Introduction
The Department of
English Language, Literature and Linguistics was established in 1956, more
than fifty years ago, and it is one of the oldest departments in
Providence University. It provides both graduate and undergraduate
education in the subfields of literature, linguistics and English
teaching. With learning in the humanities and the skills of language use,
students are expected to achieve personal development and contribute to
the general welfare of the society.
Full-time teachers of the Department of English
Language, Literature and Linguistics are scholars who graduated from
well-known universities in Taiwan and abroad. They help create
opportunities for both faculties and students to understand the
differences between Western and Eastern language, cultures and literature.
The curriculum aims to equip students with excellent ability in English
listening, speaking, reading, and writing for the future work or for
future study at home and abroad. Juniors and Seniors may choose
Literature, Linguistics, and English Teaching as their concentration
according to their interest.
The Graduate program aims to refine students in
the fields of literature, linguistic, and language teaching so as to
create sound scholars and rigorous educators. We have the newest
audio-visual resources and computers for teaching in order to develop
students' academic interest and research abilities. A proposal for setting
up a Ph.D. program focusing on interdisciplinary study of TESL,
literature, and linguistics has been submitted to the university and is
under the screening procedures at the present time. Hopefully we can
launch this program in the near future and more young scholars will join
us.
Student Exchange Program
The Department of English Language, Literature and Linguistics has
implemented an Exchange Student Program with more than 105 colleges
worldwide. Students can apply for this program and study abroad for half
a year or one year. Credits taken in the college can be listed as
Providence graduation credits and students do not have to delay their
graduation.
Student
Activities
Competitive activities such as the English
Composition Contest, the News in English Contest, Drama Contest, English
Speech, and English Song Contest are sponsored regularly by the Department
in order to motivate peer-learning. Academic activities such as the
Renaissance Festival and an English Summer Camp are also held
regularly.
The student association is the highest student authority of the
Department of English Language, Literature and Linguistics. There are
eight sections in this association: Document Editing, Academic
Development, Drama, Activities, Publicity, Athletics, Student Service, and
Public Relations. The association is in charge of both intramural and
extramural activities, including a camping trip and a party to welcome
incoming freshmen.
Literature Association
"Providence
University Literature Association" (PULA) was organized by the graduate
students of the English Language, Literature, and Linguistics Department
and was founded on December 19, 2002. The society runs affairs via 5
sections of Academic, Administrating, Publishing, Public Relations, and
General Affairs. It aims to elevate the passion and atmosphere in studying
all fields of British and English Literature within Providence University,
including the study of Literary Theory and Criticism, Post-colonialism,
Culture and Gender Study, Film Theory, Mythology, Legend, Comparative
Literature, Science Fiction, Detective Story, Drama, Children and Young
Adult Literature, The Seventeenth Century to the Nineteenth Century
English Literature, Bible as Literature, Culture and Networks, etc.. Also,
the society eagerly invites respectable professors and scholars with
specialty in particular fields from other universities to deliver speeches
at Providence University. Thus, it promotes academic activities and
interflow, connecting with British and American Literature trends, and
arouses more literary discussions and creativity.
Linguistics
Association
Linguistics
Association is organized by graduate students
of the department of English Language, Literature
and Linguistics in the year of 2002. The aim
of the association is to promote the study and
research in various fields of linguistics and
to further the interests of students in both
core areas of linguistics: phonetics, phonology,
syntax, semantics, pragmatics, morphology, and
applied branches of linguistics, including,
sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, historical
linguistics, language acquisition and language
teaching.
English
Teaching Association
English Teaching Association is organized by
graduate students of the department of English
Language, Literature and Linguistics in the
year of 2005. The aim of the association is
to promote the study and research in various
fields of TESOL and to further the interests
of students in both theory and practice: Second
Language Acquisition, Material Design and Teaching
Methodology, Language Assessment, Qualitative
Research Method, Research Design and Statistics
for Applied Linguistics, Bibliography and English
Writing, English for Academic Purpose (EAP),
Studies in English Pedagogical Grammar, Computer
Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Affective
Factors in Second Language Acquisition, Austronesian
Linguistics, English Interlanguage Variance,
Sociolinguistics.
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