Department of English, NCCU

Class Lecture Lecturer: Katherine ,Hui-ling, Chou (Distinguished Professor of Dept. of English, NCU) Topic: The Cultural Memory under the Cold War Legacy: Jian Ji Sonata and the Female Perspective Time: June 2 (Tue.) 10：10~12：00 Venue: Research Bldg. 250203

Class Lecture Lecturer: Tzu-chia Chao (Chair of Department of Applied Foreign Languages and Language Teaching Center of Minghsin University of Science and Technology) Topic: Intercultural Education through International Films: Language usage, culture negotiation and identity construction Time: June 8 (Mon.) 13：10~16：00 Venue: Ji-tao Bldg. 340304

Class Lecture Lecturer: Yao-Ying Lai (Assistant Professor of Graduate Institute of Linguistics) Topic: The brain basis of sentence meaning comprehension Time: May 13 (Wed.) 9：10~12：00 Venue: Research Bldg. 250203

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Class Lecture Lecturer: Nai-yu KER and Deh-I CHEN（Free Lancer） Topic: An Interpreter's Career Building Time: May 13 (Wed.) 9：10~12：00 Venue: Ji-tao Bldg. 340309

Introduction to Linguistics Class Lecture Lecturer: Meng-Hsien Shih (Post-Doc of Dept. of English, NCCU ) Topic: The Application of Regular Expressions to Corpus Data and ChatBot Time & Venue: 5/5(Tue.) 9：10~12：00（Prof. Wen-hui Sah，on-line lecture） 5/12 (Tue.) 9：10~12：00（Prof. Siaw-Fong Chung，Research 250304, please bring your own laptop）   You can choose either one to attend, if you choose 5/5, please e-mail Prof. Sah whsah@nccu.edu.tw in advance.    

Lecturer: Min-ning Yu (Professor of Department of Education) Topic: Time Management and Second Expertise Planning Time: April 27 (Mon.) 10:30~12:00 Venue: Reserach Bldg. 250206

Class Lecture Lecturer: Huang Yu Fen (English teacher of Taoyuan Wun Chang Junior High School ) Topic: Test types under the literacy-based teaching Time: April 29 (Wed.) 13：10~16：00 Venue: Ji-tao Bldg. 340309

Class Lecture Lecturer: Xu Xin Min (English teacher of Taoyuan Chin Hsi Junior High School ) Topic: The distance between the education curricula and the classroom Time: April 22 (Wed.) 9：10~12：00 Venue: Ji-tao Bldg. 340314

Class Lecture Lecturer: Guangyu Li (Lecturer of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts) Topic: The Appreciation and Demonstration of Peony Pavilion                   Time: April 8 (Wed.) 16：10~18：00

Lecturer：Prof. Chun yen Wang (Assistant professor of Graduate program of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at NTU) Topic：The Order of Modernity: a Postcolonial Reading of  Identity and Memory Politics in Postwar Taiwan Theater Time：April 7 (Tue.) 10：10~12：00 Venue：Ji-tao Bldg. 340304

Lecturer: Dr. Simon Smith Topic: DIY Corpora for Academic English Time：Dec.31 (Tue.) 12:30~14:00 Venue：International Bldg. 340304

Class Lecture Lecturer：Mr. Jeff Tsai（GM of Speechcraft Taiwan, Head Coach of Taiwan WSDC National Team） Topic：Debate Argumentation and Case Creation for Beginners Time：Dec. 18 (Wed.) 9：10~12：00 Venue：Ji-tao Bldg. 340401

Congratulations to our undergraduate students Ken Chen, Andy Wang and Jeremiah Chang, who won the third place of Best Team Award in the 2019 “English Talent Cup” Public Speaking and Debating Contest which was held from November 22nd to 26th. Special thanks to Michael Cheng, who has been coaching department team for this competition for 4 consecutive years, for his continued efforts to lead the team with great passion! The three students also won the following awards: - Ken Chen: the First Prize in Debating Contest and the First Prize in Public Speaking Contest - Andy Wang: the Second Prize in Debating Contest and the Second Prize in Public Speaking Contest - Jeremiah Chang: the First Runner-up Team in Debating Contest and the Third Prize in Public Speaking Contest

~Congratulations to our students who won the Judge Special Award for Cultural Cup Choir Competition~ Participation List： 姓名 戴駿丞 宋雨珊（伴奏） 韓皓宸 鍾晶敏 周昕璄 湯智穎 陳暐霖（指揮） 賴郁存 許元愷 孟令萱 林詠欣 山田良 謝雨樵 莊昇諺