Overview of College of Foreign Languages
The College of Foreign Languages (CFL) of Fujian Normal University (FNU) came into being as a result of the merger of three preeminent foreign languages departments of the province: that of Fukian Christian University, of Hwa Nan Women’s College and of Fujian College. Dating back to the dawn of the 20th century and affiliated with distinguished schools of arts and humanities, the trio of its predecessors have endowed CFL with a humanistic tradition and a cultural legacy few other foreign languages departments in China could boast.
In part because of this very special pedigree, FNU in 1981 became one of just four normal universities throughout China to receive the official authorization for setting up China’s first master’s programs in English language and literature, and in a 1995 nationwide appraisal, its graduate program was ranked A by the State Council’s Academic Degrees Commission. During the same period when it had been receiving recognitions on the national level, FLI also established itself as a center for foreign language teaching and research in the province. In 1985, its English program was designated by the Provincial Department of Education as one of Fujian’s first nine “key academic specialties,” a much coveted honor with which it was again awarded after a 1992 re-appraisal. In 1995, the master’s program in comparative literature and world literature jointly run by FLI and the Chinese Department of FNU won a fiercely competed spot in the provincial “211 Project.”
The growth of its graduate programs has never slowed down since the 1980s. Nowadays, with a total enrolment of over 200 full time graduate students, FLI offers master’s degree in four areas: English language & literature, comparative literature & world literature, Japanese language & literature, foreign linguistics & applied linguistics, as well as a mid-career master's program for high school teachers of foreign languages. More than 60 of those who had received an MA from FLI went on to pursue their Ph.D. degree in prestigious Chinese universities such as Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Shanghai International Studies University, Guangdong Foreign Studies University, Nanjing University, Beijing Normal University, and in internationally renowned institutions of higher learning in UK, USA and Australia as well. Among this group over 50 have already received their doctorates and have taken on important professional or academic positions at home and abroad.
The year of 2005 brought to CFL the success in application for the Ph D program in English Language & Literature, a great leap in CFL’s academic reconstruction. As a result of about 20 years’consistent scholarly pursuit, the Program is now characterized by a series of achievements both at home and abroad in the following 3 distinct focuses: Theoretical Linguistics (language cognition and acquisition), Cross-Cultural Verbal Communication (rhetoric and pragmatics) and British Literature, American Literature& Comparative Literature.
The same impressive expansion is seen in its undergraduate section. Consisting of the Department of English Education, Department of Japanese, Department of Business English, College English Teaching & Research Division, and Asian-European Languages Teaching & Research Division, FLI currently provides five BA programs: English (for TEFL), Japanese, English (for business), International Business & Trade, and Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, for over 1200 full time students. FLI’s English (for TEFL) program has won and maintained a high reputation in Fujian for decades. Attesting to the quality of the education this program has been offering, close to one third of its graduating seniors have been admitted to selective graduate programs in the past two years. Winning the first place in the 2004 university-wide assessment of program development, it has now been designated as one of FNU’s first batch of “Priority Hallmark Programs.”
Keeping pace with the remarkable improvement of its teaching is the just as remarkable success FLI has managed to achieve in upgrading its research and scholarship. Scholarly organizations and research facilities are fast becoming the most prominent of its institutional components. Affiliated to FLI are FNU’s Foreign Language and Literature Research Center, Institute of Japanese Studies, International Language Training Center, and the editorial board of Foreign Language and Literature Studies, which is Fujian’s only scholarly journal devoted exclusively to foreign language studies. In recognition of the high quality of its publications, the journal has been officially named one of China’s outstanding foreign language periodicals.
Heavy investment in technology in recent years has also turned FLI into a technically sophisticated institution of foreign language teaching. Not only is it equipped with six multimedia digital language labs boasting state-of-the-art software and hardware, it is also the proud owner of a well-designed website that incorporates research, teaching and practical resources and has been receiving what could amount to over 5 million visits per year. CFL's official website has become an online multi-purpose platform for extensive exchanges between its faculty and scholars at home and abroad.
At present FLI has about 207employees, of whom 170 are full time teachers and 12 are full professors. Over 45% of its faculty members are either associate or full professors and over 75% hold a master’s or doctoral degree. Most of them are productive publishing scholars and, as a result, FLI has consistently ranked first, in both quantitative and qualitative terms, among its peer institutions in Fujian’s Social Sciences Publications Awards. It has also consistently won more State-sponsored and Province-sponsored research projects than its counterparts in Fujian’s other colleges and universities. It is little wonder that CFL also claims the greatest number of full professors among Fujian’s foreign languages colleges or departments.
FLI’s people-oriented political work has played a key role in its phenomenal growth. A sense of responsibility and commitment has been informing and inspiring its employees and students alike. Of its staff and faculty, one has won the honorary title of Fujian’s Outstanding Political Worker and another the title of Model Party Member of Fujian. And among its students, four have been commended as Fujian’s Most Accomplished College Students and two have even distinguished themselves by having their names listed on the honor roll of Outstanding College Students of China. Driven by the shared conviction that there can be no quality teaching without quality scholarship in the first place, and that the students can never be expected to excel unless the faculty first distinguishes itself, CFL’s leadership, faculty and staff are redoubling their efforts to lay a solid foundation for a sustainable development of CFL in the new century.
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福建师范大学外国语学院简介
福建师范大学外国语学院的前身可追溯到20世纪初叶的福建协和大学、华南女子学院和福建学院的外语系科。悠久的历史和丰富的人文环境铸就了今日外国语学院深厚的文化积淀。
1981年，英语语言文学学科被教育部确认为全国高师院校首批4个英语硕士点之一，在1995年国务院学位委员会组织的评估中被评为A级。1985年，该学科被省教育厅审定为全省高校首批9个重点学科之一，1992年经评估蝉联省重点学科，1995年与中文系联合申报比较文学与世界文学硕士点并获得成功，使我院成为省“211工程”重点学科的一部分。
学院现有英语语言文学、比较文学与世界文学、日语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学4个硕士点和1个教育硕士学位授权点，在读研究生200多人。历届培养的硕士生中有60多人考取了北大、北外、上外、广外、南大、北师大和英、美、澳等国内外的著名大学博士研究生，其中50多人已获得博士学位，成为国内外各自领域的专业人才和学术骨干。
学院于2005年申报英语语言文学博士点并获得通过，使学院在学科建设方面更上一层楼。在英语语言文学博士点下设的理论语言学（语言认知与习得）、跨文化言语交际（修辞与语用）和英美文学与比较文学三个研究方向，经过了20多年的建设，取得了丰硕的科研成果。
学院下设英语教育系、日语系、商务英语系、大学外语教研部和亚欧语言教研部，设置英语（师范）、日语、英语（商务）、国际经济与贸易和对外汉语5个本科专业，在读全日制本科生1200多人。数十年来，英语（师范）专业的人才培养质量在八闽大地享有盛誉，本科毕业生已连续两年保持近1/3的研究生考取率。该专业在2004年全校专业建设评比中荣获第一名，被评为福建师范大学首批重点品牌专业。
挂靠学院的校级单位有“外国语言与文学研究中心”、“日本语学研究所”、“国际语言培训中心”和《外国语言文学》编辑部。《外国语言文学》是全省唯一公开发行的外语类学术刊物，经中国外语期刊检测中心评估，被评为优秀期刊。
学院6个多媒体数字化语言实验室的软硬件系统居国内一流水平。学院网站集科研、教学和实用资源于一体，年访问量达500万人次，成为推动学院与国内外学术界广泛交流的多元平台。
学院现有教职员工207人，其中专任教师 170人，教授12人，教授、副教授占45%以上，硕士、博士占75%以上。在历届省社科优秀成果评奖中获奖级别和数量均居全省同类学科第一，所承担的国家和省部级的科研项目的数量居全省同类学科第一，具有教授职称的学科骨干人数亦居全省同类学科第一。
学院的党建和思想政治工作以人为本。1名干部被评为省优秀党务工作者，1名教师被评为省优秀共产党员，学生中有4人荣获“省十佳大学生”称号，2人荣获“全国三好学生”称号。党政领导与全院教职员工坚持以高水平的科研支撑高水平的教学，以高素质的教师培养高素质的学生，团结一心，努力拼搏，奠定了新世纪可持续发展的坚实基础。
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