1. Introduction

This article introduces the development process of foreign language education in China and emphasizes the important role of foreign language education in national development. At the same time, it points out the challenges faced by foreign language education in universities in the era of information intelligence civilization, including the acceleration of knowledge updating speed, the impact of anti intellectualism, and the conflict between technological rationality and humanistic spirit. How to cope with the impact of intelligent technology on foreign language education and achieve a paradigm shift in education and teaching has become an urgent problem to be solved.

2. The Industrial Revolution and educational reform can be regarded as philosophical and social science concepts

Explored the relationship between the Industrial Revolution and educational reform, emphasizing the profound impact of technological development on education. Since the first industrial revolution in the 1860s, education has undergone three major changes, from primitive collective education to classroom based collective education, and then to personalized, decentralized, networked, and life oriented individual education. In the era of industrial civilization, the classroom teaching system achieved large-scale education, but also limited personalized development. Foreign scholars divide the education revolution into four stages, including learning, institutionalized education, mass education, and personalized education. Currently, we are at the intersection of the information age and the intelligent age, and digital technology has profoundly changed the way we learn and educate. The changes brought about by Industry 4.0 and 5.0, especially the emergence of generative artificial intelligence, indicate fundamental changes in social structure, culture and education, politics and economic systems, and are also driving further changes in education. AI technology is a double-edged sword, redefining the meaning of humanity and forcing us to redefine moral and ethical boundaries. We must accept and embrace new technologies to ensure that their shaping of education becomes the most beneficial form for humanity. The Industrial Revolution and educational reform have philosophical and social science conceptual significance, which helps to grasp the wide-ranging impact of technological changes on society and possible future trends. Educational reform and innovation are inevitable results of the Industry 4.0 process, involving the reconstruction of educational relationships in the intelligent era, the balanced allocation of educational resources, the transformation of educational concepts and teaching paradigms, and the iteration of educational and teaching ecology. The future development of foreign language education is constrained by various factors such as technological progress, social structure, cultural environment, and policy systems. Only by integrating AI technology into foreign language education, enhancing the AI literacy of teachers and students, and closely aligning foreign language education goals with national needs, can there be no deviation in the direction of foreign language education reform and development.

3. From the perspective of Chinese context and intelligent era, the connotation of new liberal arts in foreign language education and the concept of new foreign languages

Explored the impact of Chinese context and the intelligent era on foreign language education in universities. China's foreign language education policy has gone through six stages, from the dominance of Russian to the return of English, and then to English serving modernization after the reform and opening up. Since the 21st century, the goals of foreign language education have been redefined, emphasizing national consciousness, Chinese stance, and Chinese characteristics. The knowledge system of foreign language subjects has been constantly differentiated, integrated, and iterated. The task of foreign language education is to improve the country's foreign language ability, popularize the ability to master other languages, and make countrymen more capable of looking up to the world and telling Chinese stories. In the context of anti globalization, the Chinese foreign language education sector should leverage its unique advantages and support the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world. The new liberal arts thinking in technology empowered foreign language education advocates the integration of modern information technology empowered liberal arts education, advocating interdisciplinary, multi field, large-span, and deep level cross infiltration and cross-border integration. As a development concept of foreign language education in universities, the new foreign language aligns with the goals of the new liberal arts construction, enriching the connotation of foreign language education in universities. The connotation of new liberal arts thinking includes cross integration, cross-border integration, and value guidance, solving value issues in conflicts between different cultures, ideologies, and political systems. In short, the Chinese context and the era of intelligence are two important dimensions of foreign language education reform and development, and the essence of reform and development lies in both technological and human development.

4. Grasp the paradigm shift of foreign language education and teaching in universities through the integration of technology and humanities

The digitization of education is a historical process that includes three stages: dataization, networking, and intelligence. At present, the application of AI in foreign language education is still in the stage of weak artificial intelligence, but GAI is restructuring foreign language education. In the trend of digital education development, countries are promoting technology enabled education, such as the United States' National Education Technology Plan, the United Kingdom's Framework for Digital Transformation in Higher Education, Japan's GIGA Schole vision, and the European Union's Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027. China is also actively promoting the deep integration of artificial intelligence and education, proposing the "3C" concept of digital education.

5. Conclusion

Emphasizing the importance of the paradigm shift in foreign language education and teaching in the era of intelligence, it is believed that the relationship between industrial civilization and educational reform should be examined from the perspective of philosophy and social sciences, promoting the integration of technology and humanities, and avoiding technological dominance. The digital transformation of foreign language education should shift from technology empowerment to reshaping education, strengthen educational goals, and incorporate digital literacy, critical digital literacy, and so on. The digitization of education should be aimed at human development, and the standard for measuring it is whether it promotes human development. The value of intelligent technology in education is reflected in the tool layer, integration layer, and ultimate layer. The reform of foreign language education should develop students' creativity, critical thinking, cross-cultural communication skills, cultivate active learning, lifelong learning, and social responsibility. The paradigm shift in education and teaching should return to the essence of education.