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We believe that a high-level of communicative competence (i.e., grammatical, pragmatic, discourse, and strategic competencies) is the ultimate goal for our students. We also believe that teaching innovation is informed by research, and students’ critical thinking strategies and learner autonomy should be developed through both curricula and co-curricula activities.
To this end, we are aligning ourselves with international communities and standards by offering numerous opportunities for teacher professional development. We have developed a new curriculum in a credit-bearing system, in which students are placed according to their overall English proficiency and ability to maximize their learning. We strive to provide numerous English language use opportunities campus-wide, such as the Conversation Series, Faculty Lecture Series, Film Series, English Lounge, English Corner, Reading Club, Poetry Club, Creative Expression Club, English Festival, Spelling Bee, The Shantou Beat, and various kinds of contests and activities to increase our students’ contact with English on campus.
The ELC is committed to bringing the best English environment to our students at Shantou University, and we welcome creative ideas, valuable opinions, and constructive suggestions from the campus community to reach this goal.
