History
Since founded in August 2002 as “English Division, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Kainan Institute of Technology,” the Department has witnessed three transitional stages from : “Department of Applied English, Kainan Institute of Technology” in August 2005 ; “Department of Applied English, Kainan University” in August 2006; and “Department and Graduate Institute of Applied English, Kainan University” in August 2007.
The initial objective of the founding Department was to train students of English to be world-class professionals in the fields of politics, economy and trade, diplomacy, and negotiation. Back then, the Department's curriculum planning and its employment of teachers were then a reflection of an ambition to achieve that purpose. As times and students change, the Department changes, too: It regularly updated its goal and curriculum from 2005 onwards.
Currently, in response to strong demands from such major projects as “Programming Curriculum,” “The Greater Taoyuan Aerotropolis,” and “Internationalizing All Levels of Teachers”— and considering over 60 percent of Kainan students from Taipei, New Taipei City, and Taoyuan City— the Department is committed to “training global-minded specialists in English” in undergraduate education and to “grooming global-view teachers of English” in M.A. program.
1. August 2002: English Division, Department of Applied Foreign Languages, Kainan Institute of Technology
2. August 2005: Department of Applied English, Kainan Institute of Technology
3. August 2006: Department of Applied English, Kainan University
4. August 2007: Department and Graduate Institute of Applied English, Kainan University
