信息技术辅助的商务英语写作翻转课堂学习成绩和满意度研究

Academic Achievements and Satisfaction of the Information Technology-aided Flipped Business English Writing Class

翻转课堂在教学改革上已取得较大成功。该研究旨在结合定量和定性的研究方法,探讨信息技术辅助下的商务英语写作翻转课堂的效果。被试随机抽取自商务英语专业的本科生。研究工具为商务英语写作测试量表和半结构性访谈问卷。研究基本流程为前测、实验、后测。提出的研究假说为:(1)信息技术辅助下的商务英语写作翻转课堂教学效果优于传统教学形式;(2)信息技术辅助下的商务英语写作翻转课堂的满意度高于传统课堂。结果支持了这两个假说。未来可研究更多的课程,扩大研究范围,以进一步探讨翻转课堂的效果。

The flipped classroom has been achieving agreat success in teaching innovation.This study,aiming to determine the effectiveness of the flipped model in business English writing course,combined the quantitative with the qualitative research methods.Participants were randomly selected from undergraduate students majoring in business English. The research instruments in this study included a satisfaction scale,a Business English Writing Test,and a semi-structured interview.The research procedure was made up of apretest-treatment-posttest design. Both hypotheses were accepted and it was concluded that the flipped business English writing classroom brought about better academic achievements than the traditional one,and the flipped business English writing classroom was more satisfactory than the traditional one. Future studies could pivot on different courses and expand the research scopes to examine the effectiveness of the flipped classroom.