College English is a compulsory basic curriculum for college students. Because of its wide audience, large span and long class hours, it has become an significant front of ‘ideological and political education’, and also a significant component of education and teaching reform of the ‘ideological and political education’. Starting from the College English Teaching Guide, this paper attempts to seek the effective ways of integrating the elements of ‘ideological and political education’ into college English curriculum from the perspectives of teachers and students, class and extracurricular practice.

Xuan Zhao. An Effective Exploration of Integrating Ideological and Political Theories Education into College English Course. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2021), Vol. 3, Issue 2: 21-26. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2021.030205.

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