1, major: English research can generally be divided into three categories: literature, linguistics and English culture. Among them, literature can be divided into English language and literature, translation theory and practice. Linguistics is divided into foreign language direction and applied linguistics, pedagogy, teaching method, business English and so on. Of course, a few schools classify translation as linguistics. Culture can be divided into Australian studies, American studies and British studies. If you want to be a teacher, I suggest you study language and literature in literature or applied linguistics, pedagogy and teaching methods in linguistics.
2. School: There is no school restriction for cross-professional examination and research. As long as you can do well in the exam, you can apply to any school. However, considering the difficulty of your cross-discipline and your plan to be a teacher in the future, you can consider normal colleges. Of course, if you work hard, for example, Huazhong Normal University and East China Normal University are quite good, while Beijing Normal University is more difficult, especially linguistics. Of course, there are also foreign language colleges, and many schools will tend to foreign language colleges because the student base is better. Others are relatively good comprehensive colleges, which can also be considered. However, it is not recommended to apply for English major in science and engineering colleges, which is not very beneficial to your future employment.
Of course, if your English is good, you should try to use your spare time to train the school to be a part-time teacher or something. On the one hand, it can increase your income, on the other hand, it is also an exercise for yourself, which is conducive to future development.
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