In the 9th "FLTRP Cup" National English Debate Competition in 2005, the team of Shenyang Normal University stood out from more than 100 teams and won the national runner-up, which was a great breakthrough in the history of English major development in Shenyang Normal University. As the runner-up of the National Debate Competition, the Shenyang Normal University team represented China in February 2005 in Dublin, the Irish capital, and achieved ideal results. In recent years, students of Foreign Languages Institute have achieved excellent results in various professional competitions at national, provincial and municipal levels.
The graduates of Foreign Languages Institute are welcomed and praised by all walks of life with their solid language skills, extensive cultural knowledge, skilled skills and professionalism. Most of its graduates work in various schools, government departments, enterprises and institutions inside and outside the province, such as Liaoning Experimental Middle School, Northeast Yucai School, Shenyang No.2 Middle School, Shenyang No.43 Middle School, Dalian No.24 Middle School, Fushun No.2 Middle School, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Northeastern University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China Daily, General Electric Company, Shanghai Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd., and US Consulate General in Shenyang. It has made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of education, culture and commerce in Liaoning Province and even the whole country.
At present, the School of Foreign Languages is the designated test center for IELTS test in Northeast England, PETS (Grade1-5) in Liaoning Province, the designated test center for children's English test in Cambridge, the designated test center for national foreign language translation certificate test, the designated test center for international Japanese proficiency test, and the designated training center for foreign language training of "100 million talents" project of Liaoning Provincial People's Government.