Keywords
Key competencies in the English subject
Secondary vocational school English
Strategies
Submitted : 2025-06-28
Accepted : 2025-07-13
Published : 2025-07-28
Abstract
By using the teaching cases of the new edition English Basic Module 1 and 2, this paper illustrates, how to cultivate key competencies in the English subject among secondary vocational school students in the context of ideological education. Those strategies emphasizes a student-centered teaching approaches, language-output-oriented methodologies, the effective use of new technologies such as VR and AI to optimize the English learning experience and assess the educational effectiveness of secondary vocational English courses quantitatively with the help of big data and other technology. The teaching practice guides students to use new media to tell Chinese stories and let Chinese voice be heard.
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