Public English Teaching Research Articles

ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The teaching of English, historically centered on structural paradigms, faces challenges with the rise of digital technologies in social interactions. Augmented Reality (AR), by integrating virtual elements into real environments, offers transformative potential. The present work, "English in Public Schools: Augmented Reality Applications and Social Language Practices," explores the integration of AR in English language classes. Based on teacher plans in Sergipe, data from a teacher training course conducted in 2021 are analyzed through Freeman's Teacher Research (1998). Results highlight the potential of augmented reality in public English teaching, emphasizing the importance of teacher training courses in the effective implementation of educational technologies.

A Study on the Cultivation Strategies of Critical Thinking Ability in Graduate Public English Teaching

In graduate education, critical thinking is of vital importance not only to students’ study and research but also to their future career success. Yet at present, this ability hasn’t been attached enough importance to graduate public English classes. Given this situation, this study, based on the practical teaching of “New Era Academic English for Graduate Students,” discusses in detail the strategies for cultivating students’ critical thinking ability in graduate public English teaching from the perspectives of teaching objectives, teaching contents and methods, course assessment and students’ evaluation, to improve students’ critical thinking ability to elevate their core competence in their research field or in their future work.

Development of Public English Teachers in Chinese Vocational Colleges via the Mechanism of “One Body, Two Wings and Three Parties Collaborations”

A good public English teaching faculty is an essential requirement for the development of high-quality vocational education and is urgently needed to achieve the objectives outlined by the “New Curriculum Standards” in Chinese colleges. The current challenges faced by the construction of the public English teaching faculty in the colleges include improper professional development orientation, unreasonable teacher structure ratios, imbalanced teacher ability development, indistinctive faculty characteristics, and inadequate fulfillment of moral cultivation objective. To address these issues, this study based on the questionnaire survey and cases collected mainly from higher vocational colleges in Jiangxi’s province explores repositioning the new professional role of public English teachers under the “New Curriculum Standards” by implementing the working mechanism: “one body (public English teachers), two wings (recruiting & training public English talents), and three parties (government, schools and enterprises) collaboration.” It aims to comprehensively enhance the integrated qualities of “professional knowledge + foreign language skills + cultural literacy” among teachers, thus improving the moral and intellectual nurturing capacity of public English courses in higher vocational education.

Identity Study of English for Specific Purposes Teachers in the Context of Shifts in Public English Teaching Positioning

This study investigates the identity of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teachers within the dynamic landscape of shifts in public English teaching positioning. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, qualitative and quantitative analyses were employed to explore the complexities of ESP teacher identity construction and adaptation. Qualitative findings revealed key themes including strong professional identity grounded in specialized expertise, the impact of changing educational policies and curriculum reforms, and the importance of cultural competence and intercultural communication. Quantitative analysis of survey data indicated high levels of job satisfaction among ESP teachers, with significant correlations between variables such as professional development participation, perceived efficacy in technology integration, and self-perceptions of identity as ESP educators.

Nurturing all Things Subtly and Silently — Construction and Exploration of Ideological and Political Theories Teaching in Public English Courses for Graduate Students

As a language subject, Public English for graduate students has certain instrumental and humanistic characteristics. In the process of public English teaching for graduates, it is very necessary to integrate ideological and political elements and give full play to their synergistic effects. This approach can not only improve students' English application and practical operation skills but also enhance their political literacy, thus achieving the true purpose of "cultivating people with virtue." This paper mainly discusses the construction of ideological and political theories teaching in Public English courses for graduate students. In the practical implementation of teaching, it is essential to first clarify the teaching objectives. Then, according to the specific goals, it is very necessary to determine how to integrate English teaching with ideological and political theories teaching, which makes the course teaching more comprehensive and diverse, ultimately improving the effectiveness of education.

Application of CNN based Regognition Technology in Public English Teaching in College Intelligent Classroom

With the advancement of intelligent technology, CNN-based recognition technology has been integrated into public English teaching in universities. This implementation contributes to enhancing teaching quality, nurturing students’ English proficiency, and holds significant educational and practical value. To address the issue of low traditional attendance efficiency in intelligent classrooms for public English teaching, a face recognition model based on CNN recognition technology has been developed. R-CNN is utilized for object detection, along with pyramid pooling and non-maximum suppression to acquire the optimal candidate region for face detection. Furthermore, K-Means clustering is combined to enhance Fast R-CNN, thereby improving detection accuracy. Experimental results demonstrated that among the three networks - Fast R-CNN, Faster R-CNN, and CNN -Faster R-CNN maintained a high recognition rate and exhibited faster convergence speed, showcasing superior overall performance. Specifically, at 500 iterations, the three networks require 23.7 seconds, 26.8 seconds, and 34.2 seconds, respectively. For facial expression recognition, Faster R-CNN achieved the highest recognition rate, indicating its exceptional detection efficiency and potential for aiding teaching management. This study offers novel technical support for public English teaching in intelligent university classrooms, effectively enhancing teaching efficacy and learning experiences. Its practical significance extends to promoting educational reform and improvement.

A Discussion on the Reform of English Teaching in Local Engineering-Focused University based on the Data of Graduates’ Employment

With the goal of serving regional economy and social development, local universities have their own characteristics in many aspects, such as running orientation, targets of cultivating students, employment of graduatest, conditions of running universities and etc. This paper takes a provincial key Engineering-focused university as an example to analyze the data of graduates’ employment and requirements for English skill. The reasons for the students lacking adequate training in English for Special Purposes (ESP) and how to reform English teaching to satisfy the needs of students are discussed. A model to reform the current curriculum by integrating teachers’ resources of public English teaching and specialized courses teaching to complete the ESP teaching in every stage of university English teaching is proposed.

Effects of Mind Map Integrated Project-Based Learning on the Reduction of English Speaking Anxiety on Chinese Undergraduates

The problems of English speaking unproficiency, low interest and silent English classrooms among students in Chinese higher vocational colleges have become an issue in recent years in China. Due to the importance of the mind map has become very popular in English language instruction, this paper carries out a study to investigate the effectiveness of Mind Map integrated Project-Based Learning (PjBL) strategy in public English language teaching in one of the Chinese higher vocational colleges and designs an English speaking project on food in the campus cafeteria. Twenty freshman students majoring in preschool education are selected in the experimental group and divided into four sub-groups of five students per group to select their tasks for the project so that they can be stimulated to finish the project independently and cooperatively. The other twenty students of the same major are in the control group to compare. The study uses mixed methods by combining quantitative and qualitative methods through students’ English speaking anxiety tests before and after the project by using Horwitz’s Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and a semi-structured interview as a supplement to investigate. It turns out that the Mind Map Integrated Project-Based Learning (PjBL) Strategy reduced students' English speaking anxiety to a certain degree.

The Practical Dilemma and Breakthrough Path of Integrating Curriculum Civics into Public English Teaching of Graduate Students

The Practical Dilemma and Breakthrough Path of Integrating Curriculum Civics into Public English Teaching of Graduate Students

MADM framework based on the triangular Pythagorean fuzzy sets and applications to college public English teaching quality evaluation

The so-called “college English” teaching quality evaluation is to provide a basic, comprehensive, and realistic evaluation of the relevant aspects and management of teaching implementation on the basis of following the general laws of higher education; It is a comprehensive inspection of “College English” teaching and an important means of quality monitoring and policy adjustment for “College English”. As mentioned earlier, teaching evaluation is a comprehensive evaluation of teaching. Therefore, our evaluation of the quality of university public education is actually an examination of our specific measures in evaluating teaching, teaching methods and methods, teaching literature, and other aspects. The college public English teaching quality evaluation is a classical multiple attribute decision making (MADM). In this paper, we define the triangular Pythagorean fuzzy sets (TPFSs) and investigate the MADM problems under TPFSs. Based on the traditional dual generalized weighted Bonferroni mean (DGWBM) operator and dual generalized weighted geometric Bonferroni mean (DGWGBM) operator, some triangular Pythagorean fuzzy operators are proposed: triangular Pythagorean fuzzy DGWBM (TPFDGWBM) operator and triangular Pythagorean fuzzy DGWGBM (TPFDGWGBM) operator. Accordingly, we have took advantage of these operators to develop some approaches to work out the triangular Pythagorean fuzzy MADM. Ultimately, a practical example for college public English teaching quality evaluation is took advantage of to validate the developed approach, and an influence analysis of the parameter on the final results is been presented to attest its availability and validity.

Exploration of Dynamic Stratification and Smart Information Pushing Functions of General English Information Platform of Vocational Colleges in The Internet Era

With the rapid development of information technology, the Internet's role in education has become increasingly prominent. "Teaching students according to their aptitude" is an eternal principle in education. With the support of the Internet, the concept of "teaching students according to their aptitude" in public English information teaching in higher vocational colleges will be more realized and optimized. Based on the analysis of the single learning test method, the lack of personalized customization function, and the inability to carry out individualized teaching on the public English information teaching platform of higher vocational colleges in the current Internet era, this paper puts forward a new idea of creating hierarchical learning test function in combination with information teaching practice, so as to optimize the hierarchical learning test function of the English information teaching platform of higher vocational colleges. To provide students with a higher quality teaching experience.

Recommended methods for teaching resources in public English MOOC based on data chunking

In order to overcome the problems of time-consuming and high recommendation error in traditional public English MOOC teaching resource recommendation methods, this paper proposes a new public English MOOC teaching resource recommendation method based on data partition. The data of public English MOOC teaching resources are collected, and hierarchical clustering algorithm is used to preprocess public English MOOC teaching resources to support the recommendation demand of mobile MOOC teaching resources. According to the preprocessing results, the data block algorithm is used to divide the resource data iteratively. Finally, we calculate the similarity of users' resource use and preference, and construct the public English MOOC teaching resource recommendation model based on the index weight results. Comparative validation results show, in the conventional method, the proposed method recommended consuming less and less precision compared to the recommended.

Reflection and Practice on Public English Teaching in Vocational Colleges from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Reflection and Practice on Public English Teaching in Vocational Colleges from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Multidimensional Psychological Model Construction of Public English Teaching Based on Deep Learning from Multimodal Perspective

Public English instruction focuses on language skill development while also enhancing students’ business professional knowledge and all-around ability under the direction of public English teaching objectives. From a knowledge standpoint, public English instruction contains a lot of tacit knowledge, making it appropriate for case teaching. This paper analyses the knowledge-locking factors in traditional case teaching based on deep learning from the multimodality perspective and builds a mental model to compensate for the shortcomings of the traditional case teaching. In this paper, a multidimensional psychological model is built that overcomes the limitations of conventional approaches. It is based on the multimodal feature extraction and modal selection algorithm of deep learning and multidimensional psychology in public English teaching. The method suggested in this paper outperforms the benchmark model created for the three evaluation indices and also demonstrates the benefits of multimodality. Create a fully integrated multidimensional mental model of the teaching and activity situations so that students can learn with a passion, become more engaged in practising their English, and ultimately develop the language skills required for employment.

Research on Higher Vocational College Public English Blending Teaching Based on “Internet Plus”

“Internet era”not only brings more opportunities for higher vocational public English teaching, but also lets it face with 
 new challenges. The traditional teaching mode has been unable to meet the requirements of English teaching, and it is urgent to 
 promote and apply the blending teaching mode. This paper firstly introduces the connotation and the significance of the blending 
 teaching mode, and then analyzes present situation, the problems and reasons, and finally proposes the strategies to improve the 
 blending teaching of public English in higher vocational colleges.

Research on the Integration of Family and Country Feelings Education into Higher Vocational Public English Teaching

Research on the Integration of Family and Country Feelings Education into Higher Vocational Public English Teaching

A preliminary study of the ideological and political path of public English courses in vocational colleges and universities with new media background

Under the background of the rapid development of new media, the organic integration of public English courses and ideological and political education in vocational colleges and universities is facing opportunities and challenges. How to use new media technology to improve teaching effectiveness, cultivate students' media literacy, and conduct effective curriculum thinking is an urgent problem to be solved. Taking the public English of vocational colleges and universities as an example, this study takes the problems and challenges faced by public English teaching in colleges and universities under the background of new media, and explores the effective way to use new media technology to realize the thinking and politics of public English courses.

Reform of College Public English Teaching Management in the New Media Era

The continuous derivation of new media promotes the major colleges and universities to speed up the innovation of English teaching and management. This paper expounds the influence of new media on public English teaching, comprehensively analyzes the current situation of college English teaching in the era of new media, and thus explores and discusses the strategies of college public English teaching management reform.

Trends of Higher-Vocational English Teaching Modes in China-Based on The Visualization of Cite-Space

Researches on higher-vocational English teaching modes in China have developed for 19 years from 2003 to 2022. There are 8342 researches on higher vocational English teaching modes till Aug. 2022. It is urgent to figure out the research trends of higher-vocational English teaching modes, which include the research hot spots, frontiers and prospects in order to make recommendations for the further researches. Since the number of relative researches has been decreasing since 2018, 3058 researches on higher-vocational English teaching modes from Jan. 2018 to Aug. 2022 on CNKI platform were collected for this study. Cite Space 6.1.R3, as literature visualization analysis tool, was utilized for the study. Cluster analysis, kkeywords visualization function, burst detection function, keywords clustering and timeline function of Cite Space were applied for this research. As the analysis results indicate, the major research trends of higher-vocational English teaching modes include blended teaching mode in China; higher-vocational English teaching modes based on We-chat and other platforms. Research frontiers include business English, public English and hotel English teaching modes; Spoc (Small Private Online Course) teaching modes. Research prospects include blended teaching mode in public English education. As for the authors and institutions for the literature, Zhao Keyan has 15 frequency by citation and Hunan Arts and Crafts Vocational College has the strongest strength. As for the recommendation for further researches on higher-vocational English teaching modes, blended teaching modes in public higher-vocational English education are proposed

Research on Integrating Ideological and Political Elements into Vocational College Public English on the Basis of Project Teaching Method

Public English course is an important part of vocational college education. Exploring the practice and research of integrating ideological and political elements into vocational college public English teaching is conductive to giving full play to the role of this course. Project-based teaching is a student-centered and inquiry-based teaching mode. Students complete project tasks through cooperation, communication, discussion, and exploration, from which their relevant knowledge and skills, practical abilities and comprehensive capability are improved. Based on the project teaching method, digging out the ideological and political elements in the public English course can develop students’ language skills as well as enrich the vocabulary with Chinese characteristics, and it improves their competence to interpret and spread Chinese traditional culture. Hence, students embrace the sense of patriotism and the international outlook.