IEFInternational Education Forum3083-49022981-8605Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/ief.v3i7.11536ArticleThreefold Dimensions of Reform in Integrating Ideological and Political Education into College English Courses: From the Perspective of Fostering Virtue and Cultivating Peoplehttps://artdesignp.com/journal/IEF/3/7/10.26689/ief.v3i7.11536DingYi2025372025-08-07Ideological and political education reform of English courses in colleges and universities is an inevitable requirement for the development of education in the new era, and a practical path to realize the fundamental task of establishing morality and educating people. This study takes the value implication of the ideological and political education reform of English courses in colleges and universities as the starting point, and focuses on the realistic dilemmas of teaching content, evaluation system and teacher construction in the current ideological and political education reform of English courses, and puts forward the practical reform paths of discovering the elements of English ideological and political education reform, perfecting the evaluation system and strengthening the construction of the teacher team. It provides some references for the comprehensive transformation of foreign language education in China’s higher education in the new era and the achievement of the goal of fostering virtue through education.

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