Integrating Literature Reading Into Unit Topic Teaching as a New Approach to Moral Education in College English

As a public basic course and the core general course of undergraduate education, moral education (ME) in College English is imperative. It is necessary to design specific teaching programs flexibly and creatively on the basis of fully understanding the ideas, objectives and tasks, basic principles and implementation methods of ME. This paper tries integrating literature reading into unit topic teaching as a new approach to ME in College English. The specific pathways of integration include: expansion of literary reading content, diversified teaching of literary reading, diversified media of literary reading, and diversified assessment system of literary quality. The integration of literature reading and unit topic teaching is conducive to the realization of the teaching goal of cultivating students’ language ability, humanistic quality, and correct values.