International Journal of Education

Social and Culture of English-speaking Countries is an elective course for the Business English major (undergraduate level), covering a wide range of topics but with limited class hours. To address challenges such as the course’s complexity, time constraints, and students’ tendency toward superficial learning, this study adopts the principles of “curriculum-based ideological and political education” and “Three-Aspects Education” (whole-person, whole-process, and all-encompassing education) as guiding frameworks. Aligning with current trends, the research streamlines, adapts, and integrates teaching content to prioritize key themes and embed ideological-political elements effectively. A blended online-offline teaching model is implemented, combining pre-class online learning, in-class discussions, group presentations, and unit quizzes to mitigate issues arising from limited learning class and perfunctory student engagement. By adopting a dynamic formative and summative assessment system, the study establishes a practical blended teaching framework from the ideological-political perspective. The course reform constructs a “knowledge-ability-value” trinity paradigm for ideological-political education. While mastering core social characteristics of Englsih-speaking countries such as the UK and the USA, students progressively develop a critical cultural cognition rooted in China yet globally engaged. This refined “curriculum-based ideological-political system” offers empirical solutions for peer institutions to advance similar reforms, serving as a replicable model for integrating ideological-political education into specialized courses.

The course of social and culture of English-speaking countries; Integration into ideological and political education; Teaching reform