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What is English language and literature?
Introduction to English major

Business Training Objectives: This major aims to train senior English professionals with a solid English language foundation and extensive scientific and cultural knowledge, who can engage in translation, research, teaching and management in foreign affairs, economy and trade, culture, press and publication, education, scientific research, tourism and other fields.

Main courses: basic English, advanced English, newspaper reading, audio-visual, oral English, English writing, translation theory and practice, language theory, introduction to linguistics, literary history and reading of major English-speaking countries, and national conditions of major English-speaking countries.

Beijing Foreign Languages University

Beijing Foreign Studies University is one of the national key universities directly under the Ministry of Education. It is one of the foreign language colleges with a long history, complete levels and the largest number of languages. It is also the main base for training foreign language talents in China, especially in diplomacy, foreign trade, foreign cultural exchange and foreign affairs translation.

1994, the school was renamed Beijing Foreign Studies University from Beijing Foreign Studies Institute.

Beijing Foreign Studies University is one of the first authorized units for master's and doctor's degrees in China. At present, there are 1 mobile post-doctoral stations in foreign languages and literature and 9 doctoral programs in English languages and literature, including 6 doctoral programs in English, Russian, French, German and Japanese 13, covering all more than 30 foreign languages and Chinese and diplomatic majors taught by the school. English language and literature major and German language and literature major are national key disciplines, while Russian language and literature major and Arabic language and literature major are Beijing key disciplines. China Foreign Language Education Research Center is the first national key liberal arts research base named.

Beijing Foreign Studies University has seven colleges, including English College and Russian College, with German Department, French Department, Arabic Department, Spanish Department, Japanese Department, Asian-African Language Department and European Language Department 10. Foreign languages and literature include English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Cambodian, Lao, Burmese, Malay, Sinhalese, Thai, Vietnamese, Hausa, Swahili, Albanian, Russian Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Polish and Czech.

Second, Peking University International Studies University

Peking University International Studies University was founded in June, 1999. It is the first multi-department and multi-disciplinary college in Peking University, which is formed by the merger of Peking University Oriental Department, Spanish Department, English Department and Russian Department. There are eight departments of Oriental Studies, Japanese Studies, Arabic Studies, French Studies, German Studies, Spanish Studies, English Studies, Russian Studies, and three research institutions. The School of Foreign Languages has 9 doctoral programs and a postdoctoral mobile station.

As the predecessor of the School of Foreign Languages, the departments of western languages, eastern languages, Russian languages and English languages have a long history, and famous teachers come forth in large numbers. A group of China's best foreign language and literature masters have gathered here for decades, such as Zhu Guangqian, Feng Zhi, Ma Jian, Ji Xianlin, Jin Kemu, Tian, Wen Jiayou, Wu Dayuan, Zhao, Yang, Li Funing and other famous professors.

The School of Foreign Languages offers majors in 20 languages, including English, Russian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese. Not only have dozens of outstanding diplomats represented by Tang Jiaxuan and Li Zhaoxing been trained, but tens of thousands of outstanding foreign language talents with both ability and political integrity have also been trained for all fronts of the motherland.

Heilongjiang university foreign languages college

It is divided into three colleges: Russian College, Spanish College and Oriental College.

Russian Institute: Russian language and literature is a national key discipline, with the right to award doctoral and master's degrees, a postdoctoral mobile station for foreign language and literature disciplines, and a Russian language and literature research center in 100 social science and humanities research bases of the Ministry of Education. The Institute has extensive academic exchanges and cooperation with Russia, and is one of the three Russian language centers jointly established by the Chinese and Russian governments. Our college and Russian universities jointly train undergraduates, and implement the "22" or "2 1 1" academic system, that is, after studying in the Russian College of Heilongjiang University for two years, they are selected to study in Russia for one or two years. Those who study abroad for one year will graduate after returning to school, and those who study for two years will receive formal undergraduate diplomas from Russian universities and Heilongjiang universities. Excellent undergraduate students can continue to study for undergraduate and graduate students.

Spanish College: The college has English major, applied English major, French major and German major, among which English major is a provincial key major, and it has the right to award two master's degrees in English language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics.

Oriental Language Institute: The Institute has three majors: Japanese, Korean and Arabic. Our college has the right to award a master's degree in Japanese language and literature, which is one of the earliest disciplines in China and a provincial key discipline.

Tsinghua University Foreign Languages and Literature Department

Tsinghua University Foreign Languages and Literature Department was founded in 1926. A large number of famous scholars and professors have been trained, such as Cao Yu, Qian Zhongshu, Ji Xianlin, Rong Gaotang, Cha, Li Funing and Ying Ruocheng. They have won a high reputation for the Foreign Languages Department of Tsinghua University.

There are three master's degree programs in English language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, English language and literature and Japanese language and literature, and two undergraduate majors in English and Japanese.

Fudan university foreign language and literature department

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature is one of the earliest departments established in Fudan University. The English language and literature major is the same age as the school and has a history of more than 90 years. Famous people who have taught in the Department of Foreign Languages in history are: Quan Zengqi, Lin Tongji, Qi, Wu Yifu, etc.

Undergraduate majors are English, Japanese, French, German, Russian, Korean and foreign literature. Every two subjects have a master's degree program. There are doctoral programs in English language and literature, foreign linguistics and applied linguistics, and post-doctoral mobile stations in foreign languages and literature 1 unit.

Instructions for taking the exam

Guide to application for prestigious schools in individual regions

Beijing

Beijing is a good choice for candidates who tend to apply for simultaneous interpretation, which is a very popular major today. Beijing Foreign Studies University, university of international business and economics and beijing international studies university all have simultaneous interpretation enrollment, accounting for half of the enrollment in recent years.

Shanghai

Influenced by key universities such as Shanghai International Studies University, the examination subjects in Shanghai are relatively single and professional. For example, in 2007, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics only tested literature in British and American literature, culture in cultural direction and linguistics in linguistics. In addition, candidates need to be reminded that many colleges and universities in Shanghai only take the translation test in the initial test subjects, such as China Normal University, East China University of Science and Technology and Shanghai University of Science and Technology. But many students think it is dangerous to make up the major after the initial test.

Jiangsu Province

There are sixteen research and recruitment institutions for English majors in Jiangsu, including Nanjing University, Suzhou University and Nanjing Normal University. Take Nanjing University, which ranks fourth in this major in China, as an example. English language and literature major of Nanjing University is a national key discipline. Graduate students are well distributed. In addition to being teachers in colleges and universities, a considerable number of graduate students enter the press and publication, foreign trade and economic enterprises, foreign-funded and joint ventures and other departments every year, and some continue to pursue doctoral degrees or go abroad for further study. Therefore, it often leads to the phenomenon of swarming.

Guangdong

There are 9 universities in Guangdong that recruit English majors. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Sun Yat-sen University have the largest enrollment. In recent years, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies has been in the forefront of foreign language colleges in China, and it is one of the few schools offering simultaneous interpretation in China.

Instructions for taking the exam

I can remind you that before entering the exam, look at the professional catalogues of several colleges last year or that year, know the exam content and bibliography in advance, and review them in a targeted way!

General bibliography (for reference only):

Advanced English 1-2, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Zhang Hanxi.

Introduction to English Linguistics, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2002, edited by Dai Weidong.

Selected Readings of English Literary Works (2 1 Century Professional Series Textbooks), Shanghai Jiaotong University Press, 2004, edited by Wang Songnian and Zhao.

Selected readings of American literary works (2 1 century series of professional textbooks), Shanghai jiaotong university press, 2004, edited by Wang songnian and Zhao.

Advanced English Writing Course, Shanghai Jiaotong University Press, Zhou Guoqiang, 2004.

Overview of Britain and America (latest revision), Henan People's Publishing House, 2002, edited by Laian.

Practical Translation Course (Revised Edition), Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2002, Feng Qinghua.

Career prospects

Nowadays, China's development in the fields of economy, politics, culture and education is becoming more and more international. Especially after China's entry into WTO, the demand for outstanding talents with one or two foreign languages and high comprehensive quality has suddenly increased. Therefore, graduates of this major can work in foreign affairs agencies, embassies, news media, professional translation companies, foreign trade and economic cooperation units, universities and foreign-funded enterprises after graduation, and the employment situation is gratifying!

In the process of training graduate students, general foreign language professional research and recruitment institutions pay more attention to the language foundation and English practical ability, as well as the cultivation of intercultural communication ability. Students are required not only to lay a solid foundation in foreign languages, but also to have strong foreign language communication and application skills, and to have certain knowledge of science and engineering and economic information management, so as to become compound talents to adapt to social progress and economic development.