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Frontiers in Educational Research, 2021, 4(9); doi: 10.25236/FER.2021.040911.

A Case Study on English Curriculum Design for non-English Major Graduates

Author(s)

Yuyue Zhan

Corresponding Author:
Yuyue Zhan
Affiliation(s)

School of Foreign Languages, Hubei University of Arts and Science, Xiangyang, 441053, China

Abstract

As a higher level of English teaching system in China, postgraduate English teaching is facing a comprehensive reform from teaching content to curriculum system. Based on researches of scholars on postgraduate English curriculum and teaching mode, and combined with the practice of postgraduate English teaching in our university, this paper adopts the form of questionnaire and interview to analyze and discuss the postgraduate English curriculum, teaching mode, students' needs and their English application ability. By putting forward the corresponding curriculum system construction scheme, it provides a new teaching conception and attempt for further English teaching reform in our university.

Keywords

English curriculum system, non-English major graduates, reform, teaching mode

Cite This Paper

Yuyue Zhan. A Case Study on English Curriculum Design for non-English Major Graduates. Frontiers in Educational Research (2021) Vol. 4, Issue 9: 59-63. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2021.040911.

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