The department aims to enhance students' overall English ability and to prepare students to work in the English language teaching and otherrelated fields. Students in this department can, at the same time, pursue a teacher certificate issued by the Ministry of Education to teach English at elementary schools. To be certified, the students must take additional educational courses offered by the University's pre-serviceeducation program.

Currently, the department has 10 teachers and one executive administrator, and owns a computerized language lab, two e-classrooms, two multifunctional discussion rooms, and various modern audio-visual teaching aids and facilities.