Enrollment: Nov.-Dec. 2023 "EMI Pedagogical Research Network" Intercollegiate Teacher Community Activities

Dear Teachers,

The "EMI Pedagogical Research Network” inter-collegiate teachers’ community, led by Dr. Shang-Yu Sheng from the Dept. of Foreign Languages at National Sun Yat-sen University, will be holding 4 events this November and December. We cordially invite all teachers to participate. Please see below for information and registration links.

Event 1 (Registration)

Date: Friday, November 10th

Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Location: SW1003, on the 10th Floor of the Library and Information Building, National Sun Yat-sen University

Speaker: Dr. Wan-Chi Tsai, Associate Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University

Topic: “EMI Teaching Practice Research Projects in Biomedicine”

In this session, Professor Tsai will share research ideas, strategies, and preliminary results from her 2023 Teaching Practice Research Project. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss issues they have encountered in their own EMI teaching and work on both curriculum design as well as classroom management strategies.

Event 2 (Registration)

Date: Friday, November 24th

Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Location: Classroom 4009-0, Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-sen University (take the elevator behind the ATM next to the Walshes Café)

Speaker: Yi-Hung Liao, Associate Professor, National Pingtung University

Topic: “English for Academic Purposes (EAP): Teaching and Research”

This event will focus on the practice and research of teaching EAP courses, specifically highlighting EAP courses as foundational courses for English-medium instruction. Professor Liao will speak about her many years of experience in conducting teaching practice research projects, from the conception of ideas, planning of teaching activities, to the actual data collection and publication of research results.

Event 3 (Registration)

Date: Friday, December 8th

Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Location: SW1003, on the 10th Floor of the Library and Information Building at National Sun Yat-sen University

Speaker: Yu-Liang (Aldy) Chang, Professor, National Chiayi University

Topic: “EMI Teaching Practice Research Project Writing Workshop”

Professor Chang will host a workshop on “Teaching Design and Planning” and “Research Design and Implementation Planning.” Starting from a discussion of practical issues in the classroom, participants will be able to systematically plan their EMI teaching goals, course content, research methods, and assessment tools. The session will also address appropriate research design, schedule planning, implementation process, and data collection and analysis methods, with an aim to produce pedagogy that promotes student learning and results in research evidence with both pedagogical and academic value.

Event 4 (Registration)

Date: Wednesday, December 13th

Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Location: Conference Room 7006, College of Liberal Arts, National Sun Yat-sen University

Speaker: Ke-Li, Tsai, Associate Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University

Panelists:

• Shih-Hui Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University
• Ya-Yun Cheng, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University
• Shang-yu Sheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Sun Yat-sen University

Topic: “EMI Across Disciplines: Towards an Engaged Pedagogy”

In August 2023, National Sun Yat-sen University, with the generous support of the Ministry of Education, organized a 2-week EMI training program at the Arizona State University (ASU). 19 partner university faculty attended class observations and workshops, took part in teaching demos, and visited campus facilities at ASU. This panel discussion invites one of the participants, Professor Tsai, to speak about his takeaways from the trip. 

Due to the structural power of national licensing exams in medical fields, faculty in medical universities face particularly intense student opposition to EMI teaching. Despite these challenges, Professor Tsai has actively developed and successfully taught various EMI courses at KMU. Faculty members from across the arts and sciences fields at NSYSU will also join the discussion, sharing the outcomes of employing EMI teaching strategies in their classrooms.

This event aims to foster a conversation that balances pedagogical meta-reflections with practical teaching tips. We hope to explore the many possibilities that EMI can bring to the classroom and discuss strategies for university faculty to respond to Taiwan’s bilingual policy.

Contact:

Jenny Chen

Email: jenny0953614201@gmail.com

Phone: 0953614201