Discussion on influencing factors in college students' web-based learning of English

摘要

Web-Based Instruction (WBI) has already become a popular option in many higher education institutes, although its efficiency has not been studied. Students will be influenced by many factors while studying through the network. These factors can result in various learning results. The aim of this paper is to discuss the factors affecting the efficiency of WBI by using the method of questionnaire survey. 50 students from the Department of English and 50 students who are not from the Department of English in Anqing Normal College are research subjects. The influencing factors investigated include independent learning capability (ILC), study conditions in college, and students' family conditions. The investigation results are analyzed and some methods to improve the learning efficiency are proposed.