This major consists of three major directions: translation direction, language and culture direction and textile and clothing foreign trade English direction. Translation course focuses on cultivating students' oral English, translation and simultaneous interpretation ability;

Language and culture courses mainly cultivate students' sensitivity to language and culture and improve their literary appreciation ability; Combining the advantages of Donghua University's textile and clothing major, the English major of textile and clothing foreign trade has been set up since 2005, providing a learning platform for students who are interested in the internationalization of China's textile and clothing market.

English majors have achieved excellent results in all previous national English majors' CET-4 and CET-8, and the annual passing rate is higher than the national average. Students can choose and minor courses of other majors across majors (colleges) during their school years, and graduates generally have the knowledge of the second major or even the third major.

Under the excellent training mode of Foreign Languages Institute and the good development momentum of English majors, the annual employment rate of English graduates is close to 100%. Graduates are mainly employed by foreign-funded enterprises, such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, HSBC (China) Co., Ltd., IBM China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, Siemens China Co., Ltd. (Shanghai) Branch, IKEA (China) Investment Co., Ltd., etc.