A Discussion on the Reform of English Teaching in Local Engineering-Focused University based on the Data of Graduates’ Employment

Yufeng Duan; Na Li; Peng Wang; Xinfang Bai; Jingsheng Li; Zhanying Sun

doi:10.62051/0dr94p28

Authors

Yufeng Duan
Na Li
Peng Wang
Xinfang Bai
Jingsheng Li
Zhanying Sun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62051/0dr94p28

Keywords:

Reform of University English; Employment of Graduates; Local Universities; English for Special Purposes.

Abstract

With the goal of serving regional economy and social development, local universities have their own characteristics in many aspects, such as running orientation, targets of cultivating students, employment of graduatest, conditions of running universities and etc. This paper takes a provincial key Engineering-focused university as an example to analyze the data of graduates’ employment and requirements for English skill. The reasons for the students lacking adequate training in English for Special Purposes (ESP) and how to reform English teaching to satisfy the needs of students are discussed. A model to reform the current curriculum by integrating teachers’ resources of public English teaching and specialized courses teaching to complete the ESP teaching in every stage of university English teaching is proposed.

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