Zhejiang Gongshang University has three undergraduate majors in English, Business English and French, 1 master's degree in foreign languages and literature, and five master's degrees in foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, English language and literature, French language and literature, European and American literature and translation. English language and literature is a provincial key discipline. The demonstration site of college English teaching reform is the humanities and social sciences base of the Ministry of Education, and the humanities and social sciences research base is the social sciences research base of Zhejiang Province. English major is a provincial key major. Compared with Zhejiang universities, it has the advantages of high enrollment rate, high employment rate and high admission rate for postgraduate entrance examination. English majors always take "basic English" as the foundation, take "business English" as the feature, and focus on practical English skills, so as to cultivate comprehensive senior English professionals with solid English language foundation and extensive interdisciplinary knowledge, who can engage in international trade business and translation in industrial and commercial enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises and foreign trade departments, or serve as English teachers and researchers for international trade majors.
The college has seven teaching institutions, including English Department, College English Department I, College English Department II, College English Department III, Advanced English Department, French Department and Business English Department. Nine scientific research institutions, including the Institute of Translation and Culture, the Institute of Applied Linguistics, the Institute of English Literature, the Institute of Narratology, the Institute of English Education and Information Technology, the Research Center of Business English Textbooks and Teaching Methods, the Modern Audio-visual Teaching Laboratory, the Simultaneous Interpretation Teaching Laboratory and the Business English Laboratory.
The characteristics of college English are remarkable, and the scientific research achievements in six major directions are outstanding. In the last three years, 68 books have been published, 23 textbooks have been compiled and more than 365 papers have been published. In 20 12, the college won 3 social science fund projects in Zhejiang province, 5 social science association projects in Zhejiang province, 9 provincial education department projects and 23 university-level projects, of which 29 were funded by vertical projects, with the funding amount of 13 1000 yuan, and 259 1400 yuan and 2060. Student groups or individuals won national or provincial awards 19, including the first prize 1 in national english contest for college students, the second prize 1 and the third prize 1. The first prize of the national college students' art exhibition; Two international silver prizes in the mathematical modeling competition for American college students; The third prize of FLTRP Cup National English Speech Contest1; National english contest for college students third prize 1 etc.
Over the years, the passing rate of students in our college who have taken the National English Test Band 4 (TEM4) and College English Test Band 4 (CET4) has greatly exceeded the average level of national key universities. Since 2002, there have been 23 classes in * * *, and the passing rate of professional level 4 has reached 100%. In 20 12 years, students from three classes in our college achieved an excellent pass rate of 100%, which was 51.09% and 48.95438+0 percentage points higher than the national average.
English teaching and research has a high level, and has presided over many national and provincial key projects, such as "the third batch of college English reform demonstration sites of the Ministry of Education"; "Improving students' oral English ability by English dormitory" and "the ideal mode of cultivating innovative foreign language talents". Since 2003, the special English teaching project "English Dormitory to Improve Students' Oral Ability" has won the "First Prize of Zhejiang Teaching Achievement".
At present, the School of Foreign Languages of Ningbo University has three undergraduate majors in English, Japanese and German, and three master majors in English language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, and Japanese language and literature, and has the right to grant Master of Translation (MTI). Among them, English major is a key construction major and a national major in Zhejiang Province. English language and literature is a key discipline in Zhejiang Province, the first batch of dominant disciplines in Ningbo University, and the key supporting discipline in Ningbo. Foreign linguistics and applied linguistics have completed the construction of key supporting disciplines in Zhejiang Province and passed the acceptance test. The School of Foreign Languages attaches great importance to discipline construction and scientific research, with a strong academic atmosphere and outstanding achievements. In the past five years, he has undertaken more than 30 national and provincial projects, published more than 40 academic monographs, translations and teaching materials, and published more than 500 papers in academic journals at home and abroad, including nearly 200 core journals.