Practical Exploration of “PAD Class + Hybrid” in the Japanese Course

Abstract

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the implementation effect of “PAD class + hybrid” teaching mode in the Japanese (second foreign language) course. Method: English Class 1 with undergraduates enrolled in our university in 2019 is selected as the experimental class, which adopts the “PAD class + hybrid” teaching mode, while English Class 2 is selected as the control class, which adopts the traditional lecture teaching mode. The Japanese language is their compulsory second foreign language course. At the end of the semester, the effects of the two teaching modes are evaluated through a questionnaire survey and final examination results. Result: The teaching experience satisfaction rate of the experimental class adopting the “PAD class + hybrid” mode (88.71%) is much higher than that of the control class adopting the traditional mode (60.35%); the experimental class believes that the “PAD class + hybrid” teaching mode is more conducive to the cultivation of learning ability, and the satisfaction rate of the experimental class (90.33%) is much higher than that of the control class (63.54%); the average final grade of the experimental class is also significantly higher than that of the control class. Conclusions: The “PAD class + hybrid” teaching mode is superior to the traditional lecture teaching mode, and it is thus worthy of continuous improvement and promotion.