向世界接軌，文藻外語大學準備好了!

(撰文: 陳洺祥、陳岳楷、張皓凱、鄭宇盛及周則銘)

  2021年10月15日，我們有幸邀請教育部蔡清華政務次長蒞臨WHC-USR的教師社群，為大家帶來一場豐富的教育願景分享。文藻外語大學身為全台第一所外語大學，也是南台灣致力於培育外語人才的重點學校，其教學理念本是以提升學生外語能力為核心；然而，面對少子化，全台大專院校為了爭取更多學生就讀，紛紛投入這場「外語」戰場，競爭者林立的情況下，文藻外語大學不斷精進各項資源，整裝待發捍衛外語大學名號的主權標竿。

    負責雙語國家教育政策之一的蔡清華次長表示:「城鄉差距一直是本國教育政策很難全面性實施的問題所在，所以透過數位學習，科技的輔助就顯得格外重要」。在此次臺灣受到新冠肺炎疫情衝擊的情況下，全台許多國中、小學停課不停學，老師能否隔著沒有感情的電腦螢幕達到上課的成效就顯得格外重要。許多偏鄉甚至是連一個正式的英文老師都沒有，更別說是外語教學。透過此次疫情造成的影響，讓我們意識到一位具有外語專業教學能力，且兼具科技方面、數位化的教學能人的人才，就顯得格外重要。

   未來英文普及化後，國內大學與國外大學合作，不只有交換生留學合作，更希望有更多的專案合作、專題研究，以及學校老師與國外老師共備課程。再者，透過外語老師的培訓課程，期望能與英文網路平台合作開發更多的學習軟體，將外語學習融入生活中，營造自然又有效的學習情境。

    學習已經不再是懸梁刺股，鑿壁偷光，網路資源教學讓你二十四小時零時差的享受第一手教學，讓外語成為生活中的一部分，尤其文藻外語大學設有數位系，將外語教學與實際操作電腦科技完美結合，相信能進一步培養許多外語教學數位人才，強調學生以英語為溝通工具，並以專業技術進行國際合作交流，在整合「外語+專業」的學習策略下，培養學生國際傳播及管理能力。未來透過全英語課程，持續輔導學生考取英語檢定證照，提升學生國際移動力與英語溝通能力，培育更多的跨領域新媒體國際傳播人才。

   配合國家的政策，看見文藻推動全校全英語教學，並挹注教學端和學生端多項教學資源，強化學習風氣，另一方面協助各系所、中心，規劃學院策略與執行目標，並成立系級全英語課程推動大使，提升全英語教學成果，全面與世界接軌！與會老師們都深受鼓舞，有心一同來接受挑戰，希望成為國家推動雙語策略在南台灣重要的基地 !

Connect with the world - Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages is ready!

Written by: Sunny Chen, Wesley Chen, Kai Chang, Jason Zheng and Peter Chou

On October 15, 2021, Ching-Hwa Tsai, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education, was invited to speak at the teacher community of WHC-USR and brought a rich educational vision to everyone. As the first foreign language university in Taiwan, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages is also a key school in southern Taiwan dedicated to cultivating foreign language talents. Its teaching philosophy is to improve students’ foreign language ability; however, in the face of declining birthrates, all colleges in Taiwan have invested in this “foreign language” battlefield in order to attain more students. With many competitors, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages has continuously improved its resources and is ready to defend its position as a foreign language university.

Deputy Minister Tsai, who is in charge of bilingual national education policies for high school and below, said: “The urban-rural gap has always been a problem that makes it difficult to implement a comprehensive education policy. Therefore, through digital learning, the assistance of technology is particularly important.” Under the impact of the coronavirus epidemic, many middle schools and elementary schools across Taiwan have closed classes but continued learning online. Therefore, it is extremely important that teachers can achieve the results of traditional classroom learning through the computer. Many rural areas do not even have a formal English teacher, let alone teach in a foreign language. Through the impact of this epidemic, we realize that a talent with professional teaching ability in foreign languages, and a talented person with both scientific and technological aspects, is particularly important.

With the popularization of English in the future, the cooperation between domestic universities and foreign universities will not only involve exchange students studying abroad, but also hope that there will be more project cooperation, special research, and courses prepared by local school teachers and foreign teachers. Moreover, through the training courses of foreign language teaching, we can create professional talents who can interact with students, and can also use technologies to help students conduct tests and reduce learning costs. I also look forward to cooperating with English online platforms to develop more learning software, integrating foreign language learning into life, and creating a natural and convenient learning environment.

Learning is no longer a difficult road with many obstacles. Online teaching allows you to enjoy first-hand teaching around the clock, easily making foreign languages a part of your life. In particular, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages has a Digital Department. The perfect combination of foreign language teaching and practical computer technology is believed to further cultivate many foreign language teaching talents. It emphasizes that students use English as a communication tool and technology for international cooperation and exchanges. Under the integrated “foreign language + professional” learning strategy, this combination will cultivate students’ international communication and management skills. In the future, through courses taught through English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) in the college, we will continue to guide students to obtain English language certificates, improve students’ international mobility and communication skills, and cultivate more cross-discipline talents.

For this national policy, Wenzao is ready to take on the challenge of teaching in English and cultivating international talents. The university has allocated a number of teaching resources to strengthen the teaching and learning atmosphere. In addition, it assists various departments and centers to plan and implement goals, establish Department-level EMI courses, improve the results of EMI teaching, and fully integrate with the world! The teachers attending the meeting were deeply inspired and are willing to accept the challenges together, hoping to become an important base for the country to promote bilingual learning in southern Taiwan!