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The self-Access
Centre at Soochow University (Waishuanghsi Campus) in Taipei, Taiwan.
 
Institution
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The Waishuanghsi
Campus of Soochow University has 6,500
undergraduate and postgraduate students studying of Arts, Sciences, and
Foreign Languages and Cultures.
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Students
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Undergraduate
students are required to take Freshmen English and Sophomore English.
During their third and fourth years of undergraduate studies,
non-language majors are not required to receive any classroom-based
foreign language training, including English.
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Purpose
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Many students
visit the SAC as part of a language lesson or are directed there to do
an assignment. Many come on their own in order to prepare for future
careers or study overseas.
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Student
helpers work in the SAC. Frequent workshops and talks are held. Self-help group learning scheme
encourages groups of learners to take charge of their learning.
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Facilities
and materials
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4800 English
language learning items - both commercial and in-house
materials - including English, Japanese, German, French
and Spanish. Learners also have access to satellite TV and the
Internet. Computer-based learning programs available via the Intranet.
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More
information
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e-mail Ya-Li
Shih, Self-access manager: jasmine@scu.edu.tw
See issue 40 of Independence
for the full article
and more photos of this center
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Want to feature your
self access center
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