Abstract
With the increasing use of smartphones in China, WeChat has become one of the most popular social applications. With its powerful functions, WeChat not only implements social features for its users but also provides a new way to fulfill mobile learning (M-learning), which is a form of distance education with the use of mobile devices. After analyzing M-learning models and WeChat’s features, this paper attempts to integrate WeChat’s interactive functions to construct a WeChat teaching platform under the guidance of constructive theory. The WeChat teaching platform was constructed based on WeChat’s multiple functions and with the support of wireless network technology. It can help to increase the interaction between students and teachers, because such interaction makes achieving ubiquitous learning for university students feasible. This empirical study proved that the new model is feasible and effective in facilitating interaction in translation teaching and in developing the students’ translation competence.
Highlights
The 37th statistical report of the China Internet Network Information Center indicated that the number of mobile Internet users in China reached 620 million as of December 2015
Under the guidance of constructivist theory, we developed a WeChat-based interactive translation mobile teaching platform (Fig. 1)
On the question about how actively do the students interact in the WeChat teaching platform, 34.5% of the students confirmed that they are very active in the platform, 48.3% stated that they are active, 10.3% answered that they are not active, and 6.9% answered that they do not know how active they are in the platform
Summary
The 37th statistical report of the China Internet Network Information Center indicated that the number of mobile Internet users in China reached 620 million as of December 2015. The utilization ratio of mobile phones as a means to access the Internet reached 90.1%. The network infrastructure has improved, and the mobile network speed has significantly increased, thereby increasing the 3G/4G network usage rate. Wireless network coverage has significantly improved; Wi-Fi Internet usage has reached 91.8% [1]. With the rapid development of wireless network technology and mobile devices, people can use smartphones to learn anytime and anywhere. As a mobile application with more than 700 million users in the world, WeChat has given rise to a new form of social life and has provided a new way of learning. How to effectively explore WeChat’s features and construct a WeChat-based teaching platform is the key issue for the application of WeChat in M-learning
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