英語中心一同推動；在教學方面，將成立全英語教師社群，提升教師全英語教學的能力和專業，鼓勵學院增開全英語課程，未來學生畢業證書上，會註明其修讀的全英語課程，更會培育助教協助教學。」

針對過去習慣使用中文教學的教師們，王高成也希望先讓教師們了解，國家目前正推動全英語教學，本校將舉辦教師培訓，包括與澳洲昆士蘭學院合作培訓營，更設有全英語諮詢室，透過曾在昆士蘭學院受訓過的教師協助指導，另設有獎勵機制補助教師。目前已經設立全英語教學推動中心的官網，同學們可以透過網站了解相關資訊，也會將資訊連結放在社群媒體當中宣傳。

王高成指出，該計畫主要培育本國學生提升英語能力，臺灣必須走向國際化及雙語化，國人需要提高與國際溝通的能力，吸收國際資訊及新知，未來在工作上，對雙語的能力要求也會提升，所以學校希望積極推廣全英語教學，也希望全英語教學環境可以吸引更多境外生來校就讀。

在支援學生的部分，王高成表示，大一大二英文課扮演很重要的功能，為了推動EMI教學，111學年度開始，大一英文會分級制度，老師可以根據程度來教學，有助老師的教學及學生的學習，同時也開設英語加強班等，提供小班教學來提升學生的英文能力，圖書館網站提供英語學習網站，讓學生可以自我改善，透過主要課程加上輔導課程讓學生提升英文學習環境，希望學生們可以配合英文課好好學習。

對於EMI計畫王高成有三個期望，第一是希望可以提升學生一般與專業的英文能力，有助學生未來升學就業發展；第二是藉EMI計畫提升本校整體的英語教學，及教師的教學能力；第三建構本校成為一所優質的雙語化教學大學。此外，他表示未來希望持續增開全英語教學課程，每一學年都可以至少增開一門，逐步達成課程10%為目標，包括通識課程也是如此，讓學生有更多EMI課程的選擇。

Exclusive interview with the new level 1 director – director Kao-cheng Wang of the EMI Center

"(I) feel very serious about it, but I also have a high degree of enthusiasm for the promotion of this important work." This is the feeling of Professor Kao-cheng Wang, the Vice President for International Affairs at Tamkang University, who has just taken up the post of director at the EMI Center. Tamkang's internationalization has always been recognized by various industries and sectors, and in response to as well as in support of the government's bilingual education policy, the University is participating Ministry of Education’s bilingual learning program for college students. Specific to this purpose, the English as a medium for instruction Center (EMI Center) was established in December, 2021, which will primarily be involved in the development of EMI courses in the School of International Affairs.

Professor Wang indicates that Tamkang emphasizes internationalization and student’s foreign language abilities, with 10 EMI courses having been set up, and will continue to encourage EMI teaching. It is also the national policy to create a bilingual country, and to do so would require all citizens to have the language ability. “Thus it is rather meaningful to step into this new position, but this also requires effort from the university’s faculties and students alike.” In EMI courses, English is used for 70% of the time, and Professor Wang points out that “This will be promoted to the faculties and students in all colleges of the University, particularly the technology and financial sectors. Even the entire country is becoming internationalized, and hopefully all Tamkang students can benefit from this.”

Regarding the implementation of the EMI program, Director Wag explains, “The establishment of the EMI Center has been listed in the Higher Education SPROUT Project and as a university level project, with each college setting up an EMI Center to promote this endeavor together. In terms of teaching, an EMI teacher community will be set up to enhance the abilities and professionalism of teachers when it comes to EMI teaching; colleges are also encouraged to open up EMI courses, and in the future, Students’ graduation certificate will indicate the EMI courses they took, while teaching assistants will be nurtured to provide assistance in these courses.”

With respect to faculty members who are used to teaching in Chinese in the past, director Wang hopes that these teachers can understand that Taiwan is currently promoting EMI teaching. Tamkang has held teacher training sessions, including cooperating with the Queensland Institute in Australia on training camps; the EMI consultation room has been set up, which is assisted and guided by faculties who were trained by the Queensland Institute. There are also incentive mechanisms in place to provide subsidies to the teaching staff. The official website for the EMI Center has now online, and students can visit the pages to find out related information; links to the information will also be placed on social media platforms to promote them.

Director Wang point out that the program is mainly to cultivate Taiwanese students to raise their English abilities. Taiwan must head towards internationalization and bilingualism, with the citizens needing to raise their ability for international communication, absorbing international information and new knowledge. In the future, requirements on bilingual abilities will also rise in the job market, so Tamkang hope to actively promote EMI teaching and learning, and also hope that an EMI learning environment can attract more foreign students to attend the University.

In terms of student support, Professor Wang says that English I and II courses plays an incredibly important role in the promotion of EMI teaching and learning. From the 2022 academic year, English I classes will be divided into levels, where lecturers can teaching based on the level of the class, which will be of help with the lecturers’ teaching and students’ learning processes. At the same time, English enhancement classes will also be set up, where teaching in a small class setting can help raise students’ English abilities. The University library website will provide English learning websites as well, allowing students to self-study and improve themselves. Through the combination of the main courses plus assistive classes, the English learning environment for students can be further elevated, students can hopefully really put their mind to learning in the English classes.

Director Wang has three hopes for the EMI program: the first is the hope that student’s general and professional English abilities can be raised, which will help with their future development, whether it is in academic or in their careers; second, to raise Tamkang’s overall English teaching and faculties’ teaching capabilities through the program; and third, to establish Tamkang University as a top quality bilingual teaching university. Additionally, he hopes to continue to expand on the number of EMI courses, with at least one additional EMI course being offered each academic year, in order to achieve the goal of 10% of all courses being EMI. This would even include general education courses, so that students would have more options when it comes to EMI courses.