A Study Tracking the Learning Status Quo of English Major Students in Normal Universities in China —Taking One of the Normal Universities in Central Region as an Example

In April, 2015, the authors randomly investigated 200 English majors of grades two and three from the Faculty of International Studies at the university where the authors work, using questionnaires to study the learning status quo of English major students in normal universities in China. To understand these students’ learning situations in the new era of “The Belt and Road Initiative”, in April, 2017 the authors again randomly investigated 200 English major students from the above-mentioned faculty, making detailed comparison and analysis of the two investigations and putting forward some suggestions for the improvement of teaching and learning.