Integrating the Production-oriented Approach into Blended College English Viewing, Listening and Speaking Courses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18063/cef.v3i5.1182Keywords:
Production-oriented Approach (POA), blended learning, College English Viewing, Listening and Speaking courses, instructional practiceAbstract
The growing emphasis on educational informatization and communicative competence highlights the need to reform college English viewing, listening and speaking courses. Traditional models often overemphasize input while neglecting output, limiting students’ engagement and intercultural competence. This study adopts the Production-oriented Approach (POA) as its theoretical framework and integrates it with the Xuexitong digital learning platform to design a blended instructional model. The model applies three core POA phases—motivating, enabling, and assessing—within a formative evaluation system. A unit from New Horizon College English Viewing, Listening and Speaking 1 (4th edition) is used as a case for implementation. The blended POA-based approach enhanced students’ learning engagement, autonomous study habits, language output, and collaborative skills. The study demonstrates the effectiveness of combining POA with digital platforms in English instruction and offers practical insights for future curriculum design and research on POA-based language instruction.
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