A Case Study on English Majors’ Use of Listening and Speaking Learning APP “LiuLiShuo”英语专业学生对听说学习APP“流利说”的使用个案研究文献综述
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1. Introduction With the rapid development of science and technology, the popularity of mobile devices not only facilitates people#8217;s lives, but also creates better carriers for mobile learning. It is generally believed that mobile learning can occur at anytime and anywhere. Mobile devices used in mobile learning must be able to effectively present learning content and provide two-way communication between teachers and learners (Aleksander, 2006). With the popularization of smart phones, a variety of mobile learning softwares emerge in endlessly, which provide many conveniences for learners. 1.1 Need for the study According to A Research into Evaluation Indicator System of English Listening and Speaking Software (2009), English learning softwares can be divided into different categories, such as APPs of vocabulary skills training, APPs of listening and speaking skills training, APPs of reading skills training and APPs of writing and translation skills training. They can help us learn English from all aspects, especially listening and speaking learning software, which is very helpful for English learners. In the four basic skills, listening and speaking are the weak links of students nowadays. This kind of learning software integrates all kinds of practical oral situations, such as business talks, English interviews, oral workplace communication, office English, travel English, etc. You can learn by using it anytime, anywhere. Learners are accessible to the class during the opening period of the courses, without having to accommodate the fixed class or missing any class. Multimedia interactive exercises can be carried out anytime and anywhere to bring the classroom around and master the learning progress all the time. The new generation of smart phones has become the mainstream for learning and social interaction. The trend of online education has gradually shifted to mobile learning. Listening and speaking assistive learning APP is the most popular among all kinds of English learning APPs. LiuLiShuo has a total of 110.3 million registered users by the date of December 31, 2018. 1.2 Research purpose The present study intends to investigate students#8217; use of the most popular listening and speaking learning APP ”LiuLiShuo”. Specifically speaking, the purpose of this study is two-folded: firstly, to find out whether it can LiuLiShuo effectively improve students#8217; oral proficiency; secondly, to find out how it can improve students#8217; English proficiency, including listening and speaking. 2. Literature Review 2.1 Theoretical foundation The originator of constructivism can be traced back to Piaget in Switzerland. Constructivist teaching view advocates that the world exists objectively, but the understanding of the world is determined by everyone (Li Qiang, 2015). Different people have different understandings of the same thing because of their original experience. Learning is to guide students to construct new experience from the original experience. Piaget (1972) emphasizes students#8217; subjectivity, autonomy and initiative in teaching activities, and holds that teachers should be the promoters, collaborators and guides of students#8217; active construction of meaning. Situations, collaboration, conversation and meaning construction are considered as the four elements of learning environment. Teachers should be helpers and promoters for students to construct meanings on their own initiative, rather than masters and inculcators in the classroom. It also requires students to study spontaneously and subjectively, learn independently and control the content and process of learning. Constructivism learning concept puts forward new requirements for oral language teaching. The development of wireless network and the update of smart phones provide a platform to practice constructivism teaching theory. LiuLiShuo has independently developed an artificial intelligence English teacher based on learning technology, which can provide personalized and adaptive learning courses for every user. 2.2 Related empirical studies on oral English learning software Some researchers make a comparison between different kinds of English learning APPs. For instance, Zhang Yuqing(2018)analyzes and compared the advantages and disadvantages of three kinds of English learning APPs in terms of function, content and mode. In A Survey of English Learning Applications on Smart Phone Vivo X7(2017), the number of apps for training English listening and speaking ability ranks first, followed by the comprehensive training of listening, speaking, reading and writing among those English learning apps with over 100,000 downloads on Vivo X7. Some researchers carry out experiments to see if oral training APPs can effectively improve students#8217; oral English level. Lv Shuang (2015) analyses the problems existing in oral English of English majors in China, and finds out that oral English learning APP has indeed improved the enthusiasm of students in learning spoken English and the accuracy of pronunciation, which is a method worthy of promotion. He Jie (2018) discusses the feasibility of the application of software in primary school English teaching, and makes a conclusion that English learning software can help to improve students#8217; pronunciation and intonation, enhance their English listening and speaking ability, increase their English vocabulary and reading accumulation, and expand culture input. 2.3 Problems in the previous studies In the past few decades, researchers have studied some English learning softwares. However, there are still some problems in the previous studies. 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