Abstract
College English in China has shifted from cultivating reading ability to comprehensive communicative abilities with an emphasis on listening and speaking. For this reason, new teaching models should be built on modern information technology. However, little research on developing models for the online teaching of listening skills has been conducted. Thus, the present study aims at developing an instructional model for online task-based interactive listening (OTIL Model) for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and investigating the effects of using OTIL. First, researcher constructed the OTIL Model by analyzing and synthesizing four effective and manageable instructional design models. Subsequently, three experts in the field of instructional systems design and English language teaching evaluated the OTIL Model. Next, two non-English major intact classes at Tongren University, China (TU), were employed in the experiment by using OTIL designed based on the developed OTIL Model. Additionally, the results of the two classes were compared by pre- and post-tests, revealing a significant difference in the post-test score between the experimental and control classes (P=0.000, P?0.05). The results seem to suggest that the OTIL Model can be served to promote students’ listening ability.
Highlights
China's college English teaching has been faced with problems described as follows: 1) due to the fact of the increasing enrollments in China’s universities, their limited teaching facilities have become an imperative problem in the development of college English education; 2) dumb and deaf English, referring to time-consuming and low efficiency instructional methods, are still common phenomena in college English teaching (Xu, 2006)
Universities should follow the guidelines of the CECR and their college English teaching goals in designing their own instructional models built on modern information technology, concerning the universities’ circumstances, teaching resources and students’ English proficiency level
To fill in the research gap, the purposes of this study aimed to develop an instructional model for online task-based interactive listening (OTIL Model) for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, and to investigate the effects of using online task-based interactive listening (OTIL)
Summary
China's college English teaching has been faced with problems described as follows: 1) due to the fact of the increasing enrollments in China’s universities, their limited teaching facilities have become an imperative problem in the development of college English education; 2) dumb and deaf English, referring to time-consuming and low efficiency instructional methods, are still common phenomena in college English teaching (Xu, 2006). In 2007, College English Curriculum Requirements (CECR) which is the new English curriculum for Chinese non-English major undergraduate students was issued by Ministry of Education of China (MOE), aiming to emphasize “developing students’ ability to use English in an all-round way, especially in listening and speaking” The goal of college English has shifted from cultivating reading ability to comprehensive communicative abilities with an emphasis on listening and speaking. The CECR (MOE, 2007) claims that college English teaching in universities across China should be shifted from teacher-centered to learner-centered patterns in order to deepen and improve English teaching reform and quality. Universities should follow the guidelines of the CECR and their college English teaching goals in designing their own instructional models built on modern information technology, concerning the universities’ circumstances, teaching resources and students’ English proficiency level. The CECR states that universities should explore and establish a web-based listening teaching model and deliver listening courses via the intranet or campus network
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
