Incorporating the enhancement of cultural confidence into the objectives of College English Course is an inevitable requirement of the Ministry of Education's comprehensive promotion of ideological and political construction in curricula,and the cultivation of high-quality international talents that meet the requirements of the new era and participate in global competition.As for College English teaching,it should naturally integrate the ideological and political concepts of inheriting Chinese culture and values and enhancing cultural confidence,guiding students to concern about the international community's understandings and misunderstandings of Chinese theory and practice,and cultivating students'ability for cultural expression that integrates Chinese standpoint and global perspectives.This paper uses a mixed research method of quantitative(642 student questionnaires)and qualitative(one-to-two interviews with 10 teachers)to investigate the current situation of English teaching at Zhejiang College,Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.Based on an objective analysis of the current situation of ideological and political teaching in College English course,it proposes effective practice paths for carrying out ideological and political teaching of College English Course from the perspective of enhancing cultural confidence.
cultural confidenceCollege Englishideological and political educationunderstanding contemporary Chinamixed research method