School of Foreign Studies

The School of Foreign Studies , which has been originated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of Guangdong Art and Science College in 1946, was founded in 2000 to meet the growing demand for foreign language teachers, language teacher trainers, and other foreign language professionals. Encompassing a highly qualified and experienced faculty and all kinds of advanced educational facilities, the School of Foreign Studies enjoys a high reputation as a leading institution for teacher-training in the Province and one of the prestigious foreign languages schools in China . In the past sixty years, it has turned out more than 9,600 qualified teachers and language professionals, including 165 MA-degree holders, more than 5,000 BA-degree holders and approximately 4,000 students with diplomas or certificates.

Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Specialties:

1 . English Language and Literature:

Major courses offered: Integrated English, English Writing, Theory and Practice in Translation, Survey on English-speaking Countries, Linguistics, English and American Literature

2 . Japanese Language and Literature:

Major courses offered: Integrated Japanese, Japanese Writing, Translation, Japanese Culture, and Japanese Literature

3 . Russian Language and Literature:

Major courses offered: Integrated Russian, Russian Writing, Translation, Russian Culture, and Russian Literature

Master's Programs

Specialties:

1 . English Language and Literature:

Major courses offered: Theoretical Linguistics, History of British Literature, History of American Literature, Generative Linguistics, Literary Criticism, Advanced Translation, Syntactic Semantics, Stylistics, Semantics, Studies of British and American Fictions

2 . International Linguistics and Applied Linguistics:

Major courses offered: Theories of Foreign Language teaching and Learning, Corpus Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Educational Statistics, Language testing, Pragmatics, Second Language Acquisition, Research Methods for Applied Linguistics, Syllabus Designing and Material Development, Cross-cultural Communication, Discourse Analysis