2015 National Quemoy University English Conference: Reimagining the Teaching of Language, Literature, and Culture

Today’s realities in international business, education, and culture mean that educators must continually reinvent the ways in which they teach. Traditional instructional designs are no longer sufficient. Today’s graduates must be able to interact effectively with a wide range of speakers of English as a first or second language. This means that students must be strong in all four English skills and must have the confidence to engage in English with people of diverse backgrounds. This is done through effective language instruction, appreciation of cultural similarities and differences, and understanding of literature to build experience, critical thinking, and expression. This conference will explore how educators can make creative use of new ideas, technology, and resources to prepare students to function effectively in international society through understanding of language, literature, and culture. Suggested focuses for conference papers include (but are not limited to) one or more of the following topics:

 Language Track – Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary, Oral skills, CALL, ESP, EOP, EAP

 Literature Track – Literary criticism, Literature appreciation, children’s literature, translation of literature, Publication, Contemporary/Historical perspectives

 Culture Track – Intercultural communication, Cross-cultural understanding and collaboration, Cultural aspects in international business/tourism

 Overall – Critical thinking, assessment, curriculum design

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2015 National Quemoy University English Conference: Reimagining the Teaching of Language, Literature, and Culture Date: June 5, 2015 (Fri). From 9:00 a.m. to 16:30 p.m. Venue: Chen Kai-Rong International Conference Hall((圖書館 1F 陳開蓉會議廳) Dept. of Applied English, National Quemoy University, Kinmen, Time Agenda 09：40 Registration ~ 10：10 Opening Ceremony (Place: 本校圖書館 1F 陳開蓉會議廳) 10：10 Vice-present, National Quemoy University

~ 10：15 Dean of Humanity, National Quemoy University Chair of Department of Applied English, National Quemoy University Keynote Speech (Place: 本校圖書館 1F 陳開蓉會議廳) Topic: Teaching EFL in the Year 2020 Speaker: Dr. Michael Marek 10：10 Dr. Michael Marek is a professor of Electronic Media at Wayne State College, Wayne,

~ Nebraska, USA. His interest in CALL stems from his media background in creating multimedia 11：00 interactive materials for specific audiences and his expertise in educational psychology. His recent journal publications include CALL Journal, Educational Technology and Society, System, and other CALL-related journals. In 2013 he led American students on a ten-week study abroad experience in Taiwan and Mainland China 11：00 ~ Tea Break 11：10 Paper Presentation Session A Session B Session C Moderator: Dr. Chao, Moderator: Dr. Yi-Ping Lai Moderator: Dr. Wan-Li Yu-Chuan Joni Place: 本校綜合教學大樓 Chen

Place: 本校圖書館 1F 陳開蓉 4F 應英系 428 口譯教室 Place: 本校綜合教學大樓

會議廳 4F 應英系 426 階梯教室

Towards "The Politics of the Facilitating EFL Learners’ Starting Out Right: A Popular": Thomas Pynchon’s Language Use via Learning Study on Promoting EFL Vineland Synonymous Lexical Preschoolers' Reading (Yu-Ray Julian Chang, 11：10 Bundles Success Professor, Department of Applied (Mei-Hua Chen, Assistant (Ai Chun Yen, Assistant ~ English, National Quemoy Professor, Dept. of Foreign Professor, Department of 12：20 University & Shu-Ming Hung, Languages and Literature, English, National Dong Hwa Assistant Professor, Department ) University & Chih Wen Chen of Applied English, National Graduate program of English Quemoy University & Shu-Yi Department, National Dong Yang, Lecture, Department of Hwa University) Applied English, National Quemoy University)

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Time Agenda Session A Session B Session C Moderator: Dr. Chao, Moderator: Dr. Wei-Bang Moderator: Dr. Wen-Li Yu-Chuan Joni Wu Chen Place: 本校圖書館 1F 陳開蓉 Place: 本校綜合教學大樓 Place: 本校綜合教學大樓 會議廳 4F 應英系 428 口譯教室 4F 應英系階梯教室 426 翻譯教材研究 Taiwanese EFL teachers’ Using an online social

(劉素勳,國立金門大學應用英語 perceptions of network site as a learning

學系副教授) implementing community to enhance EFL Email Keypal Project learners’ cultural (Yan-An Jou, Associate awareness 11：10 Professor, Department of (Ming-Yi Scott Chen Hsieh ~ Applied English, National Graduate Institute of Network 12：20 Quemoy University & Yi-Ping Learning Technology, National Lai, Assistant Professor, Central University & Wen-Chi Department of English Studies, Vivian Wu, Professor, MingDao University) Department of English Language, Literature, and Linguistics, Providence University) A Longitudinal Study on Investigating Motivational Using Interactive Improving Students’ English Characteristics of Technologies for English Abilities at a Rural Primary Freshman English Students Vocabulary Learning School in Kinmen in Kinmen (Wei-Yang Vicky Hsu, (Huimei Grace Yang, Assistant (Ying-Shing Li, Assistant Graduate program of English Professor, Department of Applied professor, Department of Language, Literature, and English, National Quemoy Applied English, National Linguistics, Providence University & Chung-Ju Fan, Quemoy University) University, & Yu-Chuan Joni Assistant Professor, General Chao, Associate Professor, Education Center, National Department of English Quemoy University) Language, Literature, and Linguistics, Providence University) Greco-Roman Mythology Teaching and Learning The Achievement of TPR Reading in a Light Way Listening by Teaching Methods on 4th (Ai Chun Yen, Assistant Communicative Language Grade Elementary School Professor, Department of English, Teaching Underachievers’ English National Dong Hwa University) (Yi-Ping Lai, Assistant Learning Professor (Lin, Nan-Torng & Fan, Department of English Studies, Chia-Yu& Chen, Yun-Ya & MingDao University & Yan-An Ma, Hui-Wen & Wu, Pei-Hua Jou, Associate Professor, & Liu, Yu-Tzu, Tainan Department of Applied English, University of Technology) National Quemoy University) 12：20 ~ Lunch Break (圖書館 1F 陳開蓉會議廳) 13：30 Panel Discussion (Place: 本校圖書館 1F 陳開蓉會議廳)

13：30 “The innovative ways to use technology for EFL learning” 1. Dr. Wen-Chi Vivian Wu (Professor, Dept. of English Language, Literature, and Linguistics ~ Director, CALL R & D Center, Providence University, , Taiwan) 15：20 2. Dr. Gloria Shu Mei Chwo (Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied English, , Taichung, Taiwan) 3. Dr. Chao, Yu-Chuan Joni (Associate Professor, Dept. of English Language, Literature,

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Time Agenda Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan)

15：20 ~ Tea Break 15：30 Workshop(Place: 圖書館 1F 陳開蓉會議廳) 15：30 ~ Cultural-involvement curriculum design in Teaching Children English at Kinmen Public 16 : 30 Elementary School (Guest Speaker : Rachel Mooney from Kinmen ETA) 16：30 Closing Ceremony

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