After nearly 60 years of construction and development, the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures of South China Normal University now has four undergraduate majors: English Normal University, English Foreign Affairs, Japanese and Russian. Among them, English normal major is a famous brand major in Guangdong Province; English pedagogy is a key course in Guangdong Province. The Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures has a doctoral program in curriculum and teaching theory (English) and two master programs in English language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics. Postgraduate education in Foreign Languages Institute adheres to the frontier, expanding and practical research ideas, and has formed three stable development directions: English education theory and application research, linguistics theory and application research and literature, culture and translation research.
The Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures is also the seat of Guangdong Foreign Language Teaching Research Association for Primary and Secondary Schools and Guangdong Hyogo Japanese Education Center.
The Institute of Foreign Languages and Culture has always adhered to the socialist direction of running a school, the unity of teachers and academics, and the equal emphasis on teaching and scientific research, striving for greater improvement in teaching quality and scientific research level, and greater development in enrollment scale and school-running efficiency. The college is committed to training high-quality foreign language teachers in secondary and higher education, and at the same time, according to the needs of national economic construction and social development, it has trained many foreign language professionals. At present, the School of Foreign Languages of South China Normal University has 6 doctoral students, 70 master students, 742 undergraduates, 22 advanced students and 2707 adult education undergraduates and junior college students 1867.