Application of Blended Teaching into the Course of Comprehensive English

This study, incorporating the quantitative and qualitative research methods, has explored the application of the blended teaching model in Comprehensive English for English majors. It adopts the experimental research method and selects two classes without significant difference before the experiment as research subjects. Questionnaires and interviews are conducted for students from the pilot class to investigate their viewpoints on the efficiency of the blended teaching as well as their attitudes towards this model. In addition, an independent samples test is conducted on the final exam results at the end of the semester to investigate the efficiency of blended teaching in this course. It is proved that this teaching model is instrumental to students' English learning and most students appreciate it. The researcher has reflected on the problems existing the application and come up with some solutions so as to make full use of this model and further improve the students' learning efficiency.