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11 November 2026

Constructing and Practicing the “Three-Guidance Four-Step Blended” Model for Embedding Regional Culture in College English Teaching—A Case Study of Jing-Chu Culture

Xiaoliang Xu1*
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1 Yangtze University College of Arts and Sciences, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
IEF 2026 , 4(10), 202–207; https://doi.org/10.26689/IEF.v4i10.16113
© 2026 by the Author. Licensee: Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Against the backdrop of higher education in the new era, which emphasizes cultural confidence and the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, regional culture—as an organic component and a “localized” vehicle of that tradition—finds its integration into College English teaching both a practical necessity for overcoming the “cultural aphasia” in English instruction and enhancing students’ cultural identity, and an inherent responsibility for local universities to serve the dissemination of regional culture. Drawing on the BOPPPS online-offline blended teaching framework, and taking Jing-Chu culture as a typical exemplar, this paper imperceptibly embeds regional cultural content into learning resources and processes, integrating the textbook, press digital resources, and bilingual resources in the app of “Xuexi Qiangguo,” especially the characteristic Jing-Chu resources, together with various online teaching tools, to construct a “Three-Guidance Four-Step Blended”  teaching model for embedding regional culture in College English teaching. Following the logical thread of “top-level cultural design — four-step teaching process — three-guidance teaching approach — blended teaching scenarios,” the model realizes the contextualized embedding of regional cultural content, such as stories of Jing-Chu historical figures, Jing-Chu intangible cultural heritage and traditional crafts, and Jing-Chu revolutionary culture, throughout the entire online-offline learning process. Practice shows that, while improving students’ English linguistic knowledge and their listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation skills, the model significantly deepens students’ cognitive understanding of and emotional affinity for regional culture, and cultivates their awareness and ability to tell local stories and disseminate Chinese culture in English.

Keywords
Regional culture
College English teaching
Cultural embedding
Jing-Chu culture
BOPPPS model
Blended teaching
Funding
Projects of Course Construction: Online-Offline Blended First-Class Course of Hubei Province in 2021, “College English A (1), A (2)” (No. 713)
Excellent Undergraduate Course in Curriculum Ideological and Political Education of Hubei Province in 2026, “College English A (1), A (2)” (No. 263)
References

[1] Committee on College Foreign Language Teaching Guidance, Ministry of Education, 2020, College English Curriculum Guidelines (2020 Edition). Higher Education Press, Beijing.

[2] Han XY, Yang ZZ, 2025, Exploration and Practice of the Path of Course Civics Construction Based on BOPPPS Mixed Teaching Mode—“Economic Game Theory” Course as an Example. Special Zone Economy, 2025(11): 132–135.

[3] Zheng ST, 2021, New Horizon College English Reading and Writing Course (The 4th Edition), Volumes 1 and 2. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing.

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