ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2026.05.012
AI-empowered Ideological and Political Teaching Design of Integrated English Course
Jingjing Cui1,*, Tianqi Meng2, Xue Qiu1
1School of Foreign Language Studies, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253000, Shandong, China.
2School of International Education, Qingdao Hengxing University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266000, Shandong, China.
*Corresponding author: Jingjing Cui
Published: May 30, 2026
Abstract
Traditional ideological and political education (IPE) within Integrated English courses is plagued by four prominent structural dilemmas. To address the dilemmas of disjointed teaching objectives, unbalanced teaching materials, insufficient stratified teaching, and ineffective evaluation in traditional ideological and political teaching of Integrated English courses, and implement the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education in universities, this study constructs a “three-dimensional, four-stage, dual-empowerment” AI-empowered ideological and political teaching design model based on the theories of all-staff, whole-process, and all-round education, production-oriented approach (POA), and technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). Taking sophomores of English majors as empirical research subjects, this study builds a human-computer collaborative closed loop through unit teaching cases, realizing the dual empowerment of AI technological efficiency improvement and teacher-led value cultivation. Practical results indicate that the proposed model effectively integrates language skill training with ideological and political education, and improves students’ cross-cultural critical thinking and expressive ability of Chinese discourse. Targeting the inherent limitations of generative AI, including value deviation, emotional deficiency, and ethical risks, this study puts forward optimization strategies covering model calibration, teacher training, and ethical standardization, providing a replicable practical paradigm for the digital and intelligent ideological and political teaching of foreign language courses.
Keyword
Artificial intelligence; integrated English; curriculum ideological and political edu-cation (CIPE); human-computer collaboration
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How to cite this paper
AI-empowered Ideological and Political Teaching Design of Integrated English Course
How to cite this paper: Jingjing Cui, Tianqi Meng, Xue Qiu. (2026). AI-empowered Ideological and Political Teaching Design of Integrated English Course. The Educational Review, USA, 10(5), 330-335.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2026.05.012