Emphasis was placed on the new requirements for English teaching in the "Compulsory Education Curriculum Plan (2022 Edition)" and "Compulsory Education English Curriculum Standards (2022 Edition)", including the restructuring of curriculum objectives, content, and implementation methods to cultivate students' core competencies. Both the Plan and the Curriculum Standards advocate for comprehensive learning and practice to promote students' problem-solving abilities in real-life situations. The article points out that despite experts' analysis of core competencies, teachers still need to adopt comprehensive thinking in teaching in practice. At the same time, the problems in the implementation of current English comprehensive practice activities were pointed out, and it was suggested that teachers improve teaching effectiveness through theoretical exploration and practical reflection.

The Concept and Connotation of English Comprehensive Practice Activities

Firstly, the concept of English comprehensive practice activities was discussed, and it was pointed out that the "Curriculum Standards" did not clearly define its connotation, but provided relevant concepts. Through literature review, the author believes that English comprehensive practical activities should be characterized by practicality, emphasizing the characteristics of the English subject and distinguishing them from school comprehensive practical activity courses. Subsequently, the chapter delved into the connotation of English comprehensive practical activities, including three aspects: (1) student-centered practical activities, emphasizing that teachers should transform their roles and stimulate students' autonomous participation; (2) As a learning method, comprehensive practical activities should be integrated into regular teaching and reflect the characteristics of the subject; (3) Authentic learning, relying on real life situations, promotes the development of students' core competencies. At the same time, it pointed out the problems existing in current English comprehensive practice activities, such as "lack of autonomy", "false cooperation", "virtual exploration", etc., and emphasized the need for adjustment and improvement.

Design principles for English comprehensive practice activities

Emphasis was placed on the design principles of English comprehensive practice activities, including practicality, authenticity, and solidity. The pragmatic principle advocates embedding activities into daily teaching, using textbook unit content to organize interdisciplinary thematic activities, such as project-based learning. The principle of authenticity requires teachers to design authentic situations based on teaching content and local life resources familiar to students, such as creating rule posters or vlogs. The solid principle emphasizes paying attention to both content knowledge and language knowledge in activities, ensuring that students' language abilities are improved. Teachers need to focus on language appropriately before, during, and after activities to strengthen students' language awareness.

Implementation Strategies for English Comprehensive Practice Activities

Taking Unit 6 "Do you like bananas?" in the first volume of the seventh grade English textbook published by People's Education Press as an example, this paper explores the implementation strategies of English comprehensive practice activities. The unit theme is "Food", involving the sub theme of "Healthy and Civilized Behavior Habits and Lifestyle". The unit consists of five discourses that teach language points such as the English expression of food, the countable and uncountable forms of nouns, and the present tense variation of the verb 'like' through different forms of dialogue and interviews.

brief summary

Emphasis was placed on the importance of English comprehensive practice activities in innovating and transforming English learning methods in the era of literacy, as well as their core role in realizing the concepts of moral education and disciplinary education. At the same time, it is pointed out that frontline English teachers need to attach importance to and carefully organize and implement these activities to improve teaching quality and educational effectiveness.