International Journal of Education

Against the backdrop of the New Liberal Arts initiative, the Basic Japanese course, as the starting point for cultivating foreign language professionals, urgently needs to shift its teaching objectives from single-language knowledge transmission to an integrated educational model that emphasizes knowledge, competence, and values. Guided by the concept of the New Liberal Arts and based on the pedagogical characteristics of Basic Japanese, this paper systematically explores the construction path of ideological and political education from four dimensions: conceptual guidance, goal setting, content development, and teaching practice. The study first clarifies the intrinsic connection between the New Liberal Arts and ideological-political education, proposing a three-dimensional teaching objective integrating knowledge, ability, and value. It then excavates ideological and political elements from three aspects: cultural comparison, historical inheritance, and contemporary issues. Finally, through approaches such as task-based learning, situational teaching, second-classroom extension, and information-based instruction—combined with practical case studies—the paper explores implementation strategies for ideological and political education in Basic Japanese courses. The research concludes that by promoting conceptual innovation, goal orientation, content integration, and practical synergy, the Basic Japanese curriculum can effectively transform from a “tool-oriented” to an “ideological and humanistic” model, providing new insights and pathways for the high-quality development of foreign language education.

New liberal arts; Basic Japanese; Ideological and political education; Moral cultivation; Teaching reform