Analysis of the Reform of Ideological and Political Education in College English Curriculum from the Perspective of“Cultural Confidence”

With the rapid development of the education industry,higher requirements have been put forward for college English education and teaching,accelerating the pace of college English reform.Issues such as how to integrate knowledge transmission,language expression skill improvement,cultural element extraction,and ideological and political education,and present the role of curriculum education function have attracted attention.In the era of informatization,college students’thinking has undergone certain changes and gradually developed towards diversification.Therefore,universities should start from the perspective of cultural confidence,extract valuable ideological and political elements,and explore effective tourism ideological and political teaching methods.While helping college students enhance their cultural confidence,it is also beneficial for them to better inherit traditional Chinese culture.This article conducts an in-depth exploration of ideological and political education in college English courses from the perspective of“cultural confidence”and uses scientific and effective measures to solve the problems encountered,aiming to provide valuable guidelines for relevant researchers.

Assessing healthcare workers’knowledge and confidence in the diagnosis,management and prevention of Monkeypox

BACKGROUND Monkeypox(Mpox),is a disease of global public health concern,as it does not affect only countries in western and central Africa.AIM To assess Burundi healthcare workers(HCWs)s’level of knowledge and confidence in the diagnosis and management of Mpox.METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study via an online survey designed mainly from the World Health Organization course distributed among Burundi HCWs from June-July 2023.The questionnaire comprises 8 socioprofessional-related questions,22 questions about Mpox disease knowledge,and 3 questions to assess confidence in Mpox diagnosis and management.The data were analyzed via SPSS software version 25.0.A P value<0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance.RESULTS The study sample comprised 471 HCWs who were mainly medical doctors(63.9%)and nurses(30.1%).None of the 22 questions concerning Mpox knowledge had at least 50%correct responses.A very low number of HCWs(17.4%)knew that Mpox has a vaccine.The confidence level to diagnose(21.20%),treat(18.00%)or prevent(23.30%)Mpox was low among HCWs.The confidence level in the diagnosis of Mpox was associated with the HCWs’age(P value=0.009),sex(P value<0.001),work experience(P value=0.002),and residence(P value<0.001).The confidence level to treat Mpox was significantly associated with the HCWs’age(P value=0.050),sex(P value<0.001),education(P value=0.033)and occupation(P value=0.005).The confidence level to prevent Mpox was associated with the HCWs’education(P value<0.001),work experience(P value=0.002),residence(P value<0.001)and type of work institution(P value=0.003).CONCLUSION This study revealed that HCWs have the lowest level of knowledge regarding Mpox and a lack of confidence in the ability to diagnose,treat or prevent it.There is an urgent need to organize continuing medical education programs on Mpox epidemiology and preparedness for Burundi HCWs.We encourage future researchers to assess potential hesitancy toward Mpox vaccination and its associated factors.

Moving Ahead with Confidence

NEW quality productive forces were one of the most frequently mentioned keywords for China’s high-quality development in the past year.The annual Central Economic Work Conference(CEWC)in December that reviewed the economy in 2024 and gave directions for the economic work in 2025 called for balancing fostering new growth drivers and revitalizing old ones while developing new quality productive forces based on local conditions.

Cultivation of Cultural Subjectivity from the Perspective of Cultural Self-Confidence

Economic and cultural globalization has strong impacts on the culture of each country.How to maintain the integrity of the local culture in the course of globalization and how to develop on the basis of the inheritance and innovation are the questions worthy of being studied.This paper firstly expounds the important meaning of cultural subjectivity in the view of cultural self-confidence,then explores the roots for the loss of cultural subjectivity consciousness and finally indicates the strategies of cultivating cultural subjectivity.Cultivating cultural subjectivity is an effective way to maintain the integrity of the local culture and the cultural self-confidence.

Cultural Confidence as a National Strategy: Significance and Construction

In the context of globalization, Western values keep expanding across the globe, maintaining their dominance. Domestically, the development of Chinese culture lags behind its economic growth. Globally, China has yet to develop a significant power of speech. Also, China's overseas image is not in line with its real strength. The introduction of cultural confidence, therefore, is a must move to tackle China's dilemma of international cultural communications and also an emergency measure to address a crisis of domestic cultural anxiety and identity. Cultural cognition, cultural communications, and cultural development are prerequisites for building and boosting cultural confidence. For the construction of cultural confidence, key actions include confronting the crisis of faith, conducting a self-examination of our culture, enhancing mainstream values, improving the compatible mechanisms, integrating traditional culture, and properly approaching Western culture.

Exploration on Ideological and Political Construction of Higher Vocational English Course in Southern Xinjiang from the Perspective of "Cultural Confidence"

At present,the lack of Chinese culture in higher vocational English teaching in southern Xinjiang is serious.The existing English curriculum system is not enough to support the goal of cultivating ethnic minority college students cultural confidence,and its curriculum ideological and political construction is still in the initial stage of exploration.The combination of the Chinese national culture and the ethnic culture of Xinjiang and the ideological and political elements organically integrated into cultural confidence have endowed the vocational English education in Xinjiang with the characteristics of the times.In this paper,from the perspective of China s"cultural confidence",ideological and political elements were explored,and the background of ideological and political construction in higher vocational English teaching course in southern Xinjiang was analyzed;it is expounded that the ideological and political construction is an inevitable requirement for the high-quality development of vocational English education in southern Xinjiang,and the content design and implementation path of higher vocational English course was explored to provide new ideas and new ways for the curriculum ideological and political construction of higher vocational English teaching in southern Xinjiang.

Cultivating College Students' Cultural Confidence in English Teaching in the Context of New Liberal Arts

Cultural confidence represents a fundamental and profound force that sustains the development of a country and a na-tion. It is also a prerequisite for college students' growth and development. Given phenomena such as college students' alienationfrom Chinese culture and"Chinese culture aphasia", this paper tries to analyze the reasons behind it. It then states the significanceand ways of helping college students build up cultural confidence through English teaching in the context of new liberal arts.

The Enlightenment of the Concept of Cultural Confidence on International Chinese Education and Cultural Propagation

Cultural self-confidence is the full affirmation and active practice of a people,a country and a political party of its own cultural value,and the firm confidence in its cultural vitality.As an important hub and window for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries,international Chinese education shoulders the important task of language and cultural propagation.In the mutual learning and exchanges between Chinese and foreign cultures,international Chinese education must insist on cultural self-confidence in teachers,teaching,teaching materials,etc.,"tell Chinese stories and spread Chinese voice",and show the world a rich,stereo,and vivid image of China.

On Cultural Self-Confidence and Communication from the Perspective of“Belt and Road”Initiative

An important part of the "Belt and Road " Initiative is to achieve people-to-people bonds. People-to-people bonds are certainly based on cultural self-confidence and cultural self-awareness. Cultural self-confidence is an important cultural strategy put forward by the party and the country in the vision of contemporary society,and an important deployment to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This paper first gives a brief overview of the advantages of cultural self-confidence in external communication,and then analyzes the opportunities and challenges that cultural self-confidence faces in external communication in the newera. Finally,it focuses on exploration on the external communication ways of cultural self-confidence in the "Belt and Road"Initiative. O nly based on the deep understanding of local culture can we can shape the soul of culture in the process of further opening-up and external communication to the outside world,and enhance the cultural self-aw areness of the people; build a solid foundation of culture and promote cultural exchanges with other countries.

Developing Red Cultural Resources:The Ascending Path of Cultural Confidencei n the New Era Take Nanyang as an Example

Red culture was formed by the Chinese Communist Party,which led the Chinese people during their long-term revolutionary practice.The formation of red culture played a very positive role in the victory of the Chinese people in striving for revolution.Nanyang city is rich in cultural resources;the red culture is splendid and diverse,the historical cultures are rich and colorful with distinct folk culture features.The deep massiveness of cultural resources is a solid foundation for Nanyang city to enhance cultural self-confidence.We should fully excavate the cultural resources of Nanyang city to develop their dazzling contemporary values.

The International Profile of Chinese Visiting Scholars in the UK: Improvement Needed in Linguistic, Cultural, and Academic Confidence

This study used Chinese visiting scholars in the UK as a sample, discussed Chinese visiting scholars' cross-cultural adaptation from the perspectives of linguistic confidence, cultural confidence and academic confidence, analyzed the correlation among the three types of confidence, and then proposed the concept of establishing a positive international profile of Chinese visiting scholars. It was recommended that Chinese visiting scholars should make more improvements in their cross-cultural adaptation. They should become the representative of China's international image, and play a more active role in further internationalizing of Chinese higher education.

Research on the Cultivation of College Students’ Design Originality from the Perspective of Cultural Confidence

Culture confidence is an important internal factor to promote the development of modern design in China.College students majoring in design are the mainstay of Chinese design field in the future,but some of them are lack of cultural confidence.Therefore,the school should strengthen the cultural confidence of college students majoring in design from the aspects of curriculum setting and reform,environment shaping and professional belief,so that their design originality can be stimulated and maintained,and the“Chinese original design”belonging to the new era can be created.

Cultural Confidence and Rural Cultural Revitalization Consciousness Cultivation Based on English Education-Taking English Teaching in Yi Nationality Region for Example

Through the survey on status of cultural confidence and rural cultural revitalization consciousness cultivation based on English education in Yi Nationality Region of Leshan City,aiming at cultivating students’cultural revitalization consciousness,the paper gives some strategies to effectively improve the quality of English education and improve students’cultural confidence,such as to strengthen teacher training,develop school-based textbooks of local culture,carry out collective lesson preparation and regular thematic teaching and research activities,strengthen communication and teaching reflection,etc.

Cultivation Path of ＂Four Matters of Confidence＂ of Agricultural and Forestry College Students A Case Study of Northwest A＆F University

" Four matters of confidence" are the core and ideal foundation of socialist construction. Taking Northwest A&F University as an example,this paper analyzes and explores the cultivation path of " four matters of confidence" around the education problem of " four matters of confidence" of agricultural and forestry college students,in order to improve the value identity and belief of " four matters of confidence" among college students of agriculture and forestry.

On the Cultural Self- consciousness and Self- confidence of the Creators of Cultural Products

The great development and prosperity of socialist culture needs excellent cultural works as a support,which requires lots of cultural workers who are self-confident and conscious enough.Cultural consciousness and cultural self-confidence are derived from the excellent traditional culture of China,the correct guidance of Marxism and the great achievements made in our socialist construction since the reform and openingup.Therefore,the creators of cultural products should constantly draw strength from traditional culture,cultivate ability of cultural self-consciousness and self-confidence in the creative process,and correctly deal with the relationship between domestic culture and foreign culture in an open,equal and democratic mentality.

Research on the Problems and Countermeasures in Cultivation of College Students’ Cultural Confidence in the New Era

Culture is a unique phenomenon in human society,which reflects the wisdom of human beings.It is not only the core of a country’s cohesion,but also the spiritual driving force for a country to be prosperous and developed.Cultural confidence is an important theoretical content and component of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,and an essential source of strength for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.Under the influence of foreign cultures,college students in the new era have problems such as loss of value and lack of confidence in terms of cultural confidence.Therefore,in the course of expanding foreign exchanges and carrying out reform and opening up,it has become an important mission that cannot be delayed for the ideological and political theory teaching in colleges and universities to strengthen the cultural confidence of college students and reinforce their cultural confidence education.

Foster Cultural Self-confidence and Create Quality Works of Art——Creation and Practice of the National Theater of China

Creation is the lifeblood of a theater.In recent years, the National Theater of China (NTC) has attached great importance to creation and realized the integration and development of the three creative ideas of “Chinese original,world classic and experimental exploration”.One day, Chinese original will truly become the world classic, contributing to the prosperity of Chinese culture in the world.Adhering to the creative ideas of“Chinese original, world classic and experimental exploration”Originality is the life and source of literature and art, which provides important nourishment for Chinese drama.In recent years, the NTC has adhered to the tradition and kept up with the times and created many original drama works by drawing from the vivid real life and the never-fading Chinese historical stories.

Internal Relationship between Education on Cultural Confidence and Cultural Consciousness

Education on cultural confidence is the main way to strengthen one's cultural confidence while cultural consciousness constitutes a base for cultural confidence.The two would be unified in the process of strengthening cultural confidence.Therefore,there is a logical relationship between them.In order to understand the relationship between education on cultural confidence and cultural consciousness,one needs to have a correct understanding of the scientific connotation of the two and a clear picture that education on cultural confidence would ensure that one would be kept steadfast in cultural consciousness because it does not only establish attitudes in cultural conscious cognition but also act as a guide for internal development.

Snow Lotus performed first show to highlight cultural self-confidence of domestic brands

On the evening of September 22nd,at the opening ceremony of 2017 Beijing Fashion Week,＂Snow Lotus＂,the domestic first cashmere clothing brand,hold＂Snow-Lotus 18/19 A/W Cashmere Knitting Trends＂at Ancestral Temple of People＇s Cultural Palace,which was the first show of the fashion week.More than 500 people attended the opening ceremony and fashion trends press conference.

Research on the Cultural Confidence Cultivation of University Students through English Teaching

Cultural confidence is of great significance in the rise and fall of the national development, cultural security, and nation-al spiritual independence. This paper first analyzes the possible reasons for the lack of university students' cultural confidence and then put forwards with some means to cultivate their' cultural consciousness and cultural confidence through English teaching .