Author(s)

Hua Sun ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Humanities, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, 100044, China

Corresponding Author

Hua Sun

ABSTRACT

With the rapid development and popularity of intelligent and mobile devices, the new media era has entered an unprecedented climax, and various products have emerged, such as networked media platforms, digital television, digital newspapers and magazines, etc. The education model has also undergone great changes and breakthroughs. Traditional teaching philosophies, methods and resources are relatively homogeneous, with some teachers focusing on the instrumental aspects of English to the detriment of its humanistic aspects, thus limiting the enhancement of students' English literacy. In addition, the atmosphere of English learning and students' motivation also greatly affects the efficiency of English learning. This article uses mobile learning as a method to explore its effects on the extended English classroom at university, with the aim of better helping university English teachers to build an effective extended English learning classroom. Using some common English learning indicators, the aim of the article is to investigate and analyse the effectiveness of mobile learning as a way for students to develop their English language skills. The results of the experiment showed that students' ability to learn English independently at university increased after using mobile learning, with a 1.89% increase for English majors and a 5% increase for non-English majors who chose 'often learn independently'. In addition, the proportion of students who were not sure whether they would study independently dropped by 1.11% and 0.22% respectively, indicating that students have become more clear about their goals and orientation after mobile learning. All in all, mobile learning based on new media platforms has a beneficial effect on the expansion of English classes in universities.

KEYWORDS

New Media Era, Mobile Learning, College English, Classroom Development

CITE THIS PAPER

Hua Sun, Research on College English Expansion Classroom Based on Mobile Learning in the Era of New Media. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2023) Vol. 7: 28-40. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2023.071406.

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