Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Education Studies: Experience and Innovation (ICESEI 2022)

Ideological and political education in curriculum is meant to develop students’ ideological quality, political awareness, moral characteristics and humanistic quality through the teaching of school curriculum at schools of all levels. This exploratory study adopted the method of class observation to examine the implementation of ideological and political education in junior high school English class. Results show that the actual implementation of ideological and political education in English class is influenced by three factors: teaching contents, teaching experience, and exam-oriented education system. This study suggests that English teachers should strengthen their professional development to keep improving their teaching competence and attach importance to cultural education to develop students’ cultural awareness and that schools should establish a feasible and scientific evaluation mechanism to create positive teaching and learning environments. It is hoped that these suggestions can be of help to effectively implement ideological and political education in junior high school English class.