Abstract: With 2021 and previous English major graduates of Dali University as the respondents ，localumiversity English major students'English learning needs anmd their satisfaction for major couses were in-vestigated through questionnaire survey and follow-up interviews. 'The study indicates that the cuwent cur-riculum design can not well meet the needs of students and social employers，and the curiculum needsimproving. In view of the above poblems ，the strategy for English major curriculum design is discussedbased on needs analysis.

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