A Survey Study on the Application of Modern Educational Technology in English Major College Teaching in the Age of 5G Communication

5G, the fifth generation of mobile communications technology, is the latest generation of cellular mobile communications technology, with high data rates, reduced latency, energy savings, reduced costs, increased system capacity and large-scale device connectivity. The Ministry of Education had made the integration of information technology and education and teaching development as a key task in 2018, and the arrival of the 5G era has also provided a greater development space for modern education technology, which has brought greater opportunities and challenges for education and teaching. Based on the existing research, this paper takes English major in a university in Northeast China as an example to investigate and analyze the application of modern educational technology in English majors in the 5G era, including the following aspects: 1) the comprehensive ability of English majors; 2) the application of modern educational technology in English major teaching; 3) the students' understanding of modern educational technology; 4) the advantages and disadvantages of the application of modern educational technology in the teaching of English majors; 5) the suggestions of English major students themselves about the application of modern educational technology in the major class learning. Then through the analysis of the survey results, the study thinks about how to make modern educational technology more effective, and combines with the traditional teaching means, puts forward suggestions for better application of modern education technology in English major teaching in the future, so as to promote the improvement of students' comprehensive quality and professional teaching effect.