The Flipped Classroom in Multimodal CBI College English Teaching

摘要

Nowadays the vast amount of learning resources on the Internet and many new learning models like MOOCs have brought unprecedented impact on traditional College English teaching. In the light of the theory of multimodal discourse analysis, Content-Based Instruction and the idea of a flipped classroom, this paper intends to formulate an efficient and individualized mode for College English teaching by dint of advanced information technology and internet resources. In the proposed mode, the leading role of classroom teaching would be reversed to students, the function of multiple modalities in influencing teaching effect fully considered, and the acquisition of English embedded in learning subject matter in English. The present study may make a breakthrough in China' College English teaching reform by proposing a dynamic and interactive English teaching mode which is committed to stimulating students' passion for English learning and motivating them to conduct enquiry learning.