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School of Foreign LanguagesThe rapid development of higher education and the consequent college and department restructuring at Shenzhen University necessitated the founding of the School of Foreign Languages in September of 2006. Young as the School is, its foreign language teaching and research programs are as old as the University: they started more than twenty years ago just when Shenzhen University made her very first enrollment in 1983. There are nine departments in the School of Foreign Languages: Department of English Foundation Courses, Department of Linguistics & Translation Studies, Department of Literary & Cultural Studies, Department of English Education, Department of Japanese, Department of Occidental Languages, the First Department of College English, the Second Department of College English, and Department of Graduate English. At present the School of Foreign Languages enjoys an annual enrollment of about 1,000 undergraduate students in programs of English, English Education, and English & French (a bilingual program); over 200 undergraduate students in Japanese; and about 70 postgraduate students in programs of Linguistic & Applied Linguistics, and English Linguistics & Literature. The two Departments of College English and the Department of Graduate English offer foundation English courses to about 12,000 undergraduate and 700 graduate students who major in disciplines other than foreign languages. In addition, foundation language courses are also offered in Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Korean through the School. Undergraduate Programs: 1. English Studies 2. English Education 3. Bilingual Program of English and French Studies 4. Japanese Studies Public courses for all undergraduates of SZU 1. College English 2. College Foreign Languages (Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean) Graduate Programs: 1. Linguistics and Apllied Linguistics 2. English Linguistics and Literature Research: Research The School of Foreign Languages accommodates six research institutes: Institute of Western Studies, Institute of Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, Institute of Foreign Literature, Institute of Translation, Institute of Japanese Studies, and TEFL Institute. These institutes aim to tap the faculty’s potential to advance research programs and relate research to teaching in classroom. Publications The main research interest of the School’s faculty covers linguistics, English education, literary criticism, culture, and translation studies. Their publications in recent years comprise monographs, papers, and translation works focusing on a number of topics: translation theories, teaching methodology, English poetry, 19th and 20th American literature, contemporary women poetry, civilization studies, and TEFL. People: Department of English Department of Japanese Department of Occidental Languages First Department of College English Second Department of College English Department of Graduate English Administrative staff |
