Blended Learning in College Foreign Language Study: Feedback and Implementation

In recent years, the application of internet technologies has become a growing tendency among students, which is considered efficient in studying foreign languages. Novel techniques are also inspiring for teachers to adjust and innovate their teaching methods to meet the needs of students. In this way, the integration of online resources with traditional classroom teaching seems to be worth of study as a popular area of research. In this paper, the author endeavors to investigate the practical aspects and strategies of blended learning (BL) in the context of An Integrated English Course under the framework of Community of Inquiry (COI). With concrete case studies on students, this paper reveals how online learning and offline learning jointly form BL. Moreover, it shows that how teachers should adjust the teaching strategies, and appropriately adopt BL in teaching. The study on BL is considered enlightening for both students and teachers. It helps students to understand the concept of BL and to use them better. Moreover, it is valuable for teachers to learn the practical use of online and offline learning, and offer valuable insights in language teaching.