Impact of college English education thoughts on enhancing national cultural identity

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2024.v47.n4.e0240065

Keywords:

English Educational Thought, Philosophical Culture, Cultural Identity, English Globalization

Abstract

The current issue of cultural identity is an inevitable manifestation of the contradictions and dilemmas of China’s economic and social development in the cultural field. Its root lies in modern China’s backward social development and the invasion of foreign culture, which is manifested by indifference to excellent traditional culture. English is a widely used international language, which is used worldwide. In recent years, with the popularity of English, college English teaching has also received more and more attention. Philosophy is highly theoretical, speculative and difficult to understand, which requires English teachers to be good at utilizing various beneficial resources to mobilize students’ subjectivity and creativity. English is one of the beneficial resources, and proper use of English in cultural identity can have unexpected teaching effects. Therefore, how to use college English education thoughts to enhance national cultural identity is of great significance for promoting the overall development of college English education and promoting national cultural construction. This article discusses how to cultivate national cultural awareness and cultivate national cultural one in the process of English teaching. On this basis, this paper puts forward new ideas to promote the overall development of English teaching in colleges and universities and build national culture. In addition, it emphasized that English knowledge must be integrated with the one learned in order to enable students to better understand different cultures, enhance students’ interest in various countries’ philosophy and culture, and enhance students’ own sense of cultural identity.

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Author Biography

  • Tianzhu  Liang, Lingnan Normal University

    Associate professor. School of Foreign Studies, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, 524048 – China. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7208-1268.

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Received: 20/05/2023 - Approved: 23/06/2023 – Published: 25/01/2024

Published

2024-01-24

How to Cite

LIANG, Tianzhu . Impact of college English education thoughts on enhancing national cultural identity. Trans/Form/Ação, Marília, SP, v. 47, n. 4, p. e0240065, 2024. DOI: 10.1590/0101-3173.2024.v47.n4.e0240065. Disponível em: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/14624.. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.