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A Profile of Faculty of Foreign Languages£¬
Ningbo University
Dean:
Prof. Fan Yi
Party
Secretary: Prof. Qi Jinyang
Tel.:
0086-574-87600322 (Prof. Fan)
0086-574-87600366 (Prof. Qi)
Fax:
0086-574-87600321
Email:
fanyidd@nbu.edu.cn
Departments and Specialties
|
Departments |
Levels of Education |
Description |
|
English |
B.A. undergraduate
& M.A. graduate programs |
Specialties:
English, English for Special Purposes,
English Education, Translation, Inter-cultural communication,
Linguistics, English Literature |
|
Japanese |
B.A. undergraduate & M.A. graduate programs
|
Specialties:
Japanese, Japanese for Business, Japanese culture, Japanese literature
|
|
College English |
Compulsory courses |
Compulsory courses for
non-English majors for both undergraduate and postgraduate students |
Languages
|
Languages as optional courses |
Levels of Education |
Description |
|
French |
Undergraduate courses |
Second foreign language: optional courses to all students in Ningbo
University |
|
German |
Undergraduate courses |
Second foreign language: optional courses to all
students in Ningbo University |
|
Russian |
Undergraduate courses |
Second foreign language:
optional courses to all students in Ningbo University |
|
Spanish |
Undergraduate courses |
Second foreign language:
optional courses to all students in Ningbo University |
|
Korean |
Undergraduate courses |
Second foreign language:
optional courses to all students in Ningbo University |
|
Arabin |
Undergraduate courses |
Second foreign language:
optional courses to all students in Ningbo University |
M.A.
Programs
|
Names of the Programs |
Levels of Education |
Description |
|
English Language and Literature |
Postgraduate Program |
Specialties:
English literature, inter-cultural communication, English education,
translation, English for specific purposes |
|
Japanese Language and Literature |
Postgraduate Program |
Specialties:
Japanese literature, culture, and language |
|
Foreign Linguistics |
Postgraduate Program |
Specialties: theoretical linguistics,
applied linguistics, comparison between English and Chinese |
|
Foreign Languages and Culture |
Key Research Center
|
Awarded Key Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences by the
Bureau of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Government |
Students
By October
2006, the enrollment includes 118 postgraduates of six classes and 1071
undergraduates of 32 classes (787sudents in 27 classes of English majors and 284
students in 10 classes of Japanese majors). 80% of the enrollment is from
Zhejiang province and 20% from other provinces. All freshmen, studying either
arts or science in high school, belong to the first-class enrollment. They all
applied for the admission of Ningbo University as their first choice. The
employment rate of graduates of the Faculty was 96.06% in 2005and 95.9% in 2006,
which is the highest among 18 faculties and colleges of Ningbo University.
Faculty and Staff
By October
2006, the Faculty has 165 full-time faculty teachers and staff, including 146
teachers and 19 administrative staff and lab workers. 84% of the faculty
teachers hold a master degree or a doctoral degree. There are 81 teachers in
English and Japanese departments, 95% of whom hold a master degree or a doctoral
degree. There are 6 doctors, 8 professors, 39 associate professors in the
Faculty. 78 teachers have experiences of studying abroad. Each year 6 to 7
foreign teachers work in the Faculty.
Honors
awarded to the Students
|
Year
|
Award |
Rank |
|
2006 |
CCTV Cup National
English Speech Contest (Zhejiang province) |
1st prize |
|
2005 |
CCTV Cup National
English Speech Contest (Zhejiang province) |
1st prize |
|
2004 |
National Japanese Writing Competition of College
Students |
3rd prize |
|
2003 |
21st Century Cup
National English Speech Contest
(East China Area) |
1st prize
|
|
2003 |
CCTV Cup National
English Speech Contest (Zhejiang province) |
1st prize |
|
2003 |
English Debate of Asian University Students |
Honorary reward |
|
2002 |
CCTV Cup National
English Contest Speech (Zhejiang province) |
1st prize |
|
2002 |
CCTV Cup National
English Speech Contest |
4th reward |
|
2001 |
¡°Hope Star¡±
National
English Competition |
The Best Language reward |
Major
Academic Honors awarded to the Faculty
1£®The
course of College English: the Select Course of Higher Education awarded by the
Ministry of Education, China in 2006.
2£®The
course of Fundamental English: the Select Course of Higher Education awarded by
the Bureau of Education of Zhejiang Provincial Government in 2006.
3£®New
Century College English Course Construction: the 2nd prize of the
Award of Higher Education, by Ningbo Municipal Government in 2005.
2£®The
Analysis of English Discourse: the 2nd
prize of Scientific Research Award, by the Bureau of Education of Zhejiang
Provincial Government in 2004.
3£®The
course of Advanced English: the Select Course of Higher Education awarded by the
Bureau of Education of Zhejiang Provincial Government in 2004.
4£®The
course of College English, the Select Course of Higher Education awarded by the
Bureau of Education of Zhejiang Provincial Government in 2003.
5£®Oral
Communication for College Students: National Key
Textbook in the Tenth Five-year Period awarded by the Ministry of Education,
China in 2002.
6£®Theoretical
Exploration of College English Teaching:
the 1st
prize of Scientific Research Award, in Zhejiang province granted by Bureau of
Education of Zhejiang Provincial Government in 2001.
7£®Strategies
of Four Steps in College English Teaching Reform:
the 2nd prize of the Award of Higher Education, by Zhejiang
Provincial Government in 2002.
International
Co-operation
1.
Education Department of Iwate University, Japan
2.
Utsunomiya University, Japan
3. School of Humanities Faculty of England Greenwich
University
4. Institute of Development & Economic Research of Australian
National University
5. Lund
University, Sweden
6.
Kristianstad University, Sweden
7. Blekinge
Institute of Technology, Sweden
Research
Institutes
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Institute of English Education
Institute of English Literature
Institute of Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Institute of Translation Studies
Institute of Canada Studies
Institute of Japan Studies
Institute of European Union Studies
Institute of English for Specific Purposes
Institute of Cross-culture Communication |
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