The morality cultivation in course instruction is a kind of new teaching idea. One hundred and seventy four non-English-majored undergraduate freshmen from Yangtze University filled out the questionnaire online on the morality cultivation in College English course instruction. Data collected from 174 questionnaires on morality cultivation in College English course instruction were analyzed in this paper. The results in this study showed that: 1) Sixty-eight participants (39.08%) thought that the content proportion of morality cultivation in College English textbooks was low; 66 participants (37.93%) and 55 participants (31.61%) thought that the appropriate content proportion of morality cultivation in College English textbooks, respectively, was “21% - 30%” and “11% - 20%”; 2) More than 80 participants believed that morality cultivation in college English course instruction had increased their interest in English learning and had a positive effect on their English learning; 3) 148 participants (85.06%) hoped to learn “knowledge related to correct ideals, beliefs and values” and only 1 participant (0.57%) strongly disagreed to learn “knowledge related to correct ideals, beliefs and values”, 141 participants (81.03%) hoped to learn “knowledge related to Chinese culture”, 121 participants (69.54%) hoped to learn “knowledge related to Chinese social system” and 122 participants (69.94%) hoped to learn “knowledge related to career planning” in College English course instruction.
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Lou, Y. (2022). A Survey on Morality Cultivation in College English Instruction for Non-English-Majored Undergraduate Freshmen. Open Access Library Journal, 9, e8175. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1108175.
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