Author(s)

Zhang Bingjie ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of English Language and Culture, Xi'an Fanyi University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710105, China

Corresponding Author

Zhang Bingjie

ABSTRACT

Curriculum integration refers to the integration or unification of two or more courses. The curriculum integration integrates many different courses into a common category and provides in-depth knowledge involved in all levels of courses. This concept is highly consistent with the Cognitive Assimilation Theory of language learning, and is one of the important contents of the current reform of the curriculum system for English majors in higher education. The construction of the core curriculum integration of the English major is in line with the development characteristics of the major, but also has certain feasibility, because the unity of the quality, knowledge and ability teaching objectives of the English major can make the teaching content and assessment methods of each course cross and integrate, so that the teaching and teaching activities of each course can effectively link up, and ultimately help learners achieve "meaningful learning" of Cognitive Assimilation Theory.

KEYWORDS

Cognitive Assimilation Theory; Curriculum integration; English major; Curriculum integration construction

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhang Bingjie, Research on the Construction of Core Curriculum Integration for English Majors from the Perspective of Cognitive Assimilation Theory. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2023) Vol. 6: 101-106. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2023.061118.

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