English Language&Literature

From May 31st to June 6th, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education announced the second batch of proposed entries for the list of professional degree graduate teaching cases in Shaanxi Province. Our university had a total of 14 cases selected, with 2 cases submitted by our school all being included, achieving a breakthrough for SFL in teaching case library project application.

Professor Cao Ruonan hosted the “Cultural Confidence Presented in the English Translation Cases of Contemporary Artists’ Works”, which selects works from contemporary Chinese painting and calligraphy masters, including several influential and representative artists and writers of the Shaanxi School. Based on an overview of the artists’ lives and thematic descriptions of their artworks, the project designs case studies and teaching sessions to focus on cultivating the cognitive, interpretive, and propagative abilities of graduate students majoring in English translation to promote traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy culture.

Associate Professor He Hua’s “Teaching Case of Core Values in Traditional Chinese Culture” is based on classroom observations, interviews, and evaluations of student assignments and learning outcomes related to “Traditional Chinese Culture”. By using personality stories to drive cultural learning, it enhances the enthusiasm and interest in learning. The course is closely integrated with English-Chinese translation practice through methods such as language comparison, translation comparison, and value comparison, forming clear teaching concepts and rich practical experience.

Strengthening case-based teaching is an important approach to enhance the practical skills training of graduate students of the professional degree, promote teaching reform, and facilitate the organic integration of teaching and practice. It is also a crucial means to advance the reform of the training model for graduate students of professional degree. The school attaches great importance to the education of graduate students of professional degree and will continue to strengthen case-based teaching and infrastructure construction. Through these efforts, we aim to deepen the reform of the training model for graduate students of professional degree and improve the quality of their education.