School of Foreign Languages
DATE:2020-06-22 AUTHOR: VIEW:

The School of Foreign Languages (SFL), consisting of four departments and one center of college foreign languages, offers undergraduate degrees in four languages, namely, English, Japanese, German and Korean. Among its 92 faculty members,there are 5 professors, 30 associate professors and 4 graduate supervisors. Twenty faculty members have obtained doctorate degrees. The number of full-time undergraduates is 1600.

Over the years SFL has made tremendous progress in its discipline and major development. Transmission and acceptance of Chinese Traditional Culture Overseas is one of the research directions in a key discipline construction sponsored by the Education Department of Jiangsu Province. Foreign Language and Literature is a key discipline of Changshu Institute of Technology and the Team of Semiotics Study a key research team. The SFL has several research centers such as the Center of Translation Resources Collection and Reuse, the Center of Applied Translation Research, the Center of Foreign Linguistics Research, the Center of Japanese Language & Corporate Culture Research, the Center of TESOL Research. The SFL has built 26 language labs with up-to-date facilities.

Centered on student development, the SFL provides abundant audio and video materials for students. It has established a teacher training center for improving teaching abilities of students who major in English teaching and an interpretation training room for students majoring in translation and interpreting. In order to create internship opportunities for its undergraduates, the SFL attaches great importance to collaborating with foreign-invested enterprises and educational institutions. At present, it has collaborations with over 30 universities from Britain, USA, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Germany, etc.

Majors

  • English

  • English (Teacher-Training)

  • Japanese

  • German