Department of Foreign Languages

The Foreign Language Department, with high-quality teaching staff and facilities, has set up a modern management mechanism. The department has three majors: Business English? Tourism English and Business Japanese, which are all market-oriented. We offer diverse educational paths, encouraging students to pass national curricular examinations. We also prepare students for vocational certificates by offering a wide range of training courses for students to choose from, according to their tastes and interests.
There are three offices under the Department: General English, Major English I and Major English II. The department now has more than 40 high-quality teachers, some have lived in foreign countries, and five are Cambridge Business English Examiners. The department currently employs 5 foreign teachers. It is equipped with modern facilities including: five multi-media language labs? a wireless FM set which broadcasts English programs daily, and a variety of audio-visual materials.

Our mission is to cultivate well-rounded students by organizing diverse extracurricular activities, such as Foreign Language Corners, Speech Contests?Singing Competitions?and community service projects., Academic lectures and reports, given by experts and scholars, are also regularly organized to broaden students’ horizons
Up to now, a great number of talented students from this department have graduated, and are now engaged in business trade, management, translation, public relations, etc, and are all favored by most enterprises and units.

Business English

Education Objectives:
To cultivate well-rounded students, with solid knowledge and skills of English, business, trade and management, who are able to apply these skills and knowledge to business, trade, management and other work concerning foreign affairs.

Education Duration:
3 years for graduates of senior middle school, five years for graduates of junior middle school.

Main courses:
Comprehensive English, Listening, Oral English, Audio-visual English, Extensive Reading of Business English, Business English Writing, Translation, Cambridge Business English (preliminary and vantage), Foreign Trade, Business Negotiation (English), Oral Business English, Import-export Business, Cross-cultural Etiquette, Japanese, Applied Computer Science, etc.

Professional Skills:
The students are required to gain the basic knowledge and skills of business and trade, obtain communicative skills in English —listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation, and master certain knowledge in public relations and social etiquette.

Career Expectations:
The graduates should be able to work in the fields of business, trade, management, foreign affairs, etc.

Tourism English

Education Objective:
To cultivate well-rounded students, with solid knowledge and skills of English, tourism and management. Graduates should be able to work in foreign affairs, as management in travel agencies and hotels, as tour guides, etc.

Education Duration:
3 years for senior high school graduates, 5 years for junior high school graduates.

Main courses:
Comprehensive English, Listening, Oral English, Audio-visual English,Extensive Reading,Writing,Translation,Cambridge Business English, British and American Cultures, Tourism English, Hotel English, Travel Survey, Travel Laws, Travel Agency Management, Jiangsu Travel Resources, Marketing Theory of Tourism, Hotel Service and Management, Cross-cultural Etiquette, Applied Computer Science, etc.

Professional Skills:
Students are required to gain basic knowledge and skills in tourism and hotel management, obtain communicative skills in English —listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation, and master certain knowledge in public relations and social etiquette.

Career Expectation:
The graduates should be able to work as tour guides, management in hotels or travel agencies, clerks in foreign affairs offices, teachers in tourism schools, etc, and be capable of building good public relations in their positions.

Business Japanese

Education Objectives:
To cultivate well-rounded students, with solid knowledge and skills in Japanese, business, trade and management, international business, negotiation, and import & export business, who can apply their skills and knowledge to business, trade, management and other work concerning foreign affairs.

Education Duration:
3 years for senior high school graduates, 5 years for junior high school graduates.

Main courses:
Standard Japanese, Business Japanese, Japanese Listening and Speaking, Practical Writing, Business Negotiation, Selected Reading of Japanese Newspapers and Magazines, Extensive Reading of Business Japanese, Import and Export Business, English, Applied Computer Science, etc.

Professional Skills:
The students are required to master the basic knowledge and skills of business, trade and management, obtain the communicative skills in Japanese —listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation, master certain knowledge in public relations, social etiquette, and be able to work in foreign enterprises, import-export companies, foreign affairs offices, etc.

Career Expectations:
The graduates should be able to work in the fields of business, trade, translation, management, foreign affairs, etc.