Foreign Languages Department of Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in March， 2004. At present there are 48 teachers in all， including 46 English teachers， a Japanese teacher and a teaching assistant. The faculty consists of 8 associate professors， 9 lecturers and 30 teachers. Among young teachers， those with M.A. degree comprise 42 percent， those who are working on M.A. degree comprise 38 percent， and one is working on an off-job Doctor’s degree. Young teachers are required to receive training and give trial lectures before taking a post. Certified teachers are assigned to visit their classes and provide detailed instruction so as to prepare them for teaching as soon as possible. An academic echelon made up of person-in-charge for the courses and young and mid-aged backbone teachers is built.

 

　　　There are three teaching and research sections under Foreign Languages Department， and they are Section of College English Teaching and Research， Section of Postgraduate English Teaching and Research， Section of Specialty English Teaching and Research.

 

　　　The department is in charge of college English and Japanese teaching of students at different levels， such as undergraduates， higher vocational college students， postgraduates， overseas students and adult students and so on. It accomplishes the teaching mission more than 14，800 class hours per year on average.

　　　On March 28， 2006， Foreign Languages Departments bidding for English major was approved by Ministry of Education. It has already recruited English majors in 2006 and 2007.

 

　　　With current profound teaching and research resources for advanced TCM education of the college， English specialty （traditional Chinese medicine direction）， which so far has been established in only a few institutes of the whole nation， aims to cultivate inter-disciplinary talents who have a good mastery of both English Languages and TCM knowledge. During the course of internationalization and modernization of TCM， such talents are in urgent need in enterprises and institutions of TCM， hospitals of TCM and universities or colleges of TCM.

　　　In the past 3 years， teachers of Foreign Languages Department have published more than 40 theses altogether on publication of various levels， covering English linguistics and literature， translation theory and practice. This shows the department is in possession of solid foundation and substantial development potential in the field of English education and research.

 

　　 湖北中医学院外语系成立于2004年3月。原湖北中医学院建立于1958年。1960年学院开设了英语﹑俄语两个语种的课程，归属于普通课教研室，后改为文化课教研室。1978年，学院成立了外语教研室，隶属于基础课部，承担英语﹑日语﹑拉丁语的教学任务。2006年3月外语系获教育部批准开设英语专业本科，现已连续两年招收全日制本科生100余人。

外语系现下设3个教研室：大学英语教研室、研究生英语教研室和英语专业教研室，承担了全校本科、专科、成人教育、硕士、博士以及海外、港澳台英、日语教学任务和英语专业本科教学任务。

 

外语系目前共有教师48人，其中英语教师46人，日语教师1人，具有中级职称的实验师1人。副教授8人，占总人数的17%；讲师9人，占总人数的19%；助教及未定职称的教师30人，占总人数的62%。外语系具有硕士及以上学位的教师占总人数的82%，其中，青年教师具有硕士学位的人数占总人数的42%，硕士学位在读教师占总人数的38%，脱产攻读博士学位的教师1人，占总人数的2%，形成了一支以高职称教师为核心，以中青年教师为主体的师资队伍。

 

英语专业属于文科，一级学科为外国语言文学，二级学科为英语语言文学、外国语言学及应用语言学。外语系重点发展应用语言学，兼顾发展英美文学，同时利用学院现有的深厚的高等中医药教学研究资源，培养既能够熟练运用英语语言又具备中医药知识的复合型外语人才。

 

英语专业教师是一支锐意进取的“硕士化”的年轻团队，研究方向涉及语言学与应用语言学、英美文学、翻译、语言教学、跨文化交际等领域并在所从事的领域中均取得一定成果，在国内刊物上发表有数十篇文章。

 

外语系不拘一格根据能力使用、培养人才，在使用中培养。注重发挥青年教师的骨干作用和高学历优势， 同时也注重发挥老教师的传帮带作用。

 

　　近三年来，外语系教师在各级各类刊物上发表论文共计87篇，研究方向涉及英语语言学、英语文学、英语翻译理论与实践等方面。2007年外语系针对“教”和“学”又开展了两项科研项目：1、《基于计算机网络的英语教学模式研究》；2、《教师在网络英语自主学习中作用的研究》。