1 Introduction

The emphasis on "telling Chinese stories well" in current foreign language teaching has been pointed out, but there is a problem of insufficient interpretation of contemporary Chinese connotations. Emphasis was placed on the importance of traditional culture, while pointing out the need for innovative development in conjunction with contemporary reality. It mentioned the consensus in the foreign language academic community on this viewpoint, but pointed out the lack of systematic textbooks to guide students to understand contemporary China. This article introduces the launch of the "Understanding Contemporary China" series of textbooks, their content and characteristics, as well as their promotion in higher education. Finally, the article will explore the practices and experiences of the Department of Public Foreign Languages at Northeast Normal University in applying this set of textbooks.

2. Improve Positioning: Fully Understand the Importance of "Three Entries" in Public Foreign Language Teaching

The importance of promoting the "three in" work in public foreign language teaching was emphasized, and it was pointed out that teachers need to enhance their ideological and political awareness, teaching ability, and evaluation ability in the curriculum. Scholars such as He Lianzhen, Gao Yulei, Zhang Zhiyi, Hu Pingping, and Liu Wenjing have conducted in-depth research on teachers' ideological and political literacy in curriculum. The Ministry of Education encourages universities to integrate the "Understanding Contemporary China" series of textbooks into teaching, in order to cultivate talents with an international perspective and patriotism. The article analyzes the importance of foreign language majors interning and serving in international organizations, as well as the role of non foreign language majors in international scientific research cooperation. General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed to cultivate international talents, and universities will achieve their training goals through means such as "international organization internship programs". The article calls on public foreign language teachers to pay attention to the potential and role of non foreign language majors on the international stage.

Learning by doing: Development ideas for the "Understanding Contemporary China" micro lecture series

Explored how to improve teaching effectiveness through practical exploration in university public foreign language teaching. Teachers should strengthen their learning and be brave in practice, guiding students to create short videos or MOOC tutorial videos to achieve the integration of knowledge and action. Teachers from the Department of Public Foreign Languages at Northeast Normal University have independently developed micro lecture courses to assist in textbook learning. By analyzing the texts in "Understanding Contemporary China: Reading and Writing Tutorial" and "Understanding Contemporary China: Speech Tutorial", teachers created micro lectures that emphasized the characteristics of Chinese youth and compared them with the images of youth in Western literature. The micro lecture also includes language exercises and comprehension tests for Chinese English translation, in order to achieve the ideological and political education goals of public foreign language courses. In addition, the micro lecture also covered environmental protection concepts, emphasizing the importance of a "community with a shared future for mankind" by comparing the views of domestic and foreign environmentalists. Faced with the challenge of compressed class hours, micro lectures have become an effective strategy to integrate the essence of textbooks, saving teaching time and deepening the teaching goal of cultivating students' morality, and have received high praise from students.

4. Down to earth: The Path of Integrating Existing Textbooks with "Understanding Contemporary China"

The Department of Public Foreign Languages at Northeast Normal University has integrated the "Understanding Contemporary China" series of textbooks into university foreign language teaching through the "three integrations" strategy. The ideological and political content of the course has been incorporated into the teaching syllabus and calendar, achieving a deep integration of teaching and ideological and political education through pre class group cooperative learning, in class reporting and discussion, and post class political reading and writing activities. The extracurricular activities of the school, such as English corners and bilingual teaching competitions, have promoted the practice of ideological and political education in the curriculum. The evaluation system includes mid-term exams, oral translation tests, classroom presentations, and college English proficiency tests, all of which involve current affairs reading content. The integration plan of "New Standard College English" and "Understanding Contemporary China: Lecture Tutorial" aims to cultivate students' understanding of socialist core values, explore cultural similarities between China and the West, and enhance patriotism through specific teaching cases, such as the text "The Pickle Jar". The teaching reform also considers the trend of ESP teaching, combines students' professional needs, improves academic literacy and interdisciplinary communication skills, strengthens students' understanding of the achievements and cultural values of socialism with Chinese characteristics, cultivates critical thinking, and better responds to the challenges of globalization.

5. Advanced Development: Promoting Teaching and Research Activities Related to the "Three Advances" Work

To ensure the continuous progress of the "three advances" work, transform problems into research topics, and promote classroom innovation. Organize teachers to participate in the construction of ideological and political demonstration courses, virtual teaching and research room projects, teaching innovation competitions, etc., and select participants for the foreign language ability cultivation competition and short video competition. Taking the evaluation of the effectiveness of the "three advances" work as the core research topic, constructing a scientific evaluation system, and designing the "Northeast Normal University Public Foreign Language Course Ideological and Political Teaching Evaluation Scale", covering the situation of teachers' ideological and political teaching and students' self-evaluation. Summarize and organize the keywords of ideological and political elements in the "Understanding Contemporary China" series of textbooks, and design relevant test questions. Through teaching research and evaluation results, monitor the quality of ideological and political education in the curriculum, continuously adjust teaching plans and methods, and achieve the goal of "cultivating talents for the Party and the country".

6 Conclusion

The importance of combining public foreign language education with curriculum ideological and political education was emphasized, and it was proposed to enhance the effectiveness and persuasiveness of ideological and political theory education through professional education curriculum knowledge. The article introduces how the Department of Public Foreign Languages at Northeast Normal University uses the "Understanding Contemporary China" textbook, as well as its characteristic practices and practical paths, demonstrating the application value of this course in promoting the "Three Advances" work. At the same time, it emphasizes the promoting role of this series of tutorials in the ideological and political work of university foreign language teaching courses, as well as the importance of teachers' subjective initiative and innovation in teaching practice. Finally, it is proposed to continue exploring the teaching methods, means, and effectiveness evaluation of ideological and political education in university foreign language courses in order to promote teaching reform.