Based on social needs and the characteristics of the subject, the Russian major continues to deepen its teaching reform. On the basis of developing and improving students' basic language skills, add more practical courses and a variety of elective courses that are needed by society, expand and optimize students' knowledge structure, improve students' foreign language proficiency and cultural quality, and enable students to become " A new type of Russian-speaking talent with a wide caliber, a solid foundation, emphasis on ability, and innovation.
During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the Russian Department will continue to maintain and develop the Russian major, highlight regional and national characteristics, actively participate in the school's research on Central Asian issues, create its own brand of educational characteristics, and make It has become a major with first-class teaching quality and teaching level in the field of Russian language teaching in colleges and universities across the country.
The development history of the English major is much shorter than that of the Russian major. In 1965, when Premier Zhou Enlai came to Xinjiang to inspect work, he instructed Xinjiang University to open English, Arabic, Urdu and other foreign language majors. Subsequently, a group of teachers of the above languages ??were transferred from brother universities in Beijing and other places. However, due to the interference of the Cultural Revolution, Premier Zhou's instructions could not be implemented in time. A few years later, the People's Government of the Autonomous Region decided to first offer an English major in the Department of Foreign Languages ??of Xinjiang University, and successively transferred a group of high-level English teachers from all over Xinjiang.
In 1972, the department enrolled the first batch of English major students, pioneering English major higher education in the history of education in Xinjiang. Although the road of more than thirty years was difficult, it was also fruitful. Our graduates majoring in English have shown their talents in the autonomous region’s foreign affairs, foreign trade, tourism, education, television media and other departments. In 2000, he was awarded the master's degree in English language and literature.
The full-time teaching team of the English Department has 2 professors, 7 associate professors, 2 teachers with doctoral degrees, 9 teachers with master's degrees, 2 doctoral candidates, and 7 master's student tutors
Based on the needs of Xinjiang’s economic development, that is, the development of the western region, the development of Xinjiang’s border trade and the development of Xinjiang’s tourism economy, the English major has made adjustments to the undergraduate training model based on the employment destinations of graduates over the years. Big adjustments. The 2005 version of the talent training plan added four major elective directions for senior grades: language and literature, English education, translation and foreign trade tourism, and actively promoted a series of teaching material reforms and construction that combined Xinjiang characteristics and highlighted Xinjiang culture. By significantly adjusting the credits of majors and elective courses, students will be trained into innovative senior talents who combine knowledge, ability, and quality to better serve the society.
The English Department established an inter-school exchange relationship with the University of Oklahoma (OBU) in the United States in 1985. According to the agreement, the two schools send teachers to each other's school every year for classes and further studies. In addition, the American school also sends a summer lecture group of more than ten people to the English Department every summer to hold a month-long intensive English speaking training class. . Twenty years of mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation have been deeply welcomed by Xinjiang university and middle school students and English enthusiasts, and have become a model for our school’s external cooperation.
There are 16 associate professors among the full-time teachers in the University English Department, 20 teachers with master's degrees, and 22 master's students. The Department of University English was established in 2000 by the merger of the former Foreign Language Teaching Department of Xinjiang University and the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Office of the former Basic Department of Xinjiang Institute of Technology. It is responsible for basic English, college English and postgraduate education for more than 9,000 ethnic and Chinese undergraduates and graduate students across the three campuses of the school. Public basic course teaching of English. The college English teaching model has gradually shifted from the traditional "chalk + blackboard" classroom teaching model to multimedia teaching. The new teaching model has been widely recognized by teachers and students. Teachers’ teaching concepts, teaching methods and models have been greatly updated.
In order to solve the problem of English learning for college students in the northwest minority areas, Associate Professor Li Guilan organized more than ten teachers to complete the "Basic Course of College English" (volumes 1-4) and supporting teaching materials over several years. After several years of use, this set of books has produced good social benefits and won the second prize of the "Excellent Teaching Achievement Award" at the autonomous region level. The Ministry of Education-supported project chaired by Associate Professor Guo Jianrong - College English Multimedia Teaching Reform, uses college English teaching software approved by the Ministry of Education, focuses on cultivating students' independent learning abilities, makes full use of modern educational technology, and builds personalized The college English teaching model improves students' comprehensive application ability of English, especially listening and speaking ability, and gradually accumulates experience to prepare for the comprehensive implementation of college English teaching reform in the whole school.
In order to continuously strengthen and improve the teaching and scientific research level of university foreign languages, university foreign languages ??will implement the graded teaching model of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude", rely on the current master's degree in English language and literature, actively participate in the construction of English education research directions, improve and Establish a university foreign language teaching model with local characteristics. At the same time, on the basis of gradually implementing the divided-course teaching model, we will open and enrich skill-based, application-based and knowledge-based courses, and gradually transition to professional foreign languages.
The Japanese major began to recruit undergraduate students in 1980. Due to various reasons, it only admitted undergraduates for two terms and then ceased operations. In 2000, it restarted recruiting three-year college students. In the future, we will strive to develop the Japanese language and literature major and strive to establish a Japanese + major training model, focusing on teaching and research on the culture, religion, tourism, etc. of Xinjiang and Central Asia.