Bachelor Program in Innovative Teaching Chinese as a Second Language

In the fall of 2023, Bachelor Program in Innovative Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (ITCSL), affiliated with the International College of Sustainability Innovations (ICSI) at National Taipei University (NTPU), shall welcome the first batch of international students who are devoted to learning and teaching the Chinese language.

The ITCSL program is a degree program that amalgamates various Chinese language resources from the departments, graduate institutes, and colleges of NTPU. Distinct from other departments, the ITCSL program is flexible and adaptable to changing environmental conditions. In addition to employing teachers with qualifications and experience equivalent to those of existing departments, the program also overcomes the barrier of the inability of mature organizations to make timely adjustments in response to changes. Through flexible curriculum planning, the ITCSL program meets the Chinese language learning needs of international students, regardless of whether they have no prior learning experience or a certain level of language proficiency, thereby enabling them to experience the organizational features of this degree program.

Our administration team comprises a group of teachers and faculty staff passionate about learning and willing to take on a challenge. A metaphor for our common goal is the creation of an ecology an ecology where the ITCSL program coexists and thrives alongside various species. By establishing excellent learning environments for international students, it is our hope that their diversity will enrich NTPU as well. Here, everyone gives and everyone takes.

This is only the first chapter in the history of the ITCSL program. Although we do not have a past, our future is unlimited. We welcome you with open arms to join us in imparting new stories to prospective newcomers.

The three main features of the ITCSL courses are:

1. Courses are available for international students with varying levels of Chinese proficiency.

The ITCSL program offers 40 required credits from Beginner Chinese to Advanced Chinese. If you've studied Chinese before, you can apply for a credit waiver and transfer of up to 40 credits and choose your preferred courses from the Cultural Chinese Group or Business Chinese Group offered by various departments at National Taipei University. Courses recognized for credit are listed here:

Cultural Chinese Group: https://reurl.cc/rLd7xb

Business Chinese Group: https://reurl.cc/jlMn7L

2. Course arrangements are highly flexible for international students no matter whether they aspire to become Chinese language teachers or not. (see section No matter you aspire to become a Chinese language teacher or not).
3. A variety of courses on digital teaching strategies are offered annually with the aim of developing a digital teaching system.