经济欠发达地区英语专业建设的几点思考

Reflections on the Development of English Major in the Underdeveloped Regions

经济欠发达地区在英语专业师资、专业设置、课程设置、招生规模、专业建设的经济投入等方面存在诸多问题。针对这些问题,这些地区应加大对英语专业的经济投入,逐步提高师资的科研能力及学历、职称水平。英语本科专业应根据办学单位的人才培养目标确定英语专业的人才培养目标和人才培养方案。在办学中坚持多元性的办学原则,培养适应不同市场需求的英语人才。在教材和教法上打破传统,把现代化的教学手段运用于教学中。英语相关专业的硕士点应加强硕士生导师队伍建设,严把硕士生毕业论文质量关,同时,这些地区应争取在英语相关专业博士点的建设上有所突破。

In the underdeveloped regions of China, some problems have been existing in the cultivation of English teachers, major planning, course planning, enrollment scale, economic investment in the development of English major.To solve these problems, the English majors of these regions should be economically supported, the capability of scientific research of the English teachers should be improved and the number of Master Degree and Doctor Degree holders and the full-professorship bearers should be increased. The cultivation goals and planning ought to be consistent with the overall cultivation goals of the universities. In line with the multiplicity principle, the cultivation of talents majored in English should take the needs of markets into consideration. Concerning textbooks and teaching methodology, modem teaching devices and technologies should be applied in the English teaching. Meanwhile, the Master programs ought to aim at building a qualified and responsible supervisor team, who can take full charge of the quality of the Master theses. Furthermore, the underdeveloped regions should try their best to make a breakthrough in constructing a Doctoral program of the English major.