On May 11, 2022 the Academic Affairs Office and School of Foreign Languages of Jiangsu University (JSU) jointly hosted a demo lecture for integrating political and ideological elements into College English. The lecture was given by Ni Rui, a faculty member of the College English Teaching Department I, for the purpose of highlighting the standard lecture format for classroom instruction at JSU. 20 teachers from and outside of the School of Foreign Languages were invited to observe the lecture online.

During the lecture Ms Ni actively expounded strategies to integrate the ideological and political elements into English teaching. The content of her lecture was based on Unit 5 of New Horizons College English (4 ).

After introducing the topic, Ms Ni asked students to ponder over the causes for cultural stereotypes and their positive and negative effects on intercultural communication based on their life experiences, encouraging them to establish an appropriate attitude towards cultural discrepancies.

Then, students were required to point out the different behaviors and verbal expressions between Mother and Sau-sau at a family dinner exhibited in Part 1 of the text. They were also promoted to explore the conventional interactive manners of Chinese people. After that, a movie clip was played for students to conduct discussions over the differences in table manners and verbal communication between Chinese and Western cultures.

After that, during the discussion of Part 2, students were asked to locate the American stereotypical ideas about the Chinese people in the text. A classroom discussion was held on the stereotypes of Chinese people as portrayed by the western mainstream media, such as western movies and posters. During this process, students were instructed to critically examine western depictions of Chinese people, to work out strategies to master independent discourse, and effective ways to spread Chinese aesthetic standards around the world. A debate was organized to help students understand the image of Chinese people in a dialectical way. In the end, they discussed the impact of stereotypes on intercultural communication and how to get rid of cultural stereotypes.

During the lecture, Ms Ni adeptly integrated into her classroom instruction the ideological and political elements mined from the teaching materials. She demonstrated the strategies to correctly represent cultural discrepancies, guiding students to explore the origin of Chinese culture, to reflect on the significance of gaining a better control of discourse power in international communication, and to make Chinese voice heard through telling stories of China.

The demo lecture that features design, effect and interaction was well acclaimed by the participants, who said they have learned a lot from it. All were impressed by the interesting activities and lively discussions that constantly engrossed both the students and the teacher-observers.