Shaping National Consciousness and Cultivating Foreign Discourse Competence in Foreign Language Education

Under the framework of New Liberal Arts and the Broader Foreign Language Discipline, foreign language education plays a crucial role in cultivating interdisciplinary talents with a “Chinese heart and global vision.” However, influenced by various historical factors, current foreign language education faces multiple issues, including the absence of national consciousness and foreign discourse competence as educational objectives, the “aphasia of Chinese culture” in textbooks, and limited effectiveness in cultivating well-rounded individuals. University foreign language education must adopt a problem-oriented approach, strengthen top-level design, and integrate the development of national consciousness and foreign discourse competence into the teaching framework to optimize the strategic goals for nurturing foreign language talents. It should establish a textbook philosophy that serves national strategies, accelerate the development of teaching materials, enrich and innovate discourse content based on China’s practices, and expedite the construction of discourse and narrative systems with Chinese characteristics. Additionally, it is essential to deepen ideological and political education within the curriculum, enhance the national consciousness and national sentiment of both teachers and students, improve educational effectiveness, and cultivate interdisciplinary foreign language professionals with a strong sense of patriotism and national awareness.