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Time:2022-10-22

College English is a compulsory public basic course and a core general education course for non-English majors during the phase of undergraduate education, which is of great significance for promoting the coordinated development of college students’ ability, quality and literacy. Meanwhile, it plays an irreplaceable role in talent cultivation. College English is an important part of general education in our university, serving for the running goals of university, the talent cultivation goals of faculties and departments, and the students’ needs for individual development. This course aims at cultivating students’ application ability in English, enhancing the awareness and communication ability in cross-cultural aspect, developing the ability of independent learning, improving comprehensive cultural literacy, cultivating humanistic spirit and critical thinking. In this way, students are able to use English appropriately and effectively in study, life and future career to sustain the development of our country, society, university and individual.

The Teaching team of this course consists of Section Ⅰ of College English Teaching and Section Ⅱ of College English Teaching. The whole teaching team undertakes the English Teaching work for all non-English majors in both Hangkonggang campus and Longquan campus. There are 56 teachers in the teaching team. More than 90% of them hold the Master’s Degree, 4 of them are PhD students, 3 of them have doctorates, 7 of them are associate professors. Besides, most of them have experiences in overseas study, advanced studies and visits. The rich teaching experience and excellent teaching quality enable this team to rank among the best in the students’ evaluation over the years.

With decades of evolution, the curriculum of College English is committed to explore the curriculum system and content more suitable for English teaching in CUIT, and constantly deepen the teaching reform of undergraduate English curriculum. According to the Guidelines for College English Teaching (2020), the main content of College English teaching is divided into three parts: general English, English for special purposes and intercultural communication, and thus three types of corresponding courses are offered at different phases. Section Ⅰ of College English Teaching is mainly responsible for the two major courses of College English 1 and College English 2 . Section Ⅱ of College English Teaching is mainly responsible for English for Intercultural Communication and English for special purposes, including English for Intercultural Communication (for undergraduate non-English majors , offered in the first semester of the second academic year), English for Science and Technology and Humanities English in the English for special purposes section (for different majors in the two campuses, such as English for Science and Technology for science and engineering undergraduates in Hangkonggang Campus and English for the Humanities for undergraduates in  liberal arts and management in Longquan Campus, both are offered in the second semester of the second academic year). Among them, English for Intercultural Communication was approved as a model course construction project of provincial-level “Ideological and Political Education Course” in 2020.


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