{"id":15025,"date":"2026-01-01T20:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ac.mcu.edu.tw\/?page_id=15025"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:32:20","slug":"a-message-from-the-department-chair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ac.mcu.edu.tw\/en\/a-message-from-the-department-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message from the Department Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e15025-1 mbld-0\"><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e15025-2 mbld-1\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e15025-3 mbld-2 mbld-3\"><i class=\"x-icon e15025-4 mbld-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-x-icon-s=\"&#xf164;\"><\/i><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e15025-5 mbld-5\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h1 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\"><strong>A Message from the Department Chair<\/strong><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"x-line e15025-6 mbld-6 mbld-7\"><\/hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e15025-7 mbld-1\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e15025-8 mbld-3\"><hr class=\"x-line e15025-9 mbld-7 mbld-8\"><\/hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e15025-10 mbld-1\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e15025-11 mbld-3\"><span class=\"x-image e15025-12 mbld-9\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ac.mcu.edu.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/02\/briefing03-2.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"816\" alt=\"Image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"x-col e15025-13 mbld-3\"><hr class=\"x-line e15025-14 mbld-a\"><\/hr><\/div><div class=\"x-col e15025-15 mbld-3\"><div class=\"x-text e15025-16 mbld-b\"><p>A heartfelt welcome to you all! We are delighted to have you join the family of the Department of Applied Chinese and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at Ming Chuan University. Whether you are a freshman in our International Business Chinese Stream, or joining our Bachelor\u2019s, Master\u2019s, In-service Master\u2019s, or Doctoral programs, you are now an integral part of this vibrant community. It is my sincere hope that during your time here, you will realize your dreams and that these years become some of the most beautiful and cherished days of your life.<\/p>\n<p>As you begin to explore your future career path, I encourage you to immerse yourself in one to three classic works\u2014ancient or modern, Eastern or Western\u2014that truly resonate with you. These masterpieces will serve as the professional nourishment for your future endeavors, whether you aspire to pursue Chinese language teaching, TCSL (Teaching Chinese as a Second Language), cultural communications, creative writing, the cultural and creative industries, AI applications, professional editing, linguistic research, or cross-disciplinary innovations.<\/p>\n<p>Our shared passion for the heritage of the Chinese language and the future of Chinese language education has brought us together. Let us journey through the vast world of classical and contemporary literature, embark on a journey of discovery, and together build a bold new world for the application of the Chinese language.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e15025-17 mbld-1\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e15025-18 mbld-3\"><hr class=\"x-line e15025-19 mbld-7 mbld-8\"><\/hr><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Message from the Department ChairA heartfelt welcome to you all! We are delighted to have you join the family of the Department of Applied Chinese and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at Ming Chuan University. 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