History of the School of Foreign Languages, SNU

沈阳师范大学外国语学院，创建于 1953 年 6 月，俄语专业是学校成立最早的科系之一。

The School of Foreign Languages of Shenyang Normal University was founded in June 1953. It was one of the earliest departments founded in the university.

1956 年，学校组建英语本科专业（学制 4 年）。俄罗斯语言文学系更名为外语系，下设英语、俄语 2 个专业。

In 1956, the English program, a 4-year system for undergraduates, was set up. The Department of Russian Language and Literature was renamed as the Department of Foreign Languages with two programs—English and Russian.

1958 年 7 月，辽宁大学成立，沈阳师范学院英语专业转调辽宁大学，外语系保留俄语专业，外语系更名为俄语系。

In July 1958, Liaoning University was founded, and the English program of Shenyang Teachers' College was transferred to Liaoning University , while the Russian program was kept by the Department of Foreign Languages, which was accordingly renamed as the Russian Department.

1965 年 9 月，沈阳师范学院迁往朝阳山区办学，学校更名为辽宁第一师范学院，俄语系 更名为 辽宁第一师范学院外语系。

In September 1965, Shenyang Teachers' College moved to Chaoyang mountain areas, and was renamed as Liaoning No.1 Teachers' College, and again the Russian Department was renamed as the Department of Foreign Languages.

1979 年 9 月，外语系开始招收英语硕士研究生。

In September1979, the Department of Foreign Languages began to enroll graduate students of English.

1982 年，外语系开设英语专科班（学制 3 年）。

In 1982, the Department of Foreign Languages began to enroll students of English program on 3-year basis.

1992 年 9 月，外语系开设英语、俄语本科非师范专业（学制 4 年），专科非师范专业（学制 3 年）。

In September 1992, the Department of Foreign Languages began to provide Non-Teachers education for undergraduate students. This was a 4-year and a 3-year schooling system.

1995 年，外语系增设日语专业（学制 4 年），设有日语和日语教育 2 个专业方向，成立了日语系。

In 1995, the program of Japanese was introduced. This was a 4-year program with two specialties included—a program of Japanese language and a program of Japanese Education. The Japanese Department was founded thereafter.

1998 年，外语系获得外国语言学及应用语言学硕士学位授予权，并于次年开始招收首届英语硕士研究生。同年，外语系开始招收课程教学论（英语）硕士研究生，并开办了课程教学论（英语）研究生班。

In 1998, the Department of Foreign Languages was authorized as a MA degree granting institution in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in Foreign Languages, and began to enroll the graduates majoring in English in the following year. In the same year, the Department began to enroll graduate students majoring in Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (English), and started the first MA class of this kind.

2000 年 6 月，经学校批准，外语系更名为外国语学院，下设英语系、俄语系、日语系。

In June 2000, with the permission of the school authority, the Department of Foreign Languages was renamed as the School of Foreign Languages, with three subordinate institutions—the English Department, the Russian Department and the Japanese Department.

2002 年 4 月，经教育部批准，沈阳师范学院与辽宁教育学院合并组建沈阳师范大学，外国语学院改名为沈阳师范大学外国语学院。

In April 2002, with the endorsement of the Ministry of Education, Shenyang Teachers' College was merged with Liaoning Educational College , and Shenyang Normal University was founded, and thereby the School of Foreign Languages became the School of Foreign Languages of Shenyang Normal University.

2003 年 7 月，外国语学院在原英语系的基础上成立英语一系和英语二系，分别负责英语专业基础阶段和高级阶段的教学与管理工作。

In July 2003, English Department I (1 st -2 nd year teaching) and English Department II (3 rd -4 th year teaching) were established on the basis of the English Department.

2004 年 9 月，外国语学院增设英语专业口译方向，增设俄语专业商务俄语方向。

In September 2004, the program of English Interpretation was introduced, together with the program of Business Russian.

2005 年，外国语学院获得英语语言文学专业硕士学位授予权；同年，学院增设法语专业，结合德语二外教学工作，成立了法德系。

In 2005, the School of Foreign Languages was authorized as a MA degree granting institution in English Language and Literature. In the same year, the program of French was set up, which, together with German language (mainly taught as a second language) formed the French & German Department.

2006 年 9 月，外国语学院外国语言学及应用语言学拓展到日汉翻译方向，首次招收日语硕士研究生。同年，学院英语专业首次按英语学科大类招生，两年后分流为英语师范、英语口译、英语三个方向。

In September 2006, the recruitment of MA students in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics was extended to the Japanese-Chinese Translation program, and began to enroll the graduates majoring in Japanese. For the first time that year, the School of Foreign Languages started to recruit students, on the basis of treating English as a general program, and students were repositioned in the program of English Education, the program of English Interpretation and the program of English Language after finishing their first two years of schooling.

2007 年 9 月，外国语学院外国语言学及应用语言学拓展到俄语语言学方向，首次招收俄语硕士研究生； 10 月，英语专业获批为辽宁省第三批省级示范性专业。

In September 2007, an extension of the recruitment of MA students in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics was made to the Russian program and the graduates majoring in Russian were enrolled. In October, the English program of the School was graded as one of the Liaoning Provincial Model Programs (the Third Batch).

2008 年 12 月，翻译专业获国家教育部批准，成为东北地区首家本科翻译专业，并于次年招生。

In December 2008, the program of Translation and Interpretation was approved by the Ministry of Education, and became the first school in Northeast China to recruit undergraduates majoring in Translation and Interpretation in the following year.

2009 年 3 月，外国语学院成立研究生教学与管理部，并组建了翻译系； 4 月，学院增设了应用英语专业方向； 5 月，学院成立第二外语教学部，法德系更名为法语系。

In March 2009, the SFL Graduate Academic Affairs Office was established, and so was the Department of Translation & Interpretation. In April, the program of Applied English was introduced. In May, the SL Teaching Office was set up ， and the French & German Department was renamed as the French Department.

2009 年 9 月，英语专业被国家教育部、财政部批准为第四批“高等学校特色专业建设点”。

In September 2009, the English program was graded by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance as the Program with Distinctive Features at the National Level (the Fourth Batch).

Last Modified: November 12, 2009