Time: PM.1:30-3:00 March 13(Monday), 2023
Address: Room 202, Xiarun Building
Lecture Topic: The new situation and new tasks for foreign language majors, as well as cultivating Japanese language professionals and promoting China's story
Lecturer: Professor Xiu Gang, Tianjin Foreign Studies University

Summary of the Lecture
For a long time, Chinese higher education has placed a heavy emphasis on foreign language education as a tool, with "reading, speaking, listening, writing, and translating" as the main goals. However, with the rise of new liberal arts education, foreign language education has shifted its focus towards humanistic aspects. In the instrumental education of foreign languages, how to cultivate students' patriotism and improve their skills while also cultivating socialist humanistic values is a question that the new era of foreign language education must answer. This requires cross-disciplinary integration between foreign language education and other subjects, combining skills training with the education of humanistic qualities to cultivate multi-disciplinary foreign language professionals who meet the needs of the times.

Introduction to the Lecturer

Xiu Gang, professor, doctoral supervisor, postdoctoral mentor of the Central Compilation & Translation Bureau, former president of Tianjin Foreign Studies University, special allowance expert of the State Council. Deputy Director of the Teaching Advisory Committee for Foreign Language and Literature in Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, Chairman of the Japanese Subcommittee, Vice President of the Chinese Society for Japanese Studies. Research interests: translation studies, Japanese language education. He has presided over 1 national social science project and 1 national key publication project. He is the chief editor of 16 academic works, including "Research on Contemporary Foreign Terminology," "Multilingual Interpretation of Contemporary Foreign Humanities Terminology," "The Influence of Loanwords on Chinese Language and Culture," "An Overview of Chinese Japanese Language Education," and has published more than 30 papers. He has won one second-class national teaching achievement award and is the leader of a national-level teaching team and a national-level boutique course.


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