Introduction: Significance of Topic Selection

With the advancement of globalization, the importance of ESP courses in international education is becoming increasingly prominent. China has been exploring ESP teaching methods and curriculum design since the 1980s, and in recent years has paid special attention to integrating ideological and political elements into ESP courses. Domestic research mostly focuses on how to effectively integrate ESP knowledge points with ideological and political education, but there is relatively little research on teaching language. The Guiding Outline for the Construction of Ideological and Political Education in Higher Education Curriculum emphasizes the importance of ideological and political education in courses, aiming to improve the quality of talent cultivation through the "three pronged education" model. The construction of ideological and political education in foreign language teaching in universities is a key part of higher education, and ESP courses have become an important platform for conducting ideological and political education due to their practicality and cultural comparison function. ESP teachers need to cultivate students' foreign language communication skills and construct a teaching language that integrates professional discourse and value discourse to establish students' ideal beliefs and values. Although some universities have attempted to integrate ideological and political education into college English courses, there is a lack of specific theoretical guidance and operational demonstrations. The language of ideological and political education in ESP courses should have ideological, cultural, professional, and international characteristics to meet the needs of students' values guidance and workplace cultural cognition. There are some problems in the ideological and political education of ESP courses in local universities such as Liaodong University, such as the phenomenon of "copying mechanically". It is necessary to combine vocational needs and teaching content, timely integrate ideological and political elements, and achieve an organic combination of knowledge imparting, ability cultivation, and ideological and political education. Building an effective language for ideological and political education in ESP courses and achieving seamless integration between ideological and political key points and teaching content is the key to promoting high-quality development of ideological and political education in ESP courses in universities.

Analysis of the Current Situation of Ideological and Political Teaching Language in ESP Courses in Two Local Universities

Through open interviews with 50 undergraduate students, the current situation of ideological and political teaching language in ESP courses in local universities was analyzed. The results show that students generally have low satisfaction with the teaching language, with problems such as homogenization, dependence on textbooks, single form, dry content, and strong theoretical content. Specifically for different majors, medical English courses lack interest, civil aviation English courses lack practicality, business English courses have low integration, and tourism English and hotel English courses are highly homogenized. Research suggests that teachers should use diverse teaching languages, combined with professional characteristics and practical needs, to enhance the fun, practicality, and integration of ideological and political education, and avoid the phenomenon of "one thousand lessons at a time".

Functional positioning of ideological and political teaching language in ESP courses

The ideological and political teaching language of ESP courses plays a key role in local universities, and its functional positioning includes three aspects: guidance, regulation, and standardization. The guidance function emphasizes interactivity and participation to adapt to the rapid development and diversification of information dissemination. The regulatory function injects emotions by describing industry and social events to achieve collaborative education and positive impact. The normative function is conveyed through the language of ideological and political education, regulating the political and moral consciousness of the educated and enhancing their political and moral level. These functions collectively promote the shaping of students' personality and the improvement of their professional qualities, achieving the goal of ideological and political education in the curriculum.

4. Specific ideas for constructing the ideological and political teaching language for ESP courses

This article explores the construction of ideological and political teaching language for ESP courses in local universities, emphasizes the importance of teaching language in educating students, and points out that even in the context of the widespread application of modern technology, the role of teaching language is still irreplaceable. The construction of ideological and political education in the curriculum aims to eliminate the disconnect between professional education and ideological and political education, and appropriate teaching language is the foundation for achieving this goal. The language of ideological and political education in ESP courses should be integrated into the content of ideological and political education, which will affect the teaching effectiveness. Improving discourse skills, enriching content coherence, and enhancing sense of identity are key. The teaching language should meet the needs of students and be presented in a fun and engaging way to play a collaborative role in educating students. The ideological and political teaching language of ESP courses in local universities should rely on industries/enterprises, be guided by industry needs, utilize new media and big data technology, create immersive ideological and political classrooms, and make ideological and political discourse popular, modern, life oriented, and workplace oriented.

5 Summary

The importance of ideological and political education in higher education, the construction of ideological and political education language in ESP courses, the characteristics of local universities and the current situation of ideological and political education language in ESP courses, on-site interviews with college students' satisfaction with ideological and political education language in ESP courses. The construction ideas include social demand orientation, industry enterprise support, application of new media big data technology, teacher led and student interactive integration, integration of ideological and political education with workplace discourse, integration of theoretical and social life discourse, and improvement of the effectiveness of ideological and political education in ESP courses.