2, only master the language, do not understand the professional field.

But these criticisms are outdated.

The current situation is that English teachers are never enough, and private language training institutions provide a large number of jobs. Not only is there a shortage of English teachers, but there is also a great demand for English teaching assistants, English learning consultants and English curriculum consultants. Just look at the online recruitment information.

Another situation is that English majors not only know the language. English majors in many schools offer courses such as business, trade, law, news, finance, principles of science and technology, principles of engineering, and introduction to medicine.

Especially for English majors in some colleges, most of the courses offered have institutional characteristics. For example, the English major in law schools is the training mode of English+law. Some comprehensive universities encourage English majors to minor in double majors, and many students choose to minor in economics, trade, finance, law and journalism.

So English majors don't just know the language.

There is another phenomenon that many people have not noticed: non-language majors study English. Such a master's degree in English has a professional field.

The name of English major makes people feel that there is no professional field. In fact, foreign universities rarely use language to name majors. English majors abroad may be called English teaching, English-speaking country studies, world communication and so on. The author thinks that English majors in China should also be renamed. For example, English teaching and communication, English translation and diplomacy, English business management, English finance, English foreign-related laws and so on. It will be more content.

Employers find that the effect of English training for employees is usually not ideal. However, for English majors, training their business knowledge will be very effective.

English majors find it not so difficult to learn professional knowledge, and English proficiency is always an advantage.