With the deepening of the core literacy orientation, English classrooms in basic education face three prominent challenges: "focus on knowledge transfer, neglecting literacy development," "focus on language knowledge, weak interdisciplinary integration," and "focus on classroom explanation, lacking real-world application." Existing teaching models struggle to effectively promote the synergistic improvement of students' language proficiency and comprehensive literacy. To this end, this paper constructs an innovative English thematic teaching model that aligns with the core literacy development requirements. Based on authentic thematic contexts such as "Food and Health," "I Can Protect Animals," and "An Interesting Country," this approach integrates information-based teaching methods, designs interdisciplinary-driven tasks, and utilizes multimodal resources such as PowerPoint presentations, multimedia interactions, English film clips, and role-playing. This creates a comprehensive teaching process: "contextual introduction—task exploration—multimodal expression—reflective transfer." Experimental data show that students in the experimental group's learning interest scores increased from 3.10 (±0.58) in the pretest to 4.27 (±0.46) in the posttest. Student feedback indicates a general increase in both practicality and interest in English learning. This core literacy-oriented English thematic teaching model effectively promotes the synergistic development of language skills, thinking quality, and cultural literacy.

Hongru Zhou, Yanwen Zhang. A Study on Constructing an Innovative Theme-based English Teaching Model from the Perspective of Core Literacy. Frontiers in Educational Research (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 8: 121-128. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2025.080819.

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