Research on the Mining and Integration Strategies of Ideological and Political Elements in Academic English Courses for Science and Engineering Majors

Abstract

Academic English courses for science and engineering take disciplinary discourse as its teaching carrier. Its multidimensional value elements (scientific spirit, academic ethics, scientific and technological humanities, and intercultural communication), which are natural resources for cultivating values in the course. Focuses on the identification and integration strategy of ideologies and political elements in this course; constructs a classification system for four types of elements, reveals the text dependence and context sensitivity of ideological and political elements in academic discourse, proposes a multilevel identification framework covering both teaching content and teaching stages. On the basis of identification elaborates how to implement the strategies through integration pathways including teaching objectives, content, and methods, constructs a three-dimensional evaluation framework covering language, value, and cognition and a continuous improvement mechanism. To provide systematic analytical tools and instructional design references for developing value connotations of academic English courses for science and engineering.