The English Department began to recruit English majors from 1977, and began to recruit foreign masters in linguistics and applied linguistics from 1999. In 2005, it set up a master's degree in language and literature. In 2008, there were 847 undergraduates and 0/69 postgraduates. The department has a group of excellent foreign language education and research talents, including 26 full-time teachers and 2 foreign teachers, including 4 professors and 3 associate professors/kloc-0, with an average age of 39. Since 2005, the academic structure of teachers in the department has been greatly improved, with 7 teachers with doctoral degrees, accounting for 27% of the total number of teachers in the department; There are 1 1 teachers with master's degrees, accounting for 42% of the total number of teachers; And 14 people went to Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries to give lectures and visit and study. After long-term efforts, especially the key construction since 2005, the department has a well-structured and powerful discipline research team, engaged in linguistics, British and American literature, foreign language teaching, translation theory and practice, and achieved a number of influential scientific research results. Since 2003, the teachers of this department have published nearly 200 academic papers in international and domestic academic journals, published more than one monograph, textbook and translation 100, and won 20 scientific research projects funded by schools, provinces and the state.
Based on the changes in the demand for talents in social development, this department focuses on the school-running concept of transporting high-level compound foreign language talents for the society. At the same time, we are committed to focusing on cultivating ability, focusing on the integration of science education and humanities education, focusing on the cultivation of students' innovative ability and the improvement of students' comprehensive quality. Students' clubs and societies have been established in the department, and colorful second-class activities such as foreign language corner, English recitation contest, speech contest, debate contest and English drama exhibition contest have been organized, which has created good conditions for students to develop their personalities, display their specialties, exercise their abilities and cultivate their skills. Since 2005, the passing rate of CET-4 and CET-6 in this major has been far ahead of similar universities in China, especially the passing rate of CET-4 is over 90%. Students of this department have won more than 20 prizes in provincial and national English competitions, and many undergraduate graduates are admitted to well-known universities in China to continue their master's degree every year. The employment situation of students is good, and the graduation trend is basically to go to universities, key middle schools, foreign enterprises, large state-owned enterprises, institutions and institutions to work or study abroad, which is well received by employers.
Since 20 14, the School of Foreign Languages of Wuhan University of Technology has set up an experimental class of English and French, which is an English-French major under the English Department, opening a new pattern of English-French bilingual education. At present, the General Language Department only specializes in Japanese.
Undergraduate students majoring in Japanese began to enroll students in 2002. In 2008, there were 8 full-time teachers and foreign teachers 1 person, including professors 1 person, 2 associate professors, 3 lecturers and 2 teaching assistants. It is a team of teachers with reasonable echelon structure and high level of teaching and scientific research.
In the curriculum of Japanese major, in addition to specialized courses, a proper proportion of computer, secretarial and other courses have been added. Improve students' language ability, professional quality and humanistic quality in all directions.
The employment situation of the first two graduates majoring in Japanese is good, and the employment rate is 100%. Most employers are foreign companies.