Author(s)

Zhao Hangfei ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of General Education, Tourism College of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, 311231, China

Corresponding Author

Zhao Hangfei

ABSTRACT

This study explores how Production-Oriented Approach (POA)-based English instruction, supported by AI tools, can facilitate differentiated curriculum ideological and political education (CIPE) in vocational college settings. Focusing on four majors—Hotel Management, Flight Services, Tourism Management, and Convention & Exhibition Planning—the study adopts grounded theory to analyze student-generated posters, reflections, and platform feedback from a shared output task. Findings reveal that students' value expressions were shaped by their professional contexts, with Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like DeepSeek assisting in refining discipline-relevant moral language. The combination of POA task design on the Chaoxing platform, student agency, and teacher feedback enabled effective CIPE engagement across majors. The study highlights the potential of output-driven, AI-supported instruction in promoting moral awareness and language competence without requiring complex technological integration or quantitative analysis.

KEYWORDS

POA; CIPE; Vocational English Teaching; AI; Grounded Theory; Cross-Disciplinary Language Tasks

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhao Hangfei, Exploring Differentiated Approaches to CIPE in Vocational College Foreign Language Courses Empowered by AI: A Cross-Disciplinary POA Practices. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2025) Vol. 8: 8-17. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2025.080802.

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