大数据在外语教学中的价值、来源与技术分析

Big Data Value, Sources and Analysis in Foreign Language Teaching

大数据为外语教学带来新的机遇和挑战,使本体论、认识论和方法论发生根本性改变。本文从大数据的基本概念和教育大数据的价值出发,分析在教育结构性调整背景下,大数据对优化外语学习过程、助力个性化教学实践,深化学习者特征分析,精准反映教学要素互动,简化评价方式、克服经验式评价弊端方面带来的新价值;全面挖掘外语教学过程大数据的来源,介绍多种相关大数据分析技术,并提出了正确利用大数据进行外语教学应该注意的几个问题。

The value of big data in foreign language teaching has become more and more prominent, which will ultimately change our ontology, epistemology and methodology. Starting from the basic conception of big data and the educational big data value, this paper first analyzes the new added value of big data in the following foreign language education aspects as optimizing learning process, facilitating the realization of individualized learning, deepening the understand of learning subjects, revealing the interaction between education elements, and simplifying the evaluation methods. Then, it introduces the sources of foreign language education big data and some analysis methods. Last, it elaborates some issues which should be paid attention to when we are applying big data in foreign language teaching and research.