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Interactive Teaching Mode of College English in Higher Vocational Colleges under the Smart Education Environment

Author(s)

Danluo Liao*

Affiliation(s)

Department of Foreign Languages and Foreign Trade, Chongqing Vocational Institute of Tourism, Chongqing, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

Based on the case analysis of high-quality College English courses on public resource platforms such as "Vocational Education Cloud" and "Xueyin Online", this study establishes a classroom observation scale by drawing on the existing coding system for classroom teaching interaction behaviors. The MAXQDA (2022 version) analysis software is used to code the selected classroom samples. The study finds that the current interactive teaching in smart classrooms has the following problems: insufficient depth of cognitive interaction, marginalization of emotional interaction, and technical dependence in operational interaction. In response to these issues, countermeasures such as constructing a "three-dimensional integration" interactive teaching mode, developing intelligent interactive analysis tools, and strengthening teachers' digital literacy are proposed. This research provides theoretical references and practical paths for the construction of smart classrooms for College English in vocational colleges.

Keywords

Smart Education Environment; Higher Vocational Colleges; College English; Interactive Teaching Mode

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