This paper made a case study of the course Research Ideas and Methods in Foreign Language Studies to analyze the education reform and teaching practice of postgraduate courses offered by the program Foreign Language Studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the context of the new liberal arts. During the five years of teaching practice

we carried out reform from the perspective of knowledge integration

oriented by research questions

centered on innovation capability

and by means of research project-based learning. In this way

we explored and adjusted the teaching contents

methods and evaluations accordingly. The teaching effects of the reform were then assessed with questionnaire surveys and interviews of teachers and students. Based on our research findings

this paper pointed out the reform in the future could focus on the long-term mechanism for rational development of curriculum

improvement of teaching contents and effective communication between teachers and students.