学院设有英语系、德语系、大学英语部、研究生公共外语部、外语电化教学中心、英语语言学习中心、翻译研究所、学科建设与研究生办公室等机构；自2004年开始招收外国语言学及应用语言学专业硕士研究生，现为外国语言学一级学科硕士授权单位。目前在校本科生500余人，研究生100余人，专任教师150余人，其中教授9人，副教授48人。外籍教师8人。学院除承担全校大学英语公共课程、英语专业、德语专业的全部教学任务外，还承担着全校所有涉外专业、硕士和博士研究生等层次学生的公共外语教学任务，以及出国留学、教师提高、等级考试等外语培训任务。除英语、德语外，学院还开设法语、日语和俄语等小语种课程。

 

自成立以来，学院秉承“中外贯通，德业兼修”的院训，贯彻“教学立院、科研强院”的方针，在教学、科研、师资队伍建设、学科建设以及对外学术交流等方面都取得了显著成绩。教学改革成效显著，《高级英语》、《英美文学》和《综合英语》等课程获评校级精品课程和优质课程；学风建设成绩斐然，学院连续六年被评为校“优良学风学院”；教学设施先进，教学资源充足，学院拥有装备优良的英语语言学习中心。该中心有数字化语言实验室、境外电视节目接收中心、网络视听实验室、多媒体编辑室、学生答疑室、外语图书阅览室、资源中心等几十间实验室。英语语言学习中心2009年经湖北省教育厅验收审批，正式挂牌为湖北省英语语言学习示范中心。大学英语教学成绩显著，2011年被评为教育部大学英语教学改革示范点。科研工作稳步发展，近三年发表论文270余篇，出版教材、专著、译作10余部，承担省、部、校级课题30多项；2009年承办的“中部地区翻译理论与教学研讨会”和“2009专门用途英语及其教学国际学术研讨会”为学院在全国乃至海外建立了良好声誉。

 

在探索中改革，在实践中创新，外国语学院始终保持与时俱进、朝气蓬勃、奋发有为的精神风貌，正在形成以人才培养为中心，以队伍建设为核心，以学科建设为重点，以党建与思想政治工作为保障的全员育人工作格局。这必将大大提高创新型外语人才的培养质量，为把学校建设为国内高水平大学作出更大贡献。

 

　　An Overview of the School

　　The School of Foreign Languages comprises the English Department， the German Department， the Division of College English for Non-English Undergraduates， the Division of Foreign Languages for Non-language Postgraduates， the Center for Technology-aided Foreign Language Teaching， the Center for Self-access English Learning， the Institute of Translation Studies， the Office for Disciplinary Development and Postgraduate Affairs， and other administrative offices. In 2004， it launched the master’s program in Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics and now it enjoys the authorization to confer the master’s degree in the first-rank discipline of Foreign Languages and Literatures. The School has an enrollment of over 500 undergraduates and 100 postgraduates， and it is home to about 150 full-time faculty members， including 7 professors and 48 associate professors. Together with 8 native-speaker teachers， they offer a full range of courses to English and German majors， and are also responsible for teaching varied courses in English， German， French， Japanese， and Russian to students of all levels across the campus and in the community.

　　Fully committed to producing graduates of strict morals and profound learning who are versed in both Chinese and western cultures， the School has been following a research-based， teaching-oriented development strategy since its founding and has made tremendous progress in teaching， research， team building， disciplinary development， and international exchange. Four courses it offers， namely Advanced English， Comprehensive English， British and American Literatures， and College English for Non-English Majors， have entered the university’s list of “quality courses”； the School was repeatedly named “School of Excellent Ethos of Study” for the past 6 consecutive years； the well-equipped Center for Self-access English Learning， which houses many a digital language lab， an overseas TV viewing room， a web-based audio-visual lab， a multimedia editing studio， two tutoring rooms， a foreign language reference library， and a foreign language resources center， was accredited by the Hubei Provincial Department of Education as the Provincial Demonstration Center for English Learning and Teaching， and the School was honoured by the Ministry of Education as the State-level Demonstration Site for Reform in College English Teaching in 2011… Always an innovator in research， the School has undertaken 30-plus academic projects funded by the provincial department， the ministry or the university， and published more than 270 research papers and 10 books in the past 3 years. In 2009， the School successfully hosted “Central China Symposium on Translation Theory and Teaching” and “International Conference on ESP and its Teaching”， which made its name familiar across the country or even all over the world.

　　A firm believer in reform， innovation and practice， the School is advancing with the times and radiating with energy and promise. With years of exploration， the School is switching to a new mode of foreign language education that highlights talent cultivation， focuses on disciplinary development and team building， and is supported by the ideological and political education work， which will surely contribute to the higher quality of its graduates and the noble endeavour of turning the university into a top institution in the country.