A Review of Four Representative Teaching Methods of English Classes in Chinese Universities
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Teaching Method, English, Flipped Classroom, AR Technology.Abstract
Education has always been a topic of great concern and good teaching methods help students to learn better. Any teaching mode points to and accomplishes certain teaching objectives. Traditional teaching models are elaborated from the perspective of how teachers teach, ignoring the issue of how students learn. The development trend of modern teaching models is to attach importance to the subjectivity of students in teaching activities, to their participation in teaching and to the rational design of 'teaching' and 'learning' activities according to the needs of teaching. There are now many teaching methods in schools, each with its own characteristics and drawbacks. Whether a teaching model is suitable for student learning or whether it will be the future of education depends on what students learn from it and what people say about it. There are currently four representative teaching methods that are suitable for students, namely face-to-face teaching, which is the oldest mode of teaching. There is also online teaching, graded teaching and flipped classrooms. The article analyses the advantages and disadvantages of the different models for teaching purpose and finally chooses the one that is most suitable for university students to learn English.
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