The Value, Challenges and Path of Integrating Chinese Culture into Higher Foreign Language Teaching from the Perspective of Students

Fengxian Chen, Jiaxue Cheng, Xiaotong Huang, Weimei Zhao, Xiaodie Zhuo and Yueyi Zhao

English Language Teaching, 2025, vol. 18, issue 3, 1

Abstract: This study focuses on students from Guangzhou City University of Technology and investigates their views on the value and challenges of integrating Chinese culture into higher foreign language teaching, as well as their preferred pathways for this integration through a questionnaire survey. The findings are as follows- 1. Students have a positive attitude and willingness to introduce Chinese culture in English, but their abilities need enhancement; 2. Over half of the students face issues such as superficial understanding and low learning motivation, with challenges arising from the disconnect between foreign languages and local contexts in teaching; 3. Students prefer pathways such as storytelling in class, increasing traditional cultural content, and engaging in extracurricular cultural practices. To achieve effective integration, it is essential to tackle these issues comprehensively by focusing on student development and improving teaching, thereby enhancing the positive role of Chinese culture in higher foreign language teaching.

Date: 2025
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