English curriculum reform in medical universities under the background of guidelines on college English teaching

Modules and Three Stages proposed by guidelines on college English teaching that will be issued by the Ministry of Education gives direction for college English teaching. Through the investigation of the students' cognition and learning of English curriculum, combined with the teaching experiment, the new system of English curriculum, which reflects the characteristics of medical colleges and universities, has been preliminarily established, aiming at cultivating medical students' comprehensive Eng-lish abilities in medical study and career development. Considering students' language abilities in different stages, college English curriculum can be designed in three modules, that is, English for general purpose (EGP), English for academic purpose (EAP) and intercultural communication, in three stages, that is, the basic stage, the improvement stage, and the development stage. The practice shows that the new curriculum system can promote the interaction, reform and development of teachers, teaching teams and Foreign Lan-guage Department. Key words: Guidelines on college English teaching; English curriculum of medical university; Objectives at different stages; Content-based instruction