Tianpeng Wang

Tianpeng Wang

August 31, 2025

New liberal arts, Provincial universities in Jilin, Japanese language major, Interdisciplinary integration, Regional characteristics.

The construction of the “New Liberal Arts” emphasizes interdisciplinary integration, technological empowerment, and value guidance, providing a significant opportunity for the transformation of foreign-language majors in universities. Focusing on Japanese-language programs in provincial universities of Jilin Province, this paper analyzes their current talent cultivation status and challenges, and proposes an optimization path centered on a “Japanese +” approach and supported by regional characteristics. The paper finds that existing problems include homogeneous training objectives, unbalanced curriculum structures, insufficient practical platforms, and a homogeneous faculty knowledge structure. In response, this paper suggests reconstructing a goal system of “solid foundation, strong capabilities, and prominent features,” building a curriculum cluster of “Japanese + regional studies/emerging industries,” deepening industry–education integration and smart‐teaching reforms, forming interdisciplinary faculty teams, and perfecting a diversified evaluation mechanism, with the aim of cultivating highly qualified, composite Japanese-language talents that serve national strategies and the revitalization of Jilin Province.

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