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ICYCSEE 2016: Social Computing pp 10–20Cite as

Computer English Teaching Based on WeChat

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Abstract

Computer English plays a vital role in academic study for students majored in Computer Science. As the fast development of information technology, traditional English teaching methods cannot meet students’ learning needs. WeChat is the most popular mobile application of social networks in China. Its features of real-time communication, interactivity and utilization of fragmentary time attract educators’ attention to its application in teaching. This paper carried out an empirical study to explore applying WeChat in Computer English teaching. With WeChat, an English interaction environment was built, and interactive learning activities were implemented. The experimental results show teaching based on WeChat is effective to improve students’ Computer English skills.

This research is partly supported by the Ministry of Education’s Humanities and Social Science Project No. 11YJC740048, Scientific planning issues of education in Heilongjiang Province No. GBC1211062, research fund for the program of new century excellent talents in Heilongjiang provincial university No. 1155-ncet-008 and the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province under grant Nos. QC2015084, F201132.

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  1. School of Foreign Languages, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

    Fei Lang, Kexin Zhang & Peipei Li

  2. School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

    Guanglu Sun

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin, China

    Wanxiang Che

  2. Harbin Engineering University , Harbin, China

    Qilong Han

  3. Harbin Institute of Technology , Harbin, China

    Hongzhi Wang

  4. Northeast Forestry University , Harbin, China

    Weipeng Jing

  5. National University of Defense Technology , Changsha, China

    Shaoliang Peng

  6. Harbin Engineering University , Harbin, China

    Junyu Lin

  7. Harbin Univ. of Science and Technology , Harbin, China

    Guanglu Sun

  8. Harbin Univ. of Science and Technology , Harbin, China

    Xianhua Song

  9. Harbin Engineering University , Harbin, China

    Hongtao Song

  10. Harbin Sea of Clouds & Computer Tech. , Harbin, China

    Zeguang Lu

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Lang, F., Zhang, K., Li, P., Sun, G. (2016). Computer English Teaching Based on WeChat. In: Che, W., et al. Social Computing. ICYCSEE 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 624. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2098-8_2

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