Education with Chinese Characteristics:A Case Study on Ideological and Political Education in College English Courses

Abstract

This paper uses questionnaires and data analysis to collect and analyze data from non-English majors of freshman and sophomore in University of Sanya. It primarily explores students’ awareness of ideological and political education and their main needs about what ideological and political contents to be taught in college English learning . The results of research indicate that: (1) There are 65.83% of the students think that it is necessary to carry out ideological and political education in college English course. (2) At the same time, the survey data show that in terms of ideological and political contents 74.2% students are interested in the spirit of Chinese culture, 73.27% students prefer to current aff airs commentary and students who like China’s core socialist values most account for 64.58%. This paper analyzes the feasibility of mining ideological elements to satisfy students’ needs and perfect the contents of ideological and political education in the textbooks of New Progressive College English Integrated Course 1&2.