Developing College Students’ English Autonomous Learning through WeChat Public Platform
- 1 Baoding University, Baoding, China
- 2 Baoding University, Baoding, China
Abstract
In today’s era of network development, WeChat public platform can be used as a tool to assist college English learning. How to develop college students’ English autonomous learning through the platform is the focus of the study. The study employs quantitative and qualitative research design involving 102 non-English major sophomores of Baoding University. The data collected from questionnaires reveal the problems existing in the construction of the platform, English teaching model, students’ English autonomous learning styles and the management of the platform, and then several improvement strategies are advocated in practical teaching. Finally, an interview is carried out to prove the effectiveness of those strategies. The study is expected to achieve the effective application of WeChat public platform, and foster students’ English autonomous learning ability.
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