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 Department of Western Languages and Literature |
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 Introduction |
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 In the year 2000, the University of Kaohsiung founded the Department of Western Languages and Literature to cultivate well-read literature majors and culturally-literate language experts who, depending on how their interests develop, would also graduate with an appreciation and working knowledge of other related areas of scholastic and professional interest. During their first two years, while attending general education courses and acquiring a sound liberal education, our students also take courses specially designed to hone their English communicative skills and their ability to comprehend Anglo-American literature. During the junior and senior years, the Department, while offering courses that provide an ever-deepening knowledge of language, literature and culture, off ers other professionally oriented courses that cater to the students' scholastic interests or career preferences. Students can opt to deepen their knowledge of culture and literature and /or attend courses within a certain track of study. Areas of study include:
1) linguistics
2) English language teaching
3) a second foreign language (French, German, Spanish, or Japanese)
4) translation and interpreting (between Chinese and English)
5) business and information management. |
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| Program |
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| The Department offers a BA program in Western Languages and Literature. |
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| Curriculum Design |
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|  Special features of the curriculum include:
1. Solid training in language skills
Students are placed into small classes, thus intensifying their training and ensuring more effective learning.
2. Comprehensive Literature and Culture Courses
Introductory courses prepare our students for more advanced studies in culture and literature. Study of the historical background of each literary period will provide a better link between the works themselves and the literary traditions of the time. More advanced study will entail courses in literary movements, literary theory, philosophy and ideological trends.
3. Linguistics-related Courses 
Apart from Introduction to Linguistics, we offer some elective courses that aim to investigate the deeper properties which all languages share and to explore the boundaries between language and speech, language and machine, language and society, and language and literature.
4. Teacher Training Curriculum
This Curriculum aims to impart a basic knowledge of the field and to enable students to develop competence as secondary or elementary school teachers if they choose to pursue this career.
5. Business-Oriented Courses 
As Taiwan's economy and market is largely international, many western language graduates are recruited by industry. The curriculum integrates modern technology and business management with foreign language and culture studies to furnish students with a competitive edge in the job market and for admission to graduate schools in business management. |
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| An Overview of the Courses |
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Compulsory Courses:
| Course Title |
Credit |
Level/Year |
| Introduction to Western Literature |
6 |
1 |
| Approaches to Literature |
6 |
1 |
| Oral English I |
4 |
1 |
| English Listening and Speaking Practice |
4 |
1 |
| English Reading |
4 |
1 |
| English Composition I |
6 |
1 |
| History of English Literature I |
6 |
2 |
| Oral English II |
4 |
2 |
| English Composition II |
4 |
2 |
| Advanced English Listening & Speaking Practice |
4 |
2 |
| Introduction to Linguistics |
6 |
2 |
| Etymology & Vocabulary Development |
4 |
2 |
| History of English Literature II |
6 |
3 |
| Shakespeare |
3 |
3 |
| History of American Literature |
6 |
3 |
| Oral English III |
4 |
3 |
| English Composition III |
4 |
3 |
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Elective Courses:
| Course Title |
Credit |
Level/Year |
| German I |
4 |
1 |
| French I |
4 |
1 |
| Spanish I |
4 |
1 |
| Japanese I |
4 |
1 |
| Application of Information & the Internet |
6 |
1 |
| German II |
4 |
2 |
| French II |
4 |
2 |
| Spanish II |
4 |
2 |
| Japanese II |
4 |
2 |
| Phonetics |
4 |
2 |
| Children' s Literature in English |
6 |
2 |
| Contemporary English and American Literature |
6 |
2 |
| Sight Translation |
2 |
2 |
| International Trade |
6 |
2 |
| English and American Fiction |
6 |
3/4 |
| English and American Poetry |
6 |
3/4 |
| English and American Drama |
6 |
3/4 |
| Syntax |
4 |
3/4 |
| Phonology |
4 |
3/4 |
| Sociolinguistics |
4 |
3/4 |
| Literature and Film |
6 |
3/4 |
| Women' s Studies |
6 |
3/4 |
| Cultural Studies |
6 |
3/4 |
| Gender Studies |
6 |
3/4 |
| English Language Teaching Course & Materials Design |
6 |
3/4 |
| Second Language Acquisition |
4 |
3/4 |
| English Language Teaching Methodology |
3 |
3/4 |
| Business English Conversation & Negotiation Skills |
4 |
3/4 |
| Business Management |
6 |
3/4 |
| Introduction to Translation |
6 |
3/4 |
| Consecutive Interpreting |
4 |
3/4 |
| European Literature |
6 |
3/4 |
| Literary Theory & Criticism |
6 |
3/4 |
| New English Literature |
6 |
3/4 |
| Post-Modern Fiction |
6 |
3/4 |
| Seminars in History of English Literature |
6 |
3/4 |
| Seminars in Major Writers |
6 |
3/4 |
| Semantic/Pragmatic Analysis |
4 |
3/4 |
| Discourse/Text Analysis |
4 |
3/4 |
| History of English |
4 |
3/4 |
| Systemic Function Grammar |
4 |
3/4 |
| Introduction to Experimental Phonetics and Speech Science |
4 |
3/4 |
| Computational Linguistics |
4 |
3/4 |
| Literary Translation |
6 |
3/4 |
| Translation for the Media |
4 |
3/4 |
| Oral Interpretation: Theory & Practice |
4 |
3/4 |
| Simultaneous Interpretation |
4 |
3/4 |
| TOEIC & English for Professional Communication |
4 |
3/4 |
| Business Presentation Skills in English |
4 |
3/4 |
| Foreign Language Testing |
4 |
3/4 |
| English Language Teaching Practicum |
2 |
3/4 |
| Teaching English to Children |
4 |
3/4 |
| Methods of Teaching English Pronunciation |
4 |
3/4 |
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Faculty:
| Position |
Name |
Highest Degree |
Specialty |
| Associate Professor & Chairman |
Ming-yu Tseng |
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of East Anglia |
Stylistics, Systemic Functional Grammar, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics |
| Associate Professor & Director of Language Center |
Ying-huei Chen |
Ph.D. in English, University of Maryland at College Park |
English Literature, British Fiction, Cultural Studies |
| Associate Professor |
Pi-hua Ni |
Ph.D. in English and American Literature, National Taiwan Normal University |
British Literature, American Fiction, Theories of the Novel, Literary Theories and Criticism, Feminism, Power Theory of Michael Foucault, Fiction of Donald Barthelme, Fiction of John Barth, M. M. Bakhtin |
| Associate Professor |
Shu-hui Peng |
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Ohio State University |
Phonetics |
| Associate Professor |
Hsiu-chen Chang |
Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education (TESOL & Applied Linguistics), University of Texas, Austin |
TESOL, Applied Linguistics, Comparative Literature, Translation |
| Associate |
Chao-chih |
Ph.D. in Linguistics, National |
Sociolinguistics, |
| Professor |
Liao |
Taiwan Normal University |
Pragmatics, TESOL, Humorology |
| Assistant Professor |
Ya-huei Lin |
Ph.D. in English, University of New York, Buffalo |
American Literature, English Children's Literature, Afro-American Female Writers |
| Assistant Professor |
Yueh-ting Cheng |
Ph.D. in English, State University of New York, Buffalo |
Shakespeare, Early Modern Drama, Historical Materialism, Gender and Media |
| Assistant Professor |
Shu-chuan Yan |
Ph.D. in English, Manchester University. |
English Literature, Cultural Studies |
| Assistant Professor |
Li-ching Chen |
Ph.D. in English, University of Reading |
English Literature |
| Assistant Professor |
Oliver Streiter |
Ph.D. in Machine Translation, University of Sarrland |
Machine Translation, Syntax, Computational Linguistics |
| Assistant Professor |
Yu-wen Fu |
Ph. D. in Literature, University of Essex |
Cultural Studies, New English Literature |
| Lecturer |
James Steed |
MA in TEFL, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
TESOL, Editing |
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| Facilities and Resources |
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The Department has one audio-visual lab and three multi-media language laboratories, which are equipped with various types of interactive language learning software. The Audio-Visual Center of the University Library houses more than one thousand audio-visual aids for language leaning |
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| Career Opportunities |
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A significant number of our graduates choose to go to a graduate school at home or abroad. Many more use the analytical and communication skills they develop here in a wide range of careers. Our graduates go on to work in commerce, the public services, journalism and other media, teaching at every level, translating and interpreting, publishing, advertising, and a very wide range of other professions. |
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