On October 8, the English Oral Proficiency Training Courses organized by the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures (SFLL) kicked off. Eight foreign faculty members delivered the first sessions on Yuzhong and Chengguan Campuses respectively to faculty and students from seven schools: the School of Journalism and Communication, the School of Marxism, the School of Information Science and Engineering, the School of Politics and International Relations, the School of Law, the School of Economics, and the School of Physical Science and Technology.

The training aims to help faculty and students improve the accuracy and fluency of their spoken English and strengthen their English communication skills for international academic exchange, collaborative research, and daily interactions. A total of 150 undergraduates, 38 graduate students, and 16 faculty members attended the courses.

Course Arrangements

The training is delivered in a face-to-face manner, with two class hours per week. In class, interactive dialogues, role-play simulations, and other approaches were adopted by foreign faculty to encourage participants to speak up. Faculty and students are highly engaged in the lively ans spirited courses.

Zohren Kharazian delivers a lecture for faculty members from the School of Economics and the School of Marxism.

Louis Koen delivers a lecture for undergraduates from the School of Economics. 

Farah Mituda delivers a lecture for undergraduates from the School of Law and the School of Politics and International Relations.

Roy Kasius delivers a lecture for undergraduates from the School of Economics.

Bartlomiej Kuszel delivers a lecture forundergraduates from the School of Physical Science and Technology.

Andrei Niculescu delivers a lecture for undergraduates from the School of Physical Science and Technology.

SFLL attaches great importance to the needs of other schools. Based on a needs survey, SFLL coordinated faculty resources, made appropriate teaching arrangements, and held a meeting of all foreign faculty on September 28, in order to explain the course arrangements and requirements in detail, ensuring the smooth implementation. Other schools responded actively and helped organize their faculty and students to participate, providing strong support for the smooth running of the course. SFLL will continue to coordinate foreign faculty resources based on the needs of other schools, optimize training arrangements, and promote the regular offering of English oral proficiency training, thereby providing strong support for the university’s international talent cultivation and international exchange and cooperation.