大连工业大学外国语学院的英文简介

TheSchoolofForeignLanguagesofDaLianPolytechnicUniversityistheformerforeignlanguageteachingandresearchsection.Foundedin1996,itenrolledEnglishmajorsforprofessionaltraining.Afterseveralyears'continuousendeavorandresearch,thedepartmentbegantorecruitundergraduatesofEnglishmajorin2002.TheSchoolofForeignLanguageswasestablishedinMarch2007accordingtothelatestprogramforthedevelopmentofuniversity,aimingtosetuparationalsubjectandspecialtystructure,toadapttothedevelopmentandreformofuniversity,andtobettertheacademicconstructionofthecomprehensiveuniversity.Boastingahighlycompetentteachingstaffwithexcellentprofessionalproficiency,theschoolcurrentlyhas80teachersandstaffmembers,ofwhich74arefull-timeteachers.Oftheteachers21arewithvice-seniorposttitlesoraboveand35arelecturers.38teachershavereceivedmaster'sdegreesand13arestudyingfortheirmaster'sdegrees.Altogether5foreignteachersareteachingintheschool.TheschoolattachesmuchimportancetointernationalexchangeandcorporationandhasmadepointofinvitingscholarsandprofessorsfromBritain,America,Canada,Japanandothercountriestoteachorgivelectures.Atthesametime,theschoolalsoconductsacademictrainingandresearchesbysendingsomeexcellentfacultiesabroad.　Coveringtwospecialties(EnglishandJapanese),theschoolnowconsistsofEnglishdepartment,Japanesedepartment,CollegeEnglishteachingsection,teachingandresearchsectionofChineselanguage,andRussianteachingsection.Atpresentaltogether587undergraduatesarestudyinghere.Teachingqualitymanagementistakenhighlyimportant,soateachingevaluationsystemwasestablished,inwhichtheteachersareevaluatednotonlybytheirleaders,butbytheircolleagues,studentsandteachingsupervisors.Theschooliswellwith13computerizedaudiolaboratories;2Englishbroadcastingstationandanaudio-visualclassroom.Theschoolhasmorethan30kindsofjournalsinChineseorforeignlanguages,over10,000specializedbooksand1000audio-visualtapes.　Takingthemarket-orientingmodeforitseducation,theforeignlanguageschoollaysmuchstressonthetrainingofthestudents'abilityintheirspecialtyandontheindividualityintheirgrowth.Theschoolorganizesvariousactivitiestoimprovestudents'personalqualityandcompetency.ThebestexamplesareCampusCultureandArtsFestival,ForeignLanguageFestival,andEnglishSaloon.Atypicalatmospherewiththecharacteristicsofforeignlanguageschoolisthuscreated.Theschoolencouragesstudentstogooutofschooltoundertakesocialpracticeandvoluntaryactivities,sothattheycanshowtheirindividualitytothepublicandimprovetheircomprehensivequality.Overthepastyears,theschoolhascultivatedagreatnumberoftalentswithbothabilityandmorality.