Reconstruction Path of Ideological and Political Education in the “Comprehensive English” Course at Private Universities from the Perspective of Human-AI Collaboration

Meifang Zhang

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¹ Foreign Language School, Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510540, China,

erd 2026 , 8(3), 279–285; https://doi.org/10.26689/erd.v8i3.14609

© 2026 by the Authors. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. 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

The rapid development of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents profound challenges and transformative opportunities for fulfilling the fundamental task of fostering virtue and cultivating talents in private universities. This paper, focusing on the four difficulties faced by the “Comprehensive English” course in application-oriented private universities amidst the AI wave, analyzes the root causes and points out that the key to breaking the impasse that lies in constructing a new paradigm of human-AI collaborative education. A five-in-one teaching system, comprising objective guidance, content reconstruction, method innovation, evaluation reform, and faculty empowerment, is proposed to provide a reference for private institutions to explore a distinctive, practical, and effective innovative path for ideological and political education that aligns with their own characteristics.

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