玉田分校简介

       唐山师范学院玉田分校是一所以英语教育专业为主的高等师范院校，是所具有五十多年光辉历史的（省市直属院校）老牌师范院校。

学校始建于1951年，原名唐山师范学校，位于唐山市古冶区高卑店。1966年迁至京津唐三角地区的中心——有麻山种玉神秘传说的河北省玉田县县城。学校北靠燕山山脉，南临京沈高速公路，铁路横贯境内，距离北京、天津、唐山均为百公里左右，交通十分便利。

学校占地150亩，有教学楼、音乐楼、图书信息楼、办公楼、实验楼、学生宿舍楼等总建筑面积达四万平方米。有设施齐全的教室40多个，音乐、美术专用教室10个，语音听力教室6个，微机教室6个，观摩教室4个，微格教室4个，全校性的阶梯教室、报告厅各1个，教师专用电子备课室一个，微机管理现代化图书馆一个，师生阅览室四个，各类藏书10万余册，基本实现了办学设施的现代化。

学校环境优美、布局合理。在各类楼群中心，是一座设计精巧、湖光波影、绿草茵茵、姹紫嫣红的中心花园。楼群北侧，是一个标准的体育运动场，整个校园楼群林立，绿树葱茏、花草繁茂、景色宜人，是莘莘学子读书治学的理想园地。

学校实行校长负责制，设有办公室、教务处、学生处、教务处、总务处、基础教育部、专科教育部、信息中心、工会、团委等机构，现有多个教学班，在校学生2000余人。

全校师资队伍实力雄厚、基础扎实、业务精良。180多名教职工中，有外籍教师两名，教授、副教授和高级讲师50多名，讲师80多名。其中获省市级劳动模范、学科带头人、曾宪梓教育基金奖、省市级优秀教师、模范教师、模范班主任等荣誉称号的教师有四十多位。

突出英语教学是玉田分校的主要办学特色，早在1978年，学校率先在全省创办英语班，为唐秦二市培养了一届又一届英语教育人才，1998年，随着改革的深入和教育形势的飞速发展，学校总结二十年英语教学经验的基础上，果断进行了专业调整，减少普师班、扩招英语班，从2001年起，除保留音乐、美术两个特长专业班外，全部改招英语专业，现有初中起点的五年制英语专科班30多个、高中起点的两年制英语专科班6个，名副其实地成了唐山市乃至全省培养中小学英语师资的教学基地。

学校还是唐山市中小学教师培训基地。自1996年以来，与全国各大学联合办学。培训各学科学员达3000多人次。

建校五十多年来，玉田分校一贯认真贯彻党的教育方针，以培养德智体全面发展的合格人才为目标，以人为本，从严治校，严活结合，科学管理，加强教改，深入开展课程教学改革，广泛开展课外活动，在训练和提高学生们从教基本功上狠下功夫。培养出近万名中小学合格教育人才。他们以“教学业务过硬，基本功扎实”而受到了用人单位的普遍赞扬，有些还发展到全省、全国重点大学，成了国家各校的栋梁之材。如：北大公共外语教研室主任、英国剑桥大学博士研究生导师赵扬，北方工业大学的博士生艾国，河北大学外国语学院院长李佐文，博士生北京语言大学的唐翠菊等都是从玉师这块沃土上起步的杰出代表。近几年来，学生就业放开，玉师英语毕业学生除到各省市里重点中学就业外，更是成了唐山、天津、北京、青岛等一些新兴中小学、幼儿园及企事业单位的抢手人才，连续四年，学生毕业就业率均达到了95%以上。

未来发展

回顾过去，豪情满怀，展望未来，信心倍增。站在二十一世纪的起跑线上，唐山师院玉田分校的师生员工将进一步牢记“团结、勤奋、进德、修业”的八字校训，宏扬“严谨求实、改革创新”的校风，团结奋斗、励精图治，沿着“以质量求生存、以创新求发展”的道路，立足唐山，面向全省，服务社会，构建以英语教育为龙头，幅射幼儿英语、旅游英语、音乐、美术等其它社会所需的专业教育，培养知识全面，基础扎实，创新能力和适应能力强，既有纯熟的英语听说能力，又有唱、跳、画、做的功底深厚的复合性人才，为建设小康社会做更大贡献。

英语简介

Brief Introduction to

Tangshan Teachers’ College, Yutian Branch

Tangshan Teachers’College, Yutian Branch is administered directly by Tangshan Education Commission. It is located in Yutian county, 110km west to Beijing City, 120km southwest to Tianjin City, 50km east to Tangshan City, 40km north to Eastern Qing Tombs---the world cultural heritage. It owns an advantageous geographical position and convenient transportation, with railroad and highway through east and west.

Tangshan Teachers’ College, Yutian Branch was founded in 1951. It covers about 9 hectares, including a teaching building, an office building, a laboratory building, a dining hall, an information centre building, 4 student dormitory buildings and 1 faculty apartment. Its total building area is 39,187 square metres.

Yutian Branch practices principal-responsible system. There are College Affairs Office, Teaching Affairs Office, Student Affairs Office, General Affairs Office, Further Education Office, Teaching Research Office, Trade Union and the Youth League Committee in the school. It has 44 classes, among which 38 English major classes, 6 music and art major classes. There are about 1,900 students. The faculty is 163, including 2 associate professors, 40 advanced lecturers and 66 lecturers. In addition, it owns an affiliated primary school with 12 classes, 900 pupils and 45 teachers; especially Mr. Qian Shouwang is a national excellent teacher and a teacher of special class. Tangshan People’s Government rewards our school as an advanced unit in spiritual civilization many times.

Yutian Branch sticks to teaching-centre principle. It creates active teaching environment. The teaching management is standardized. Our school applies teaching-centre, students’ comprehensive capability-centre model. The teaching quality improves steadily. The school leaders inspire the teaching staff on the research and reform of teaching through various channels. They have made rapid progress. Within 3 years, teachers have published 145 theses and treatises. Especially Qi Junlin and Zhang Suhe got the 2nd and 3rd places respectively in Zeng Xianzi Education Fund Organization.

Our school focuses on major characteristics. It is the first normal school to offer English major in 1978 in Hebei Province. Due to the great increase of English teachers, our school adjusts major teaching structure. English major classes increased from 2 to 4 per grade in 1998. From 2001, there are 10 English major classes per grade. Up to September 2001, it has formed the model that the majority of five-year and senior-based two-year English major students, coexisting with music and art major students.

At present, there are 34 English teachers, of which 26 with Bachelor Degree, 15 finished Master Degree courses, 6 advanced lecturers and 28 lecturers. The experienced middle-aged teachers work together with excellent young teachers. They love posts and form the positive research and reform teaching atmosphere. Since we offered English major, we have trained lots of qualified English teachers in Tangshan City and Qinhuangdao City. They work hard in junior and senior schools, devote to the post and made exciting achievements. Most of them are the backbone in English teaching in the local area and get great honors. Due to incomplete statistics, among our graduates 26 have got Master Degree and doctorate and made great achievements on the progress of the local English teaching quality and received high honors from the public.

The further education and guidance course training for adult entrance exam to university continue steadily, solidly and to be more standardized, together with 3-year training teachers in primary and junior school. We cultivate continuous education training. It’s convenient for all teachers and students to attend in advanced studies. Our school makes perfects in modern teaching methods. At present it has multimedia rooms, microteaching rooms, language laboratories, closed-circuit television system and campus network. We provide projector, tape recorder and television in each class. Each office is equipped with computer. The staff can be on Internet conveniently.

At present, on the basis requirement of Tangshan City and Hebei Province Education Commissions, our school schemes actively reform and development. We pursue more prosperous future.