Educational Objectives: It is aimed at cultivating innovative, professional, and interdisciplinary talents who can satisfy the needs of social and economic development. The graduates are supposed to excel in both moral integrity and professional ability. They will be proficient in the basic theories of English language, literature and cultural communication, having strong practical English competence. They ought to have a good command of not only Chinese and English, but economic and trading management, globalization and other related skills.

Characteristics: This major is geared to cultivating application-oriented professional talents, adopting advanced educational and pedagogical ideas to foster students’ comprehensive capacities of language, humanistic spirit, autonomous learning and English practice. Importance is attached to the cultivation of competence for cross-cultural communication and innovation.

Educational Model: There is an integration of in-class teaching and out-of-class innovation in our educational model. We make use of off-campus practice bases and teaching facilities like a network platform for foreign language teaching, advanced audio classroom, international cultural experience room and simultaneous interpreting laboratory to cultivate application-oriented professional talents. Core Courses of the Major: Comprehensive English, Advanced English, Linguistics, A Brief History of American Literature &Selected Readings; Inter-Cultural Communication, Scientific & Technical Reading, Scientific & Technical Translation, etc.

Employment: The graduates are qualified to work as translators, secretaries, English editors, journalists, guide-interpreter and other jobs in government offices, foreign enterprises, translation firms, publishing houses, travel agencies, premium hotels, etc. Besides, they can work in educational institutions and scientific researches. Some students choose to further their study for their master’s degree or doctor's degree in English language and literature.

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