Introduction
Cultivation of reading, writing, and speaking skills through the Communication Center
Improving composition educationp
Constructing research infrastructure for writing composition towards improving substance, advancing, diversifying, and specializing writing education, and researching ways to support self-directed writing
- The dual system of basic and intensive composition courses (practice-focused lectures, linkage with presentation and debate lectures)
- Intensive composition course focused on practical writing
- Hosting special open lectures on writing in addition to regular curricula
- Writing Clinic program offered through the Communication Center
- Special writing classes for international students (overseas/exchange)
- Building theoretical framework based on analysis and evaluation of current textbooks and educational methodology
- Producing and utilizing regular writing textbooks and workbooks
Improving General English Education
All undergraduate students are required to take English 1 and 2. They are placed according to their English level (determined through a placement test and an interview with a native English-speaking professor). The English Writing Clinic provides individual tutoring, continuous assistance with English for all undergraduate and graduate students.
- Specialized classes for different courses, including conversational English and writing
- Classes are divided based on the academic achievement of each student
- One-on-one clinic to provide writing practice and guidance
- Strengthening basic scholastic skills to build the foundation for success in major programs
Ajou Debate
Ajou Debate seeks to help students develop a comprehensive range of communication skills, as well as the competence and capabilities of mature democratic citizens that include logical problem-solving and appropriately responding to societal questions of the age we live in.
- Regular courses: Utilizing existing debate courses and frequently opening debate in various courses
- Extracurricular debate: Debates online annually via Dasan’s debate program
- Supporting & Providing debates in and out of school
Ajou Classics
With the rapid expansion of the production and distribution of knowledge alongside changes in the knowledge and information environment, the acquisition of knowledge based on rote memory and cramming are losing efficacy. This course focuses on reading classics in various fields as a way to develop in-depth thinking skills, flexible perspectives, and the capability to produce meaningful knowledge in a changing environment, and thereby increasing understanding and developing insight, analytical skills, and a critical mind.
- Formed Compilation Committee and Selected Ajou Classics
- Selection of 111 excerpts from Ajou Classics with editing process in introduction and annotation
- Quizzes from Aju Classics and construction of CBT environment
- Opening Ajou Classics Contest