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【Abstract】Based on the predominance of WeChat in spreading， this paper discusses how to construct an ideal mobile learning pattern in college English under the function of WeChat， aiming at building an interactive platform for mobile learning to support students independent study in English， both online and offline.

【Key words】WeChat； mobile learning； college English

【摘要】從微信的功能出发，分析其在大学英语学习中的优势和具体运用，旨在搭建基于微信的大学英语移动学习互动平台，以支持学生线上线下的资助英语学习。

【关键词】微信 移动学习 大学英语

1. Introduction

WeChat， as a type of mobile phone chatting software， since its convenient one to one communication and multiple functions has become one of the most favorite social soft-wares among college students. This paper will mainly discuss how to construct an interactive platform for mobile learning， to support students independent study in English.

2. Establishment of Mobile Learning Based on WeChat

WeChat provides an ideal language exchange platform surpassing time and space and can create oral English learning environment. This also eliminates the obstacle of face-to-face communication and nervous language organization. Such mode owns certain flexibility in time and space.

2.1 “Seamless” Study Realized by Sharing Function

Students could share English Essay， poetry， stories， novels， etc.， create a relaxed atmosphere for learning， while the instant visual sense， which pictures and videos bring you， can not only increase students interest in learning， but also reinforce their learning effect. This kind of learning mode makes it possible for students to decide what content to learn and exercise students self-learning ability. All of which make college students share English learning resources around them and the real “seamless” study come true， by taking a picture of those learning materials and sending to others with the help WeChat.

2.2 Mobile Learning Corner Established by Voice Function

The voice function of WeChat， is able to extend Classroom Teaching in oral English， making students take part in topic discussion and mutual evaluation to improve the effects of interactive teaching. In addition， WeChat not only make up for the deficiency of traditional communication software in oral English， interaction and communication in listening， but also possesses great advantages which the traditional communicate software is lack of. Therefore， the voice function of WeChat make it possible for students to listen the message left by others again and again， which is conducive to increase the convenience of practicing oral English and listening ability in students daily life.endprint

2.3 English Learning Materials Disseminated by Public Platform

According to students learning situation， teachers pick up some suitable and refined English reading materials， videos and audios and then send them to the public platform. In addition， they have the responsibility to recommend some practical and excellent public platform which is helpful to their students English learning to extend their students scope of knowledge. Students is capable of searching teaching materials and common problems thy met in the process of learning independently and put forward some personalized questions waiting their teachers explanation， through user-defined reply function.

2.4 Group Cooperative Learning Realized by Group Chat

The cooperative learning of Group Chat in WeChat is conducive to promote the dynamic integration of different processes in college English teaching. At the same time， teachers are capable of starting a discussion on some much-talked-about topic or knowledge point summarized in the classroom teaching in Group Chat to stimulate their students to talk about these questions with the help of WeChat video call. All these are conducive to achieve a kind of cooperative learning model putting emphasis on the students as center .

3. Conclusion

WeChat， as a new kind of network communication platform， is applied into mobile learning in college English， which， not only expands the space and time of English teaching， creates a cooperative learning atmosphere， but also makes powerful compensations for college English teaching. However， mobile learning in college English based on WeChat is still in its exploratory and testing stage. Therefore， in the practical application， attention should be paid to combine the mobile learning with the Classroom Teaching， give play to teachers supervising function， and set up reasonable assessment system.

References：

[1]Chambers，A.Computer and Language Learning in College：An Overview[M].New York：Language Teaching，1998.endprint