关键词: 学术英语听力; 听力过程; 多模态学习; 社会建构主义学习理论; 混合式学习

Abstract: English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is currently an area that has received much attention in the reform of college English teaching. However, studies on academic listening have not received enough attention in our country, among which technology-assisted academic listening is the least researched area. In light of the research gap, the present paper attempts to integrate mobile technology and internet technology with classroom teaching to design a “Wechat + Classroom + TED-Ed” blended learning model based on existing literature and the difficulties encountered by students in the academic listening classroom. Such a model is grounded in social constructive learning theory, which integrates three types of knowledge and two processes in listening comprehension with important factors in academic listening, such as structural features and note-taking skills of lectures. Meanwhile, the facilitative effects of multimodal inputs and multimodal transformations in improving academic listening proficiency are also taken into consideration in the process of model design. The present study explores an innovative means of improving academic listening comprehension with the assistance of educational technology. It is expected to complement previous studies on academic listening in our country in terms of research content and perspective, as well as encouraging further studies in this area.

Keywords: academic listening; listening process; multimodal learning; social constructive learning theory; blended learning