On the afternoon of May 6, President Yan Xiaohong headed Dean of the Teaching Affairs Office Wang Qian, Director of the Social Sciences Office Ma Guojian, Vice Dean of the Graduate School Yuan Junjie, and Deputy Director of the University President’s Office, to conduct a research on the discipline and specialty construction of the School of Foreign Languages. The leading members of the School of Foreign Languages participated in the survey.
At the meeting, the School of Foreign Languages Dean Li Chongyue made a report entitled "Current situation of and reflections on the discipline and specialty construction", introducing the efforts that have been made by the School in discipline and professional construction in recent years, pointing out the inadequacy of its past work and putting forward measures for further improvement. The School of Foreign Languages, according to Li’s report, has achieved remarkable results in its major construction. 42% of the 2019 English graduates have passed the Graduate Matriculation Examinations at home or received the offer(s) for their postgraduate studies abroad. Thirteen of them have been admitted to such world-famous universities as King's College London, University College London, Edinburgh University, McGill University, Sydney University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of British Columbia, the University of Melbourne, Hong Kong Baptist University. Sixteen others have been admitted to such renowned universities in China as Shanghai International Studies University, Sun Yat-sen University, Nanjing Normal University, Soochow University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai Polytechnic University, South China Normal University, and Zhongnan University. Other universities that have enrolled our students include Ji’nan University, China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu University and others. In recent years, the Japanese Department have selected 10-15 excellent students each year for one-year study in Japan. Subsequently, deputy deans of the School of Foreign Languages each made a speech on their respective responsibilities, on which leaders of the University departments offered their opinions and suggestions.
After listening to Li’s report, President Yan Xiaohong sang a high praise for the achievements of the School of Foreign Languages. He pointed out that the School of Foreign Languages plays a special role in the three-stage development of the University, a particularly important role in the internationalization of the University. The discipline of foreign languages contributes to the comprehensive development of the University, not only guaranteeing the promotion of the foreign language level of the talents of the whole University, but also offering support to the faculty' professional development. While affirming the achievements, he also pointed out the shortcomings in the discipline and specialty construction of the SFL. He demanded that the SFL should actively explore and optimize the training programs of the foreign language discipline, further improve the quality of talent cultivation, and take measures to motivate the teaching staff. According to the President, besides their teaching work the faculty should actively engage in scientific research and improve their comprehensive quality so that every JSU student would benefit from the English language course offered by the faculty of the SFL.
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