College English Department

A Brief Introduction to College English Teaching and Research Section

College English Teaching and Research Section，founded in September 1974，has a total number of 34 teachers，of whom there are 6 associate professors and 28 lecturers．Besides the English classes of continuing education for adults, they also shoulder the teaching tasks of more than 150 classes from 18 schools at undergraduate level．

At present，a series of newly–edited textbooks，such as College English by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press and New Horizon English by Foreign Languages Teaching and Researching Press, has been adopted；All these textbooks, the Twelfth Five-Year National-Level Planning Teaching Materials, are intended for the students of tertiary education by the Ministry of Education．

While fulfilling the assigned teaching tasks with quality and quantity, great importance has been attached to scientific research，with remarkable achievements made by joint efforts in recent years：15 provincial-level and bureau-level research projects；five research projects on teaching reform are well under way．Most of the middle-aged as well as the young teachers, publishing over 60 academic articles, have grown into the backbone of the School．In addition to the normal teaching，each year, CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest，Band 4 and Band 6 remedial classes are organized by College English Teaching and Research Section，which conducts a wide variety of extra-curricular activities and a series of extra-curriculum activities to improve the teaching quality, which has greatly stimulated the students’ interest in learning English language and enlivened students’ campus life．

Adhering to the“People-Oriented and Success-Oriented”principle，College English Teaching and Research Section will take on a new look and fulfill the college English teaching responsibility with greater enthusiasm．