An Exploration of Higher Vocational English Teachers’ Professional Development on Students’ Learning Ability in the Context of New Liberal Arts

The concept of New Liberal Arts, a multidisciplinary combined integrator with Chinese values at its core,has brought new challenges to the teaching methods and professional development of higher-level English teachers. Based on the evolving professional development process of higher vocational English teachers in the context of the New Liberal Arts, this article analyzes how English teachers can integrate multidisciplinary knowledge and adopt advanced educational technology in the teaching process. On this basis, it discusses the role of teachers’ professional development in enhancing students’ learning ability, such as through deepening disciplinary understanding, adopting innovative teaching strategies, and implementing personalized teaching. At the end of the article, based on a variety of pedagogical theories, we put forward suggestions, including continuous professional training, interdisciplinary cooperation, and the application of innovative teaching techniques, which are mainly aimed at helping higher vocational English teachers get rid of the dilemma of the new situation, adapt to the needs of the new liberal arts education as soon as possible, and then effectivelyimprove students’ abilities.