什么是“浸润式”英语？揭秘温肯**课程“PIEP”

Please scroll down for English version

为期两周的PIEP完美落幕，在此为大家回顾揭秘精彩瞬间......

PIEP

WKU

夏末秋初的温肯校园迎来的不只有阵阵的热风，还有近800名2021级本科新生。新生们踏入新校园，熟悉起新环境，也即将开启一段新旅程。

在中美合办大学学习，语言难免会成为部分同学的障碍和担忧。为了帮助大一新生们顺利适应，温肯为新生们提供了量身定做的开学“第一课”——PIEP（新生集中强化英语培训项目）。PIEP的大部分课程都由温肯在职外教面对面授课。

Hi

新生们的第一堂PIEP课程在8月16日如期而至，PIEP任课老师充分运用丰富的教学经验，积极营造舒适、轻松的课堂气氛，鼓励每一位新生自信说英语，让新生们在游戏和实践中缓解语言焦虑，学习地道、实用的英语表达。

左右滑动查看Slide to view more

此外，针对一部分因为疫情暂缓报到的新生，教学部第一时间搭建了PIEP网课平台，让这些新生能同步感受美式大学的课堂氛围。线上PIEP课程由人文学院英语系讲师Kyra Whitehead通过Zoom平台进行远程授课。线上课程共两个班级，班级人数保持在一定数量，以保证课堂的互动和交流，让新生们居家体验“浸润式”英语课堂。课上，老师还会时刻关注同学的状态，不断给予鼓励和帮助，让他们提高沟通时的舒适感，积极参与课堂。

这两周的精彩还远不止于每天的固定课堂，别具特色的TESOL（国际英语教学）课程也让同学们领略到了英语语言的魅力。TESOL课程的授课老师皆为温肯国际英语教学专业的在读研究生，他们把在温肯生活和学习的小妙招分享给新生们，帮助他们适应从高中生到大学生的角色转变。

从8月16日至8月27日，为期两周的PIEP项目为新生们营造了一个“沉浸式”的英语环境。除了被丰富的校园活动充盈着，新生也在全英文教学的课堂提升。外教们觉得新生们的表现怎么样呢？staff又前前后后组织了哪些工作呢？同学们对此次英语浸润营有什么评价呢？现在就带你一睹为快！

PIEP只是新生们在温肯的第一段旅程，愿每一位新生在接下来大学四年的生活中获取更多新知识，掌握更多新技能，和温肯这个新校园擦出更多的火花！

Please scroll down to view full text

What is"PIEP"?

Near the end of the summer, Wenzhou-Kean University welcomed nearly 800 new students from the Class of 2025. The new students have stepped into their new campus, familiarized themselves with the unfamiliarenvironment, and are about to start a thrilling journey.

When studying at a Sino-American university, language can be a barrier and a concern for some students. To support the freshmen students' transition, College of Liberal Arts (CLA) provides the Pre-University Intensive English Program (PIEP) specifically designed for freshmen. The majority of PIEP courses are taught face-to-face by current WKU faculty. In response to the changes of the pandemic, the Department of Teaching and Learning built the online platform for PIEP upon receiving the notice to suspend the arrival of new students from medium and high-risk areas, so that all new students can experience the classroom environment of an American-style university together.

Early in the morning of August 14, the Mentors selected by CLA were thrilled to welcome the incoming new students. In addition to providing all the courses during PIEP, CLA also cooperated with the university's pandemic prevention work and organized the mentors to arrange the orientation for all the new students.

The first PIEP course for the new students started on August 16. Teachers made full use of their rich teaching experience to actively create a relaxed and friendly classroom environment, encouraging each new student to speak English confidently, reduce language anxiety, and acquire authentic and practical English expressions through games and activities. The online PIEP course is also taught remotely on Zoom by Professor Kyra Whitehead from the English Department of CLA. The online platform offered two classes, each with a reasonably controlled class size, in order to ensure interaction and communication in the classroom and give the new students an "immersive" English experience at home. During the class, the teachers always pay close attention to the students'status and constantly give encouragement and help so that students can feel more comfortable with communication in English and actively participate in the class.

The two weeks had not only regular classes but also the unique TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) courses. The TESOL courses were taught by current WKU graduate students, who shared their tips for living and studying at WKU, helping the freshmen's transition from high school to university.

From August 16 to August 27, the two-week PIEP created an "immersive" English environment for the new students. In addition to engaging in the campus activities, the new students were also able to improve themselves in a fully English-taught classroom. What do the teachers think of the new students' performance? What did CLA do in preparation for and after the program? What did the students have to say about the program? Here are some voices sharing their first-hand experience!

PIEP is just the first stepof the students' journey at WKU. May each new student gain more new knowledge, acquire more new skills, and share more rewarding experiences with WKU in the next four years.

中文 | 吴哲 高钰晨

英文 | 唐风

文稿编辑 | 项冰灵 Danny Dyer

图片来源 | Alpha提供

视频 | 周昊天

排版 | 周雨滢

初审 | 王智耀

终审| 王舒

责编 | 媒体中心

聚焦温肯，面向世界