The Integration of Socialist Core Values with College English Teaching under the Concept of “Ideological and Political Theory Teaching in All Courses”

摘要

The eighteenth National Congress of the CPC clearly put forward cultivation and practicing socialist core values which are the concentrated expression of spirits of China in modern times. With distinctive traits of instrumentalism and humanism, college English serves as a significant platform for socialist core values education for students. Based on the idea of ideo logical and political teaching in all courses and with the objective of fostering talents with political integrity and professional competence, this paper firstly introduces the basic concept of socialist core values and the importance of ideological and political education in universities. Then it analyzes the significance and necessities of integrating socialist core values education into college English course. In the fourth part, the paper deeply probes valid strategies to achieve the educational idea of “from course of ideological and political teaching to courses for ideological and political teaching” in college English teaching and learning from the perspectives of teachers’ improvement, scientific utilization and excavation of textbooks and innovation of teaching approaches and models. Finally, conclusions and reflections that need close attention are listed and discussed in the last part of this paper.