各位研究生同学：

        本期学校将开设外教选修课程，学习完该课程的同学可以获得2个学分。因疫情原因，一名外教将采用在线授课方式。两名外教老师的简历以及课程简介如下：

Digby Wren – SICNU Spring-Summer 2020-2021 （线上授课）

Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia) Visiting Scholar at Sichuan Normal University Chengdu China (SNU) and visiting lecturer at Soochow University Taipei Taiwan, teaching Academic Research and Writing, Intercultural Understanding, Communications and Media, and International Relations. Current research activities include China's Belt and Road Initiative, China Australia Relations, Geo-economics and Geo-politics and International Education Partnerships.

A contributor and commentator for China International Radio (CRI), China Plus website and App and CGTN, Digby has enjoyed a 25 year career in Media and Communications winning many awards and working for leading corporations and government.

For the online classes Digby will be introducing students to three areas of Academic study.

1.Academic English with an emphasis on oral skills and research presentation. 

Mon 10:00-12:00 （Digby class one 限选50人）

Mon 14:00-16:00  (Digby class two 限选50人)

2.Intercultural Understanding with a focus on critical thinking, analysis of new media and emerging entertainment platforms and globalisation trends.

Tue 10:00-12:00  (Digby class three 限选50人)

3.Politics and history study zooming in on the Belt and Road, global connectivity and China’s increasing importance in globalisation, climate change and industrial digitalisation and digital industrialisation. 

Wed 10:00-12:00  (Digby class four 限选50人)

Wed 14:00-16:00  (Digby class five 限选50人)

Jeffrey  Soden – SICNU Spring-Summer 2020-2021  

Jeffrey is systems programmer (retired) from the county of alameda ( California)with 32 years of service. Trained by IBM, Microsoft (Apple), Wang, etc. He has worked in all areas of computing. During this time He studied various Languages (besides COBOL, Java etc.) Such as Hindi,Sanskrit, MalayHindi and has traveled to over 15 countries. Also Contributed to the writing of over 19 books. After Moving to Chengdu He was offered a position here SiNU teaching Oral English because of his language skills, and has been teaching in the international studies department for eight years. 

Jeffrey has been a Photographer since he was young. Shooting both film and digital. In fact He still wash his own film while processing digital images on his computer.He got involved with the technical side because of his computer background and his interest in all things light related. 

Jeffrey will be offering one course 

1.Oral English with an emphasis on Intercultural understanding. Through cultural discourse we will strengthen Oral skills primarily in regard to listening skills and pronunciation. 

Mon 9:30-11:30 (Jeffrey class one)  Room A-310 (chenglong 限选42人)

Mon 2:00-4:00 (Jeffrey class two)   Room A-310 (chenglong 限选42人)

Tue 9:30-11:30 (Jeffrey class three)  Room A-310 (chenglong 限选42人)

Tue 2:00-4:00 (Jeffrey class four)    Room A-310 (chenglong 限选42人)

Wed 9:30-11:30 (Jeffrey class five)   Room 7-506  (限选50人)

        两位外教老师开设了5门课程一共10个班，同学们可以根据自己的兴趣爱好和时间选择其中一个班即可。请有选课意向的同学在2021年03月07日18点前将个人选课意愿以表格（填报表格见通知附件）的形式发送到邮箱1026731851@qq.com，请在邮件主题处标明课程名称、班次和姓名，如“Jeffrey 1班 姓名”。英语口语课程预计3月15日开始行课，是否选课成功请以研究生院最后发布的名单为准，超额、超期选课无效。

       特此通知。

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