Author(s)

Tong Yinping

Corresponding Author

Tong Yinping

Abstract

With the development of globalization and educational internationalization, it is really urgent to make a reform and innovation of college English teaching in application-oriented undergraduate colleges. Firstly, this paper analyzes the current situation of college English teaching in application-oriented undergraduate colleges in China. Under the current situation, the learning effects of students are far from satisfaction in learning English. ESP, short for English for Specific Purposes，is different from EGP (English for General Purposes)，and it could be developed in order to meet the demands of internationalization of higher education. Thus, ESP teaching has become an inevitable trend in the reform and development of college English teaching. This paper also discusses how application-oriented undergraduate colleges carry out ESP teaching based on the analysis of curriculum setting, curriculum design, teaching methods, evaluation methods and the construction of teaching staff.

Keywords

Application-oriented Undergraduate Colleges; EGP; ESP; Reform