Teaching Quality Assessment of College English Department Based on Factor Analysis

Authors

  • Zhihao Wu International Exchange and Cooperation Center, Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China
  • Hui Li Department of Foreign Languages of Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China
  • Xinyu Zhang Department of Foreign Languages of Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China
  • Zhili Wu International Education and Exchange Department, Cangzhou Technical College, Hebei 061000, China
  • Shuting Cao The Department of Scientific Research Management of Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i23.27827

Abstract


The English departments in colleges and universities are the training center of professional English talents. Their teaching quality bears on the international exchanges and economic development. Through questionnaire survey, interview, and literature review, this paper designed an evaluation index system (EIS) for teaching quality assessment of English departments in colleges and universities, which consists of 19 indexes. Specifically, the collected data was computed and sorted out through factor analysis, and the common factors were extracted, forming an EIS containing 19 secondary indices and 5 primary indices. Next, a weight was assigned to each index in the EIS. Taking the English departments of 3 higher educational schools in a province for example, an empirical analysis was carried out to verify the application effect of our EIS on the teaching quality of college English education. The results demonstrated the scientific nature, reasonability, and feasibility of the proposed EIS. The research enriched the theoretical and practical evidences for the teaching quality assessment of college English education, and promotes the teaching quality assessment of college English department.

Author Biographies

Zhihao Wu, International Exchange and Cooperation Center, Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China

Zhihao Wu, male, lecturer, was born on August 6, 1986, with a Master's degree majoring in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. He is currently working as an English teacher at Cangzhou Normal University, Hebei Province, China. He has been teaching English courses more than 10 years, including College English, English Grammar, Cross-Cultural Communication. He has published several papers on English teaching and led several projects. Email: czszlh@126.com.

Hui Li, Department of Foreign Languages of Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China

Hui Li, female, associate professor, was born on July 13, 1975, in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, China with a Master's degree majoring in English Linguistics and Literature. She is currently working as an English teacher at Cangzhou Normal University in Cangzhou, China. She has been teaching English courses for 24 years, including Intensive English, English Pedagogy, Journalism English, English Public Speaking, and oral English. She has published several papers on English teaching and led several provincial research projects and an important participant in several English MOOC courses circulating in China. She has been a visiting scholar to University of International Business and Economics for one year (2021). Email: wzh1986@caztc.edu.cn.

Xinyu Zhang, Department of Foreign Languages of Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China

Xinyu Zhang, female, lecturer, was born on June14，1990, with a Master's degree, majors in English Translation. She is currently working as an English teacher at Cangzhou Normal University in Cangzhou, China. She has been teaching English-courses for 8 years, including College English, Essential English and linguistics. She has published several papers on English teaching and led several projects. Email: Zhang000xiny@163.com.

Zhili Wu, International Education and Exchange Department, Cangzhou Technical College, Hebei 061000, China

Zhili Wu, female, lecturer, was born on September 14, 1982, with a Master's degree, majors in Education. She is currently working as an English teacher at Cangzhou Technical College in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, China. She has been teaching English courses more than 10 years, including College English, English Grammar, Cross-Cultural Communication. She has published several papers on English teaching and led several projects. Email: wuzhili198209@163.com.

Shuting Cao, The Department of Scientific Research Management of Cangzhou Normal University, Cangzhou 061000, China

Shuting Cao, female, lecturer, was born on October 10,1988, with a Master's degree, majors in English Translation. She is currently working in Cangzhou Normal University, which is located in Hebei Province, China. She has been teaching English courses for 5 years, including College English，Commercial English and CAT. She has published several papers on English teaching and translation, led over 10 projects at different levels. Email: caoshuting1988@163.com.
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2021-12-08

How to Cite

Wu, Z., Li, H., Zhang, X., Wu, Z., & Cao, S. (2021). Teaching Quality Assessment of College English Department Based on Factor Analysis. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 16(23), pp. 158–170. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i23.27827

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Vol. 16 No. 23 (2021)

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