introduction

We discussed the impact of the "Guidelines for Moral Education in Primary and Secondary Schools" and the "Compulsory Education English Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)" issued by the Ministry of Education on the educational goals, content, and implementation path of primary school English curriculum. Emphasis was placed on the importance of moral education in education, pointing out the problems that exist in moral education for frontline teachers in English teaching, such as routine, labeling, and lack of evaluation standards. At the same time, new challenges faced by teachers in the context of the implementation of new textbooks were proposed, as well as the necessity of further clarifying the moral education goals and content in English teaching.

The Objectives and Content of Primary School English Curriculum Education

The educational objectives and content of primary school English curriculum are within the framework of moral education in primary and secondary schools, covering four aspects: ideal beliefs and political thoughts, personal moral qualities, Chinese culture and international understanding, and healthy living and self-improvement. Teachers can refer to the Implementation Manual of the Guidelines for Moral Education in Primary and Secondary Schools and the new version of the Moral Education Curriculum Standards to refine the content of moral education. Combining textbook analysis, learning situation analysis, teaching forms, and student performance and feedback, they can explore moral education elements related to classroom teaching and infiltrate moral education. The content of moral education has flexibility and dynamic generativity, and teachers can adjust it appropriately according to the actual situation to form educational content suitable for their own teaching.

Moral Education Elements in Primary School English Textbooks

Primary school English textbooks are important resources for realizing the concept of cultivating morality and nurturing people, containing rich elements of moral education. Teachers should deeply explore the moral education elements in textbooks, integrate them with teaching, and make moral education systematic. Taking the Beijing edition of English for Grade 3, Volume 1 as an example, this textbook showcases different aspects of curriculum education through core discourse, activities, and expanded reading. Unit 5, with the theme of "I Can Do Many Things", conveys moral education content such as active participation in collective activities, friendship and mutual assistance, and taking on household chores through discussions on art festival preparation, school sports meet, big cleaning, and household chores. Teachers can guide students to understand national treasures such as Peking Opera, feel the diversity of Chinese and foreign music cultures, cultivate collective consciousness and international understanding of Chinese culture. Textbook illustrations and activities also contain rich moral education elements. Teachers should carefully study and explore implicit moral education elements to help students gradually feel and internalize moral education content in their learning.

The Implementation Path of Primary School English Curriculum Education

Explored the implementation path of moral education in primary school English curriculum. Firstly, the importance of emotional experience in moral education is emphasized. By designing questions that are close to students' lives, students are guided to actively think and naturally accept moral education content. Secondly, the teaching philosophy of using creativity as the foundation has been proposed, which encourages students to transform language knowledge into the ability and literacy of being a person and doing things through activities such as learning, understanding, applying, and transferring innovation. In addition, the application of project-based learning in moral education was discussed, through practical activities that enable students to transform moral concepts into concrete behaviors. Through specific teaching cases, it demonstrates how to integrate moral education into primary school English teaching, achieving the goals of emotional experience, internalization of concepts, and behavior formation.

conclusion

Under the new curriculum concept, moral education and language learning should be integrated in primary school English teaching. Teachers need to expand the moral education elements outside the textbook, use picture book reading and other methods to explore the generative moral education elements in the classroom, cultivate students' critical thinking ability, and have a positive impact on students through teacher ethics and style, in order to achieve the educational goals of the curriculum.