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September 27, 2025Open Access

From Local Narratives to Global Understanding: Integrating China’s Stories within Graduate English Teaching

Key Points

The study highlights the necessity of integrating cultural education within graduate English teaching to improve global communication skills.
Research reveals significant gaps in understanding local culture's role in graduate English programs aimed at fostering critical thinking.
An innovative teaching model is proposed to enhance foreign language proficiency by incorporating local narratives and cultural education.
This approach emphasizes the need for curriculum reform to better align with international communication demands.

Abstract

Based on CiteSpace analysis of the literature, this paper firstly outlines the state of the research on the cross-cultural and local-cultural education in the graduate English teaching in China and then identifies research gaps in this field. The aim is to advance the concept of Cultural Education, Critical Thinking, and Creative Innovation as the foundation for the reform of the graduate English courses. The study suggests a teaching model that integrates the development of graduate students general foreign language proficiency with the fostering of local culture and the development of their capacity for international communication.

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