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Oral English Instruction In Secondary Vocational Education In China: A Blended Learning Approach

Guiqin Qin | Brendalyn A. Manzano

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the status of blended learning in Secondary English Teaching in China. It sought to describe the platforms and application software used by teachers and students in blended oral English teaching, how the blended model of teaching carried out by the participants, the problems encountered by the participants while implementing the blended teaching model, and the reform strategies proposed to enhance the secondary vocational oral English instruction. For the data collection, a questionnaire and interview guide were employed. Four hundred eighty (480) students and 20 teachers participated in the questionnaire survey, while 12 students and 6 teachers participated in the interviews. They were all from two secondary schools in Yizhou District, Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The questionnaire was adapted from the AIC-CCS Scale created by Wu et al. (2013). In analyzing the results, mean score, and ranking were used as statistical techniques.