Since 1996, the English Department has won the second prize of the national teaching achievement for three times, the special prize of the teaching achievement of colleges and universities in Jiangsu Province 1 time, and the first prize for two times. English writing and English reading have been rated as excellent courses in Jiangsu Province. English majors have a solid English foundation, good comprehensive quality and strong working ability, and their scores in the national unified examination for English majors in colleges and universities are among the best over the years. Three students won the national college students' English speech contest in 1996, 1999 and 2004 respectively, and won the first prize in the international college students' English speech contest held in London (1996), and were the best speakers in non-English speaking countries (1999). A student won the first global speech contest held by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000. As a liberal arts department of a research-oriented comprehensive university, the English Department of Nanjing University pays attention to research and has formed its own characteristics in three research directions: British and American literature, English linguistics and applied linguistics, translation studies and bilingual lexicography, especially in the field of American literature research. The National American Literature Research Association is located in Nanjing University. During the Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996-2000), the English Department undertook the 15 research projects of the National Social Sciences, the Ministry of Education and the Humanities and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Province, including the key and major projects of the National Social Sciences in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and there is currently a 17 project under study. English teachers have published 187 papers, 15 academic monographs, 53 translations and 23 professional textbooks in academic journals at home and abroad. Master and doctoral students have strong scientific research ability, and have published 166 papers in domestic academic journals, of which 10 1 is the core journal.