The Development of Blended Learning Design to Improve English Writing Competence of Higher Vocational College Students in Sichuan, China

Abstract

The thesis titled “The Development of Blended Learning Design to Improve English Writing Competence of Higher Vocational College Students in Sichuan, China” focuses on improving the English writing competence of the higher vocational college students in Sichuan, China through the development of the the blended learning design. Generally, this study aims to 1) improve the English writing competence of higher vocational college students in Sichuan, China by developing blended learning design in English writing teaching 2) to investigate the aspects from which the online writing tool has significantly improved students’ English writing competence.

This study is based on the Constructive learning theory, Master learning theory and Humanistic learning theory. The three theoretical ideas are based on the improvement and development of learners which is aim at students-centered and provide strong theoretical support for this study.

Selecting a sample size of 60 (30 in EC and 30 in CC) through a simple random sampling method. The quantitative research was done and a t-test was used to analyze data obtained from the authentic experiment. The research instruments involve 12 lesson plans, test papers, scoring Rubrics and an online writing tool (Pogai Webpage Application). The findings were as follows:

①The development of blended learning design in English writing teaching can improve higher vocational college students’ English writing competence in Sichuan, China.

②The online writing tool has significantly improved students’ English writing competence from the aspects of writing content, organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanics, among which the improvement of vocabulary and language use is more obvious.

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