Ren Qin, director of the YNU Department for Foreign Languages Teaching, addresses the opening ceremony for the English-for-Academic-Purposes (EAP) competition on Sept 20. [Photo/ynu.eud.cn]

Yunnan University (YNU) held an English-for-Academic-Purposes (EAP) contest on Sept 20.

The contest was supported by the YNU Office of Academic Affairs and the YNU Department for Foreign Language Teaching.

Ren Qin, director of the YNU Department for Foreign Languages Teaching, addressed the opening ceremony. 

Twenty-two students from a number of different majors participated in the competition. They presented their research projects to the judges in English and then answered questions from the panel. 

Qin Yutong from the School of Mathematics and Statistics and He Yi from the School of Business and Tourism emerged victorious. 

The contest was meant to improve students’ English.

Participants of the YNU EAP competition pose for a photo. [Photo/ynu.edu.cn]