| Abstract |
This paper focuses on the current situation and optimization strategies of ideological and political education in college English courses at non-double first-class universities with a focus on engineering. Through a questionnaire survey of students from the 2023 cohort at Hunan University of Technology, we analyzed students understanding of ideological and political education in courses, the integration of ideological and political content by teachers, and students attitudes towards and suggestions for the outcomes of ideological and political education in courses. The study found that students have insufficient understanding of ideological and political education in courses, and teachers have not fully considered students interests and needs when integrating ideological and political education, leading to poor effectiveness of such education. Students generally believe that ideological and political education in courses is beneficial to English learning, but there are issues such as rigid content, single teaching methods, and a lack of practical sessions. Based on this, this paper proposes several teaching optimization strategies, including adopting diversified teaching methods to enhance students understanding of ideological and political education in courses, optimizing course content to achieve a balance between ideological and political nature and interest, and leveraging extracurricular activities to compensate for classroom deficiencies. These strategies aim to improve students cross-cultural communication skills, sense of social responsibility, understanding of national culture, and awareness of professional ethics. In the future, engineering universities should continue to explore and practice more effective teaching modes for ideological and political education in courses to meet the development needs of the times and the growth needs of students. Teachers should continuously improve their ideological and political literacy and teaching abilities, contributing to the cultivation of socialist builders and successors who are well-rounded in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor aspects. Through these efforts, it is hoped that the true goal of ideological and political education in college English courses can be achieved, namely, the organic integration of knowledge impartation, humanistic quality enhancement, and value cultivation.
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