Vocational English Teaching Research Articles

AI Technology Empowerment in Vocational English Teaching: Challenges and Strategies

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into vocational English teaching has revolutionized educational practices, offering personalized learning experiences and enhanced language acquisition. However, this technological shift also presents challenges that need to be addressed to maximize its potential. This paper explores the issues associated with AI technology in vocational English teaching and proposes strategies to overcome these challenges

Innovation on the Integration of AIGC and Ideological-political Education in Vocational English Curriculum

The integration of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) technology in vocational English curriculum offers innovative pathways for enhancing educational experiences and embedding ideological-political education. This paper examines the potential of AIGC to transform vocational English education by personalizing content, fostering interactive learning, and promoting specific values and beliefs. The study explores the innovative applications of AIGC in vocational settings, drawing on theoretical frameworks. The findings suggest that AIGC can significantly improve student engagement and ideological alignment when integrated thoughtfully into the curriculum.

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) in Empowering Vocational English Teaching Evaluation Systems

The integration of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) into vocational English teaching has the potential to revolutionize the evaluation process, making it more efficient, personalized, and insightful. This paper explores the current landscape of AIGC in education, with a focus on its application in vocational English teaching evaluation systems. Through a systematic literature review, we analyze how AIGC can enhance existing evaluation frameworks, the challenges it poses, and the future direction of its integration into educational practices.

Exploration and Research on the Development of Higher Vocational English Education in Guangxi

With the acceleration of economic development and globalization and the rapid development of China’s foreign economy, the position of English education in higher vocational education has become increasingly prominent. Particularly in the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural areas of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, higher vocational education undertakes the responsibility of talent export for the construction of the China-ASEAN foreign trade exchange platform. However, the current phenomena and problems existing in higher vocational English education in Guangxi need to be deeply discussed and solved. Therefore, this paper discusses the development ideas of English education mode in Guangxi higher vocational education and studies the feasibility suggestions, in order to provide a reference for the future development of higher vocational English education in Guangxi.

Optimization and Three-Dimensional Review of the Reform Path of College English Education System Driven by Information Technology in the New Era

Language learning cannot be separated from the environment, and the environment for second language acquisition is becoming more and more perfect and ideal. It makes the traditional single and limited English learning environment gradually move towards a three-dimensional and diversified learning environment. On the premise of the great development of higher education in China, this study aims to conduct research and discussion on higher English teaching. In combination with other successful or well functioning higher English teaching reforms, it studies and discusses some problems faced in the construction and implementation of vocational English teaching application system in China, and finds solutions and methods. Therefore, this study has practical significance for the reform and development of higher English education in China. This manuscript is based on the design of the college English teaching system module of Web technology to realize the sharing of information resources. In addition, with the deepening understanding of the importance of English teaching in colleges and universities, improving English level and English teaching level is the goal of colleges and universities. English teachers urgently need to understand the factors that affect students’ English level in order to teach students in accordance with their aptitude and find the best teaching methods. The experimental results show that the system realizes the management, query and sharing functions of open level information, and has high security and interactivity. The development of the system conforms to the development trend of network information technology and promotes the informatization and standardization of college English teaching management.

A Study on the Course Design of CCQs in Vocabulary Teaching in Higher Vocational English Teaching

This paper aims to explore the application of Concept Checking Questions (CCQs) in English vocabulary teaching in higher vocational colleges. The teaching strategy of CCQs sets the real context and questions for students, promotes students’ in-depth understanding and memory of vocabulary, and improves the efficiency and quality of vocabulary teaching. This study provides a new and effective strategy for English vocabulary teaching in higher vocational colleges through a detailed analysis of its research background, theoretical basis, advantages of teaching methods, specific course design and future development direction.

A Practical Study on Lingnan Culture’s Integration into Higher Vocational English Teaching

Taking excellent cultural inheritance as the starting point, further strengthening the design of English teaching in higher vocational colleges is the key to promoting the development of English teaching and cultivating students’ comprehensive quality. Under the background of the new era, English teachers in higher vocational colleges combine the regional characteristics of Lingnan culture with the integration of regional culture and curriculum teaching, which can further strengthen students’ language ability and application ability, and is also conducive to the inheritance and development of Lingnan culture. This paper studies the practice of integrating Lingnan culture into English teaching in higher vocational colleges and puts forward corresponding views.

Computer-Mediated Communication: Application to Vocational English Education

Recent research on the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tends to focus on how CMC occurs and how to effectively apply Internet-based technologies into classrooms in general while little evidence has been found on the application of CMC tools to teach English language for workplace purposes. Therefore, this article aims to explore the use of CMC as an alternative platform for teaching English for vocational purposes. For this purpose, the current paper is based on library research combining synthesis and analysis of more than thirty empirical and non-empirical articles which were published in journals, conference proceedings, books, and conference presentations. The findings center around specifying: (i) the characteristics of vocational English education and the key theoretical frameworks and pedagogical models that underpin the use of CMC in teaching English for vocational purposes; (ii) the impacts of CMC mode on the students’ language learning outcomes and vocational skill development, and (iii) the needed preparation of educators for the successful use of CMC. The results offer insights into the growth of CMC use as an effective platform in vocational English education.

Research on Teaching Reform of Integrating "Ideological and Political Curriculum" to Cultivate English Core Literacy of Vocational School Students

With the increasing development of the world economy and culture, we have gradually formed the concept of "ideological and political curriculum", which has put forward higher requirements for the cultivation of vocational education talents. As a crucial foundational discipline, English plays an irreplaceable role in students' future growth and development. In vocational English teaching, teachers should carefully study the connotation of the core competencies of the English subject in vocational schools, cleverly integrate ideological and political education into English teaching content, and continuously optimize teaching methods, in order to effectively strengthen students' English subject literacy, and lead students to comprehensive development.

Analysis of Flipped Classroom Blended Teaching Mode Based on Production-oriented Method—Taking Higher Vocational English Teaching as an Example

This paper starts with the explanation of production-oriented approach, flipped classroom and blended teaching theory, analyzes the construction ideas of mixed teaching mode, constructs the teaching implementation path around three stages: output-driven, input-promoting and assessment and evaluation, and focuses on optimizing teaching design, promoting teacher-student transformation and extending the practical platform to explore the specific suggestions on the reform of higher vocational English teaching.

The Photovoice Project: Fostering Students' Autonomous, Collaborative, and Authentic Business/Engineering English Learning Experiences

This perspective article elaborates an instructional approach to business English learning utilizing a photovoice project as a strategy to promote a real-world learning encounter. In professional and vocational colleges, project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy for promoting autonomous, collaborative, and authentic learning nuances. This article sheds light on how photovoice project fosters the students’ technical and business English learning experiences. The project empowers students to take charge of their learning, work collaboratively, and engage in real-world business context. This paper presents the concept of photovoice, learners’ autonomy and collaboration towards photovoice, authentic business English learning encounters, technology-integrated photovoice, project evaluation, and case studies on photovoice project. On top of that, language teachers can utilize project-based photovoice as a valuable tool for promoting innovative and engaging business English learning activities, thus providing students with contextual-based learning environment and preparing them for the real business world. It also brings several implications: 1) for vocational English teachers, implementing photovoice projects offers a powerful tool to create innovative and engaging learning activities, 2) for students, these projects provide a contextualized learning environment that prepares them for the real business world by developing practical language skills and industry-specific knowledge, and institutions will benefit by fostering an educational approach that bridges classroom learning with real-world applications, thereby enhancing the overall quality and relevance of their programs.

Exploring Practical Teaching Strategies in Higher Vocational English Education

Exploring Practical Teaching Strategies in Higher Vocational English Education

Reflections on the Reform of English Teaching in Vocational Colleges from the Perspective of Artificial Intelligence

With the advent of the information age, artificial intelligence has been widely applied in various industries, bringing opportunities for vocational English teaching. In order to better seize these opportunities, vocational colleges need to pay attention to the application of artificial intelligence technology in English teaching, fully leverage its technological advantages and promote innovation in English teaching activities. Starting from the development of artificial intelligence technology, this article analyzes the current situation of vocational English teaching, discusses the value of artificial intelligence technology in vocational English teaching and proposes specific reform strategies for vocational English teaching from the perspective of artificial intelligence, accumulating experience for the implementation of vocational English teaching reform.

Research on the Construction of New Forms of English Teaching Resources in Higher Vocational College

The construction of new forms of teaching resources for higher vocational English education serves as the implementation carrier of the educational digitization strategic initiative in the field of higher vocational education. It aims to digitally transform and intelligently apply traditional teaching resources through information technology, thereby improving the efficiency and quality of higher vocational English teaching. This article aims to analyze the connotation and significance of the construction of new forms of teaching resources, identify the existing issues in teaching resources for higher vocational English education, and propose corresponding strategies. It provides strong support and guidance for the development of new forms of teaching resources in higher vocational English education and promotes the advancement of higher vocational education towards a higher level.

Integrating Traditional Chinese Culture into Vocational English Education: Strategies and Approaches

With economic globalization, English has become a crucial discipline in China s educational system, serving as a vital tool for cross-cultural communication. This paper explores the urgent need to integrate the rich heritage of traditional Chinese culture into vocational English teaching to enhance students cultural understanding and national confidence. It suggests that vocational colleges should take the lead in this initiative, finding effective methods to achieve such integration, thereby preparing students to become effective communicators and ambassadors of Chinese culture on the global stage.

Practice Exploration of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Vocational English Teaching under Informatization

With the rapid development of information technology, artificial intelligence has gradually become a research hotspot in the field of education. Especially in higher vocational education, English teaching as an important basic course, the reform and innovation of its teaching mode is particularly critical. With the continuous development and popularization of artificial intelligence, English teaching in higher vocational colleges will usher in new development opportunities and broad prospects. The purpose of this study is to introduce a potential series of intelligent teaching tools into higher vocational English teaching, enrich teaching methods, and effectively improve teaching efficiency. Based on this, this study will discuss the application of intelligent teaching tools in higher vocational English teaching, as well as the benefits and challenges.

On the Development of Higher Vocational English English Language Teaching in the Digital Era

The 2024 World Digital Education Conference was held in Shanghai, which built an important platform for digital education exchanges and cooperation, and also guided the direction for the development of education in the new era. Based on the background of the conference, this paper discusses achievements of Chinese digital education and the reform of higher vocational English teaching, so as to promote English teaching in higher vocational education and improve the English teaching quality.

Discussion on the Application of Flipped Classroom in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges

With the rapid development of internet technology, educational technology is also advancing continuously. The flipped classroom, as a new teaching model, has demonstrated unique advantages in higher vocational English teaching. This article aims to explore the application effects of the flipped classroom in higher vocational English teaching and its impact on students' learning motivation and achievement. It elaborates on the important role of the flipped classroom in higher vocational English teaching and analyzes the current status of its application in practical English teaching in higher vocational education. In light of the existing problems, effective solutions are proposed. The research results show that the flipped classroom model can significantly improve students' interest in English learning and their academic performance, while also enhancing their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Strategies and Recommendations to Enhance Online English Teaching Quality in Higher Vocational Colleges

The rapid growth of the Internet has propelled online teaching into a prominent position in higher education, including vocational English courses. Despite its widespread adoption, online teaching faces significant challenges compared to traditional classroom methods. This study delves into the current landscape of online teaching in vocational English courses, identifying key issues such as the lack of targeted course content, insufficient teaching resources, and low student participation. Drawing on a literature review and utilizing both quantitative and qualitative research methods, including questionnaire surveys and field observations, this study offers insights into the complexities of online teaching. Findings highlight the importance of improving teacher's technical abilities, fostering active student engagement, optimizing teaching resources and modes, and strengthening online teaching supervision. These strategies are pivotal in enhancing the quality of online teaching and paving the way for further advancements in vocational English education. Future research avenues include exploring innovative teaching models and leveraging emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and virtual reality to enrich the online teaching experience.

Methods of Improving and Optimizing English Education Level in Higher Vocational Colleges Under the Background of Big Data

At present, the English skills of Chinese university graduates cannot meet the needs of social development. Therefore, in recent years, the reform of college English teaching has received unprecedented attention. This article proposes methods for improving vocational English education in the context of big data, including teacher development, curriculum design, teaching modes, teaching resources, and learning evaluation. It also explores and analyzes new models and means of vocational English teaching that are conducive to big data analysis. We adopted a blended learning model that combines large-scale online open courses and SPOC to reform traditional English teaching methods and plans, and studied the teaching effectiveness and feasibility of the blended learning model. The results indicate that it can improve the online course experience and teaching effectiveness. This study promotes the modernization and reform of vocational English education, which helps to enhance students' independent English learning ability and practical work ability.