English

Overview

To be specific, students will have three kinds of courses at China University of Geosciences: courses on skills of English, courses on knowledge of English, and courses on related specialized knowledge. Students will grasp the skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating in English and will be able to communicate with native speakers of English properly and fluently. They will also learn quite a lot of cultural knowledge of English-speaking countries. Besides, they will gain the ability to do translation and interpretation fluently and accurately in fields related to culture, science & technology, and business & trade. In addition, their second foreign language will reach the intermediate level. After four years of study, graduates will be qualified to work as translators, administrators, teachers and researchers in such fields as economy, news, culture, education, scientific research, tourism and foreign affairs.

Program Learning Outcomes

With the orientation of developing their qualities, knowledge and abilities, especially their English proficiency and critical thinking ability, the program aims at enabling students to possess a solid foundation of English and a broad range of scientific and cultural knowledge. They will be able to understand linguistics, basic literary theories, English and American literature, basic translation theories and skills and will gain strong abilities for cross-cultural communications both in English and in Chinese. Students’ critical thinking ability will be fostered through their research for knowledge of the two languages and cultures. In return, their language abilities can be improved with the practice of their critical thinking ability, which will result in improving their autonomous learning capacity. Therefore, with the integration of critical thinking into English and humanity education for mutual promotion, the program aims to enable students to become highly-qualified English professionals who are competent both in English and in Chinese, possessing ample knowledge of humanities and the English culture, and are strong in autonomous learning.