A Study on SPOC: In the Case of English Vocabulary Teaching

Zhenyang SU, Shasha WANG, Dezhi WANG, Ji QI, Caitian SHEN

Abstract


Lexical ability of word formation, lexical collocation, grammatical pattern and contextual meaning are crucial to foreign language learners, especially to the English majors of local universities. This study first reviews the previous researches about knowledge of vocabulary and proposes the four elements in depth of English vocabulary knowledge. Second, it reviews some important vocabulary teaching theories and points out that the basis of vocabulary teaching based on SPOC is Connectivism. Third, it explains blended teaching modes based on SPOC. Fourth, it describes a vocabulary teaching experiment based on blended mode of SPOC conducted in English major class of a local university, including experimental process and experimental result analysis. Finally, it concludes that the SPOC-based vocabulary teaching which is very suitable for English majors of local universities is superior to traditional ones, with its significant promoting effect on the improvement of the depth of English majors’ vocabulary knowledge.

Keywords


SPOC; English vocabulary; Teaching and learning

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/12807

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