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Department of French |
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Introduction Chair: Yang Shu-chuan（楊淑娟） A History Tamkang university, back then (1963)
Tamkang science and literature institute, established a French language
section, which later became the French language and literature department. As
of today, there are approximately 700 students. We signed an agreement of
cooperation with the French university of Franche-Comte in November 1989, and
since 1994, 20 or so French majors rerolled at Franche-Comte for their 3rd
year study. This junior
abroad program continued to recruit of twenty or so students each year for a
one year study, the equivalent of their third year. More recently, the
universities of Lyon III and Louvain-la-Neuve gave us an opportunity to send
students over there for one year. In exchange, these sister universities send
students to Tamkang. These young European students will cement the friendship
already existing between our institutions. They will give an opportunity to
our students to chat with them and thus contribute to the improvement of our
students’ French proficiency. Being always eager
to ameliorate our teaching techniques, we have decided reform the courses for
the goal of preparing our students for the Delf and the Dalf. Those two
examinations are equivalent to the TOFEL, and it gives us an international
reference of excellence. This objective criterion will allow us to constantly
work for helping students to be competent in their language abilities. We are also working
on our web page on the Internet, enriching the contents of our web page,
establishing numerous links to relevant French web pages. A project which
consists of an index of French sources will allow our faculty and students to
browse our web page more efficiently. In the future,
we will enhance the distant learning capabilities of our department, in order
to adapt to an ever-changing world; on the other hand, we will also never
depart from our foremost duty : teaching French. The
Institute
In September
2001, we welcomed the first group of students in our Institute of French
civilization. This institute’s goal is to cultivate specialists in French
studies, who will be able to understand and finally use the different aspects
of French civilization, to build a bridge between Taiwan and France. Mail Tamkang University Department of French 151, Ying Chuan Road,
Tamsui, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan 251, R.O.C Phone 886-2-26215656 Ext. 2338, 2339 Fax 886-2-26209913 E-mail B
Characteristics of the
department
1/ faculty There are 29 full-time and
part-time faculty members, 20 of them holding a ph.D degree. 2/ cultural and linguistic
impregnation Apart from the 3rd year of
study in France, we try to offer our students opportunities to have contact
with French language and culture through satellite television and round
tables with French students present at Tamkang University. 3/ external contacts We have developed close relationship
with the French school in Taipei, and our students are sent there to
assist this school in its extra-curricular activities and for courses
in beginner courses in Chinese culture. Recently, our department became a member
of the French business association in Taiwan, giving our students access to
job opportunities related to French. 【back】 |