Wenzao's German Department was established in 1966 within the Five Years' junior college and was extended to a two-year college program in 1998. That same year, the two-year college level was made available as a night school. This evening school also received a four-year college program, which subsequently became implemented as a day school in 2004. Presently there are approximately 900 students total in the German Department. Thus, Wenzao's German department is the largest in Taiwan. Because of this, students have not only numerous professional teachers but also high-tech equipment and extensive multi-media resources and reference book collection. Thus, the students themselves are able to acquire professional and oriented to the international market expertise other than German.
4-year College: Basic knowledge and expertise in German-speaking and European culture, foreign language education, business and tourism, and the European Union.
2-year College: Advanced knowledge and expertise in German-speaking and European culture, translation, and business.
5-year Junior College: Basic knowledge of German language and European culture, translation, business, and tourism.
The graduates of the German Department of Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages should not only receive a holistic education but also two foreign languages (English and German).
External language tests serve as the basis of ensuring international comparability of language skills. Students must learn two foreign languages in the German department and put them into practice during professional courses such as business, tourism, translation, culture, and society. In order to promote the learning motivation of students, a wide variety of activities are offered. These activities include speech and debate competitions, exhibitions and theater performances, exchange programs with German universities or with relevant scholarships, and internships in various industries. The structure of language study is based on the Common European Framework. The students can follow their own learning progress on the basis of clear levels from A1 to C2. During the course, knowledge can be evaluated in a foreign language through the external language exams【Start German I, II Home German Goethe Certificate B1 and B2】Goethe certificate.
The following majors are offered as compulsory or elective courses: culture and society, language teaching, translation, business, and tourism. Another learning object can be described by the term "autonomous learning" to be funded by the digitization of the course materials and modern technology both in the classroom and in the resource and computer labs.
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