# Teaching Methods and Practices of University English Classroom Based on Big Data

Authors: Mengjun Li
Journal: Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
 (2022)

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## Abstract

Traditional university English classroom teaching has undergone radical changes in the context of big data, with new trends in the teaching mode of teachers, the learning mode of students, and the interaction mode of teachers and students. In order to keep up with the development of society, university English cannot remain stagnant and cannot continue to adopt traditional teaching and learning methods. In order to keep up with the development of society and meet its requirements, university English courses should be combined with big data technology to improve the quality of university English. Classroom engagement can attract students’ attention and motivate them to learn, thus improving the quality of university English teaching. This paper elaborates on the changes in university English teaching methods in the context of big data from the changes and role of the English classroom and investigates and analyzes 228 students’ evaluations of the English classroom in our university to further propose ways to improve the teaching methods in the university English classroom. Strategies. This paper discusses how the application of big data technology can assist university English classroom teaching, providing an effective reference for the more efficient use of information technology to help university English classroom teaching in the future and enriching the theoretical basis for university English classroom teaching.


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## Body

## 1. Introduction

With the application of big data technology in teaching, the traditional college English classroom teaching has undergone great changes. In terms of learning subjects, students’ awareness of autonomous learning has been strengthened, their study habits have been improved, and their learning methods have also changed. In terms of teaching content, teaching content is no longer limited to textbooks but enriches and expands teaching content and broadens students’ horizons. In terms of teaching methods, traditional college English learning is mainly in the form of classroom explanations by teachers and then final exam papers, forming a single fixed model. In contrast, the application of big data technology can flexibly use a variety of teaching methods to enhance students’ interest in learning [1–4]. In teaching media, computers, networks, etc., have been applied to classroom teaching as auxiliary means, changing the monotonous teaching media such as white pen and blackboard. At present, with the introduction of technology in my country’s education, the trend of combining big data with educational classrooms is also increasing. As Figure 1 shows, the trend in education is for the most part gradually moving towards information technology and big data technologies.Figure 1
The development trend of education under big data.Table 1
College students’ classroom evaluation rules.
ScoreMeaning1Very dissatisfied2Dissatisfied3Generally4Satisfy5Very satisfiedThe integration of big data technology and college English subjects can not only activate classroom teaching and diversify students’ thinking but also use big data technology to flexibly examine students’ abilities in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The integration of big data technology and college English classroom has become a new teaching mode with its characteristics of autonomy, flexibility, and innovation (Table1). It is precisely because of the huge changes caused by the use of big data technology in the classroom that new changes have been brought to the traditional college English classroom teaching [4, 5]. Therefore, it is important to study the methods and practices of college English classroom teaching under the background of big data significance.In recent years, online courses have swept the world, and more and more colleges and universities have joined the army of online courses. At present, more than 200 educational and scientific research institutions from 21 countries and regions around the world have participated in the sharing of network resources and implemented open curriculum resources with local characteristics. At the same time, international network sharing courses (open courses), namely, “International Open Course Ware Consortium (OCWC),” MOOCs, high-quality university online courses, etc., have been formed, and the carriers also show a trend of mobility. MOOCs have become the trend of the times for the innovation and development of university courses around the world, creating unprecedented large halls and arenas. The development of online courses also has a certain relationship with regions, because each region has different educational models and network support. According to network statistics, as of 2020, most of the online courses will be offered in the domestic A region. One of the statistical graphs of the distribution of online teaching is shown in Figure2.Figure 2
Statistical map of network teaching distribution.Figure 3
Platform analysis diagram.John Dewey is a relatively early researcher of academic participation theory. He believes that students’ participation in the classroom is an instinct [6], and students’ participation is a form of classroom learning driven by emotion and interest. Jerome Seymour Bruner, Jean Paul Piaget and Zankov also have different researches on student participation [7, 8]. They have the same view on the nature of students, and they all think that student participation is the process of students’ active construction. Learning is building knowledge. However, they also have different opinions on student participation. Bruner and Piaget believe that student participation is mainly students’ exploration of knowledge, emphasizing students’ own thirst for knowledge. However, Zankov believes that students’ learning needs the guidance of teachers, and the mastery of knowledge cannot be separated from teachers. Therefore, the tutors have different teaching methods.In addition to research on student participation in theory, there is also research on the fact of classroom participation. Next, the author classifies related research as follows: first, from the perspective of student participation itself, student participation is initially from students in the classroom. Performance in teaching activities: in Jackson’s book “Life in the Classroom” [9], he uses observational methods to observe students’ participation in course learning. Astin et al. also discussed the concept of student participation [10] and also proposed some points of student participation. Fein et al. designed a student participation questionnaire, which includes three evaluation dimensions: effort, initiative, and nonparticipation, so as to evaluate and analyze the amount of student participation. Aguillon et al. conducted a series of studies on students’ classroom participation from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives [11]. Secondly, it is a study that takes student participation as a factor in classroom teaching. In 1993, Biggs proposed a 3-model [12], namely, presage, process, produce, from which we can see that he believes that the necessary conditions for students’ classroom learning are learning process and learning results. The related theories of Biggs provided an important reference for the subsequent research on student participation.The flipped classroom model came into being with big data technology. Tucker believes that the flipped classroom is [13] “the teaching content in the traditional classroom is brought up before the classroom teaching and completed by the students independently, so that the classroom can be transformed into a place for solving problems, deepening the understanding of concepts, and cooperative learning.” Afterwards, Parlier et al. defined it as “the transfer of direct learning from a large group learning space to an individual learning space by teachers through the support of media technology” [14].Classroom participation benefits students by enhancing their participation, critical thinking, interpersonal communication, and motivation [15]. Cao took 354 freshmen as the research object [16] to explore their attitudes towards oral English classroom participation in the transition to an English-medium, communication-oriented teaching mode, aiming to clarify students’ participation and nonparticipation in the classroom The reasons for discussion and the relationship between participation and English performance, by collecting and analyzing data from two questionnaires and two English grades, showed that students’ classroom participation was significantly related to course grades and English listening proficiency. Professor Zhang put forward [17]: “English education and teaching is not only based on learning to determine teaching, teaching is based on learning, more learning and intensive teaching, and its ultimate goal is to teach without teaching. Self-study. Lifelong enjoyment of self-study is the ultimate goal of student learning.”Today, in the face of the intelligent mode of the Web 3.0 era and the intelligent network of harmonious human-computer dialogue, university English classroom teaching is charged with the dual mission of teaching and educating people and practical research. On the one hand, the classroom is the main venue for student learning and the main channel for educating people; on the other hand, the classroom is the “touchstone” for teaching practice and the “testing ground” for educational research. It is difficult to change the phenomenon of dumb and deaf English, which is caused by the lack of thinking and discernment due to the inability to meet the individual needs of students. To a certain extent, the revolution in classroom teaching has led to a revolution in the cultivation of talents, and the demand for talents in society has forced a revolution in classroom teaching. The gap between the demand for talents and the supply of talents needs to be filled, which requires the reconstruction of the values of intelligent English classroom teaching from the supply of education, in order to improve the phenomenon of “two skins” of information technology and education teaching.


## 2. The Reform of College English Classroom Teaching under the Background of Big Data

### 2.1. Change 1: The Emergence of Flipped Classrooms, Microcourses, and MOOCs

Big data should be the driving force behind MOOCs, and MOOCs based on big data have brought new challenges and opportunities to the development of foreign language teaching. The emergence of flipped classrooms, microcourses, and MOOCs has really begun to revolutionize education. Khan Academy in the United States has subverted the traditional classroom teaching structure. Students complete their learning tasks through personalised online learning at home, and teachers and students communicate, share, and inquire to deepen and consolidate knowledge.The flipped classroom has gone through three stages in China, from the transplant stage of learning and understanding the new concepts of foreign flipped classrooms, to the implementation stage of in-class flipping based on China’s national conditions, and then from focusing on classroom structure flipping to focusing on the third stage of deep learning growth.Microlectures take 5-10 minutes to explain a very scattered point of knowledge. It is a micro video composed of knowledge points, examples, exercises, or teaching experience. It uses brief language and lively rhythm to carry on the analysis and analysis to the knowledge point one by one and answers the question for the student in a short time.MOOC is an acronym for Massive Open On-Line Courses. MOOC initiated by famous American universities has promoted the development of education [18], changed the traditional education concept and teaching mode, and stimulated and improved students’ interest in learning. There are three main learning platforms of MOOCs. Coursera, Udacity, and Edx have more than 80 institutions offering more than 400 courses, attracting more than 6 million participants in more than 220 countries.


### 2.2. Change 2: The Paradigm of Mobile Learning in College English Classrooms

The development of the mobile Internet has prepared the basic conditions for the reform of college English classroom teaching, especially the use of mobile phones in college English classroom teaching has brought a new turning point to education. When students take out their smartphones and open the APP, QR codes and WeChat have changed the way educational information is delivered. Students use mobile phones to search for materials, do exercises, watch microlectures, exchange information, send Weibo, make audio and video recordings, and broadcast live classroom teaching in the classroom. According to the “48th Statistical Report on the Development of China’s Internet” released by the China Internet Network Information Center in 2022 [19], the technology that will eventually change the classroom may be the mobile phone, and the smartphone is the biggest challenger to the traditional classroom. Because the portability and mobility of mobile phones are more suitable for learners’ mobile learning, they are more suitable for learners to learn independently. The use of mobile phones in college English classrooms makes learning more personal.


### 2.3. Change 3: Application of APP+CMS/MOOC and Other Course Management Systems in College English Classrooms

The APP (application) smartphone application combined with the advantages of the CMS (content management system) and the powerful information resources possessed by cloud computing provide a rich curriculum management system for university teachers’ classroom teaching.At present, various online education systems have gradually appeared on the market, and the most common ones are MOOC, Sakai, and Udemy Figure3. According to network statistics, the number of courses involved in these systems reaches 20,000, and the quality of the courses is also very high.The world famous course management systems are Blackboard, Sakai, and Udemy [20]. The Blackboard digital teaching platform developed by Blackboard Company in the United States provides teachers and students with a learning platform composed of multimedia and network, during which teachers and students communicate in various courses. Blackboard has a powerful virtual environment for online teaching and is a bridge for teachers and students to communicate. Sakai has a free and open source online collaboration and learning environment, a free, shared source code teaching, research, and collaborative educational software platform, similar to Moodle’s course management and learning management system, with a virtual learning environment. Udemy is an online teaching and learning platform. The website mainly provides education or training tutorials, covering lifestyle, entrepreneurship, technology, general technology, etc. The number of tutorials has reached 6,000. His content is very comprehensive but mainly focuses on popular industry.There are also cloud service platforms for front-line teachers to manage their own microcourses, such as the following: NetEase Cloud Classroom, Baidu Chuanke, Taobao Classmates, Yuantiku, and 365 Microlearning. MIT expert Janet Horowitz Murray uses chatterbot to create an interactive novel writing course that gives students the opportunity to create characters using a simple writing system and provides a tutorial that illustrates how literary skills can be combined with computer technology. For example, Internet+APP+CMS/MOOC has changed the thinking of classroom education resource construction.


## 2.1. Change 1: The Emergence of Flipped Classrooms, Microcourses, and MOOCs

Big data should be the driving force behind MOOCs, and MOOCs based on big data have brought new challenges and opportunities to the development of foreign language teaching. The emergence of flipped classrooms, microcourses, and MOOCs has really begun to revolutionize education. Khan Academy in the United States has subverted the traditional classroom teaching structure. Students complete their learning tasks through personalised online learning at home, and teachers and students communicate, share, and inquire to deepen and consolidate knowledge.The flipped classroom has gone through three stages in China, from the transplant stage of learning and understanding the new concepts of foreign flipped classrooms, to the implementation stage of in-class flipping based on China’s national conditions, and then from focusing on classroom structure flipping to focusing on the third stage of deep learning growth.Microlectures take 5-10 minutes to explain a very scattered point of knowledge. It is a micro video composed of knowledge points, examples, exercises, or teaching experience. It uses brief language and lively rhythm to carry on the analysis and analysis to the knowledge point one by one and answers the question for the student in a short time.MOOC is an acronym for Massive Open On-Line Courses. MOOC initiated by famous American universities has promoted the development of education [18], changed the traditional education concept and teaching mode, and stimulated and improved students’ interest in learning. There are three main learning platforms of MOOCs. Coursera, Udacity, and Edx have more than 80 institutions offering more than 400 courses, attracting more than 6 million participants in more than 220 countries.


## 2.2. Change 2: The Paradigm of Mobile Learning in College English Classrooms

The development of the mobile Internet has prepared the basic conditions for the reform of college English classroom teaching, especially the use of mobile phones in college English classroom teaching has brought a new turning point to education. When students take out their smartphones and open the APP, QR codes and WeChat have changed the way educational information is delivered. Students use mobile phones to search for materials, do exercises, watch microlectures, exchange information, send Weibo, make audio and video recordings, and broadcast live classroom teaching in the classroom. According to the “48th Statistical Report on the Development of China’s Internet” released by the China Internet Network Information Center in 2022 [19], the technology that will eventually change the classroom may be the mobile phone, and the smartphone is the biggest challenger to the traditional classroom. Because the portability and mobility of mobile phones are more suitable for learners’ mobile learning, they are more suitable for learners to learn independently. The use of mobile phones in college English classrooms makes learning more personal.


## 2.3. Change 3: Application of APP+CMS/MOOC and Other Course Management Systems in College English Classrooms

The APP (application) smartphone application combined with the advantages of the CMS (content management system) and the powerful information resources possessed by cloud computing provide a rich curriculum management system for university teachers’ classroom teaching.At present, various online education systems have gradually appeared on the market, and the most common ones are MOOC, Sakai, and Udemy Figure3. According to network statistics, the number of courses involved in these systems reaches 20,000, and the quality of the courses is also very high.The world famous course management systems are Blackboard, Sakai, and Udemy [20]. The Blackboard digital teaching platform developed by Blackboard Company in the United States provides teachers and students with a learning platform composed of multimedia and network, during which teachers and students communicate in various courses. Blackboard has a powerful virtual environment for online teaching and is a bridge for teachers and students to communicate. Sakai has a free and open source online collaboration and learning environment, a free, shared source code teaching, research, and collaborative educational software platform, similar to Moodle’s course management and learning management system, with a virtual learning environment. Udemy is an online teaching and learning platform. The website mainly provides education or training tutorials, covering lifestyle, entrepreneurship, technology, general technology, etc. The number of tutorials has reached 6,000. His content is very comprehensive but mainly focuses on popular industry.There are also cloud service platforms for front-line teachers to manage their own microcourses, such as the following: NetEase Cloud Classroom, Baidu Chuanke, Taobao Classmates, Yuantiku, and 365 Microlearning. MIT expert Janet Horowitz Murray uses chatterbot to create an interactive novel writing course that gives students the opportunity to create characters using a simple writing system and provides a tutorial that illustrates how literary skills can be combined with computer technology. For example, Internet+APP+CMS/MOOC has changed the thinking of classroom education resource construction.


## 3. Research on Autonomous Learning Mode in College English Classroom under the Background of Big Data

### 3.1. The Impact of the Development of Big Data on College English Learning (Role Change)

(1)
The role of teachers has changedWith the continuous improvement of my country’s Internet technology level and the rapid development of big data, my country has fully entered the era of big data. In this era, educational resources are shared, and teachers and students can obtain educational and learning resources through the Internet platform. In college English teaching, students can not only learn English knowledge through the classroom but also obtain more abundant learning resources on the network platform. However, in the process of choosing learning resources, students are prone to encounter difficulties and even be affected by bad information on the Internet, which goes against the original intention of online learning. Therefore, teachers no longer just instill English grammar knowledge to students in the classroom but help students to find study skills and highlight the students’ dominant position. In addition, students can rate teachers and evaluate teachers through the campus network. Therefore, college English teachers constantly improve their teaching ability, change teaching methods, and change teaching roles to meet students’ psychological needs for English teaching.(2)
The role of students has changedIn college English learning, some students have poor English foundation. In addition, most high school English teachers are affected by the test-oriented education model and treat students differently, resulting in students with poor English learning ability, losing confidence in English learning. Therefore, some students treat college English learning negatively and even give up participating in English learning activities. In response to this learning situation, college English teachers use big data technology to build a network learning platform, so that students can choose appropriate learning resources according to their own learning foundation in the network platform. At the same time, on the online platform, students can broaden their learning channels, increase learning opportunities, and make students feel the fairness of education. Therefore, in college English learning, under the influence of big data technology, the role of students is effectively changed and the dominant position of students is highlighted.(3)
Changes in the way of learningIn college English learning, through constructivism, teachers can make it clear that language learning is based on learners’ existing knowledge structure and conduct learning and communication in various language environments, thereby constructing a new language knowledge system. In traditional English teaching, teachers take themselves as the main body of education and instill English grammar knowledge in students. The channels for students to acquire English knowledge are relatively single. However, in the context of the era of big data, teachers build an online learning platform, so that students can obtain more abundant learning resources in the network. In addition, students can effectively change their English learning methods by watching English teaching videos, pictures, etc., so that students have a desire to explore English knowledge.


### 3.2. Data Collection

This article collects the effective data of 228 college students’ evaluation of college English classroom teaching under big data technology from MOOC courses and conducts research on 6 factors: teacher-student interaction, student-student interaction, course rationality, classroom satisfaction, teacher satisfaction, and instructional technology equipment. Among them, 116 are boys, 112 are girls, 120 are science and engineering students, and 108 are liberal arts students Figure4.The college students who received the questionnaire were evaluated and scored the above factors according to their true wishes. The specific scoring rules are as follows:


### 3.3. Correlation Analysis

Correlation analysis refers to the analysis of multiple variables with correlation [21], so as to measure the degree of correlation or closeness between variables. Correlation can be applied to the analysis process of all data. There is a certain connection between everything. In order to more accurately describe the degree of correlation between variables, it is represented by the count correlation coefficient. In correlation analysis, the correlation coefficient is used. These are Pearson correlation coefficient and Spearman rank correlation coefficient Table 2.The Pearson correlation coefficient reflects the strength of the linear correlation between two variables, and the larger the absolute value of the coefficient, the stronger the correlation. The value interval and mathematical meaning of the Pearson coefficient are shown in the following table [22]:Using the Pearson coefficient as an indicator, the SPSS software was used to analyze the correlation between the abovementioned survey variables and the evaluation scores of college students. The results are as Figure5 shows:Figure 4
Male to female ratio and subject ratio.Table 2
Pearson correlation coefficient.
ValueMeaning[0.0, 0.2]Irrelevant[0.2, 0.4]Weak correlation[0.4, 0.6]Moderately relevant[0.6, 0.8]Strong correlation[0.8, 1]Very strong correlationFrom the heat map above, it can be seen that all six relationship mappings are correlated, each to a different degree, and the degree of their correlation varies for different percentages. From the diagram, it can be resolved that there are strong correlations between course rationality and student-student interaction, classroom satisfaction and student-student interaction, and classroom satisfaction and student-student interaction; there are moderate correlations between course rationality and teacher-student interaction and classroom satisfaction and teacher-student interaction; meanwhile, there are correlations between teacher satisfaction and teacher-student interaction, teacher satisfaction and classroom satisfaction, and teaching technology equipment and classroom satisfaction. In other words, in the context of big data, student satisfaction, teacher-student interaction, student-student interaction, and course rationality in college students’ English classroom teaching practices interact with each other and play a positive role in promoting each other.Figure 5
Correlation coefficient heat map.Figure 6
Classroom feedback graph.Therefore, these four factors have become the primary starting point for improving college English classroom teaching methods [23–26]. Increasing teacher-student interaction and student-student interaction in college English classrooms can stimulate students’ interest in learning and increase their satisfaction with courses and teacher recognition. The rationality of the course design and the ability to promote the communication between students and teachers further improve the quality of teaching. Instructional technology equipment can stimulate students’ interest and increase the interest of the course.


## 3.1. The Impact of the Development of Big Data on College English Learning (Role Change)

(1)
The role of teachers has changedWith the continuous improvement of my country’s Internet technology level and the rapid development of big data, my country has fully entered the era of big data. In this era, educational resources are shared, and teachers and students can obtain educational and learning resources through the Internet platform. In college English teaching, students can not only learn English knowledge through the classroom but also obtain more abundant learning resources on the network platform. However, in the process of choosing learning resources, students are prone to encounter difficulties and even be affected by bad information on the Internet, which goes against the original intention of online learning. Therefore, teachers no longer just instill English grammar knowledge to students in the classroom but help students to find study skills and highlight the students’ dominant position. In addition, students can rate teachers and evaluate teachers through the campus network. Therefore, college English teachers constantly improve their teaching ability, change teaching methods, and change teaching roles to meet students’ psychological needs for English teaching.(2)
The role of students has changedIn college English learning, some students have poor English foundation. In addition, most high school English teachers are affected by the test-oriented education model and treat students differently, resulting in students with poor English learning ability, losing confidence in English learning. Therefore, some students treat college English learning negatively and even give up participating in English learning activities. In response to this learning situation, college English teachers use big data technology to build a network learning platform, so that students can choose appropriate learning resources according to their own learning foundation in the network platform. At the same time, on the online platform, students can broaden their learning channels, increase learning opportunities, and make students feel the fairness of education. Therefore, in college English learning, under the influence of big data technology, the role of students is effectively changed and the dominant position of students is highlighted.(3)
Changes in the way of learningIn college English learning, through constructivism, teachers can make it clear that language learning is based on learners’ existing knowledge structure and conduct learning and communication in various language environments, thereby constructing a new language knowledge system. In traditional English teaching, teachers take themselves as the main body of education and instill English grammar knowledge in students. The channels for students to acquire English knowledge are relatively single. However, in the context of the era of big data, teachers build an online learning platform, so that students can obtain more abundant learning resources in the network. In addition, students can effectively change their English learning methods by watching English teaching videos, pictures, etc., so that students have a desire to explore English knowledge.


## 3.2. Data Collection

This article collects the effective data of 228 college students’ evaluation of college English classroom teaching under big data technology from MOOC courses and conducts research on 6 factors: teacher-student interaction, student-student interaction, course rationality, classroom satisfaction, teacher satisfaction, and instructional technology equipment. Among them, 116 are boys, 112 are girls, 120 are science and engineering students, and 108 are liberal arts students Figure4.The college students who received the questionnaire were evaluated and scored the above factors according to their true wishes. The specific scoring rules are as follows:


## 3.3. Correlation Analysis

Correlation analysis refers to the analysis of multiple variables with correlation [21], so as to measure the degree of correlation or closeness between variables. Correlation can be applied to the analysis process of all data. There is a certain connection between everything. In order to more accurately describe the degree of correlation between variables, it is represented by the count correlation coefficient. In correlation analysis, the correlation coefficient is used. These are Pearson correlation coefficient and Spearman rank correlation coefficient Table 2.The Pearson correlation coefficient reflects the strength of the linear correlation between two variables, and the larger the absolute value of the coefficient, the stronger the correlation. The value interval and mathematical meaning of the Pearson coefficient are shown in the following table [22]:Using the Pearson coefficient as an indicator, the SPSS software was used to analyze the correlation between the abovementioned survey variables and the evaluation scores of college students. The results are as Figure5 shows:Figure 4
Male to female ratio and subject ratio.Table 2
Pearson correlation coefficient.
ValueMeaning[0.0, 0.2]Irrelevant[0.2, 0.4]Weak correlation[0.4, 0.6]Moderately relevant[0.6, 0.8]Strong correlation[0.8, 1]Very strong correlationFrom the heat map above, it can be seen that all six relationship mappings are correlated, each to a different degree, and the degree of their correlation varies for different percentages. From the diagram, it can be resolved that there are strong correlations between course rationality and student-student interaction, classroom satisfaction and student-student interaction, and classroom satisfaction and student-student interaction; there are moderate correlations between course rationality and teacher-student interaction and classroom satisfaction and teacher-student interaction; meanwhile, there are correlations between teacher satisfaction and teacher-student interaction, teacher satisfaction and classroom satisfaction, and teaching technology equipment and classroom satisfaction. In other words, in the context of big data, student satisfaction, teacher-student interaction, student-student interaction, and course rationality in college students’ English classroom teaching practices interact with each other and play a positive role in promoting each other.Figure 5
Correlation coefficient heat map.Figure 6
Classroom feedback graph.Therefore, these four factors have become the primary starting point for improving college English classroom teaching methods [23–26]. Increasing teacher-student interaction and student-student interaction in college English classrooms can stimulate students’ interest in learning and increase their satisfaction with courses and teacher recognition. The rationality of the course design and the ability to promote the communication between students and teachers further improve the quality of teaching. Instructional technology equipment can stimulate students’ interest and increase the interest of the course.


## 4. Analysis of the Application of Big Data Technology and Strategies for Improving College English Classroom Teaching Methods

### 4.1. Analysis of the Application of Big Data Technology in English Classroom Teaching for University Students

(1)
Intelligent Diagnosis of Learning Conditions. Based on the support of the intelligent classroom teaching environment of university English, the diagnosis of learning conditions highlights its intelligent features. This means using cloud computing, big data, learning analytics, and other technologies to understand students’ starting abilities, learning styles, motivation, information literacy, learning processes, and learning problems. The analysis can be used to develop practical, personalised interventions, or learning programmes based on individual student differences. This is the starting point for the design of the English smart classroom and the basis for the rest of the design process(2)
Intelligent Pushing of Resources. In view of the fact that English teaching in China is basically taught in large classes, which takes a lot of time and is not effective. Smart classroom is able to dynamically push relevant resources in a timely manner according to the learning situation and knowledge mastery of the learners. Students can access the resources that the system intelligently pushes to their personal space, effectively solving the problem of having too many resources that are difficult to find and meeting the needs of different learners, thus realizing personalised, adaptive learning. The system makes full use of resources such as U Campus, China University Foreign Language Mootools, China University MOOC, YouTube, TED, StudyTalk, and other mobile phone APP English smart terminals, as well as the school’s online classes, to access mootools, microlessons, courseware, test databases, test papers, simulation experiments, teaching videos, and learning materials. Teachers can also create their own microlessons according to students’ characteristics(3)
Learning Activity Design. The design of learning activities in the university English smart classroom consists of four main parts, namely, the design of objectives, tasks, rules, and processes. It is a collection of relevant learning procedures implemented by the learning community using efficient and practical learning tools. Students use rich media resources to create activities, web spaces to deepen interaction, cognitive tools to support the creation of work, and videos to record the process, e.g., an English activity set up as a group discussion, a student-made. Microfilms and videos of students expressing their views on a particular topic are used to visualise and share the results


### 4.2. Increase the Interaction between Teachers and Students in the Classroom

Teacher-student interaction affects student engagement in classroom learning activities, and the effectiveness of classroom interaction is extremely important to flipped classroom teaching and learning and influences the psychological construction of the person in multiple ways. With big data technology, data on teacher-student interactions can be recorded, and teachers can analyze different students in each lesson based on their interactions, allowing for more effective care and guidance for different students.Teachers should take the initiative to increase classroom interaction opportunities for teachers and students and fully mobilize students to actively participate in classroom learning activities. Teachers and students are the main body of classroom activities, and teachers are the main body of teaching, which is mainly reflected in the guidance of students’ learning, that is, guiding students to realize the cognitive process transformation of knowledge from ignorance to knowledge and guiding students on the basis of improving students’ interest in learning. Learn to apply knowledge, develop skills, and develop competencies. Students are the main body of learning, which is mainly reflected in the fact that students are the main body of learning, that is, students are the main body of cognition in the teaching process, and the implementation and implementation of all teaching activities must pass through students. A large number of teaching practices show that it is only by taking the guiding role of teachers.Teachers should do a good job in introducing the specific teaching links and activities of the flipped classroom model in advance. Before the start of the learning task, teachers can use multimedia technology to create relevant courseware for the introduction of classroom teaching activities and send them to the class group through the network, so that students can keep abreast of the specific teaching activities in the classroom and how the students are in the classroom before, during, and after class. What preparations need to be done for each stage of study. It can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of students to participate in classroom activities by organically combining with the main role of students’ learning, and there are some problems. The practice also shows that although the interaction between teachers and students in the process of college English classroom teaching is a necessary link, it should also be a comprehensive and in-depth exploration activity aimed at difficult problems, rather than a shallow discussion of reading materials. To do this, proper guidance, organization, and participation of teachers play a vital role. Therefore, this requires college English teachers to change their roles, from “speakers of classroom reports” to leaders of the classroom, and design classroom activities in advance according to the content of classroom learning, fully mobilize the classroom atmosphere, and guide and encourage students to participate in classroom activities in a timely manner. And think, discuss, and speak, so that they can actively participate in class discussions. In addition, in the process of classroom teaching, teachers should pay special attention to the way and order of students’ speech. If the way of students’ speech is a silent form, they should guide the students to answer in a timely manner; if it is found that some students do not participate in the interaction for a long time, by taking the initiative to ask students questions, let the “passive participation of students” in time, so as to guide students to take the initiative to participate in classroom learning activities.Secondly, the classroom evaluation system is revamped to create opportunities for teacher-student interaction. The traditional teaching evaluation system is no longer suitable for university English classroom teaching under the flipped classroom model. The proportion of formative assessment should be increased. This can be done specifically through stage tests, classroom group discussion performances, and individual topic report result presentations in different proportions. Assessment final scores: summative assessment also requires appropriate changes in the type of questions. In line with the teaching objectives, the tests should be changed to test not only students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation skills, but also their critical thinking skills. In conclusion, it is necessary to change the assessment system of the flipped classroom in order to effectively ensure the effectiveness of the flipped classroom.Teachers can use information technology to enhance interaction between students in a variety of ways, for example, firstly, by learning to sing English songs. The vast majority of university students now love music, and teachers can take advantage of this by having each student learn an English song related to a particular aspect of knowledge at the end of class and then play the English and Chinese lyrics to the class by projection. The class pays attention. After singing, they invited a few students to the stage to share what they thought was a good line and explain why they thought it was good. In this way, students can develop the ability to speak English boldly and to think freely. Secondly, speech videos: in the classroom, you can start by collecting short videos that are more popular and suitable for students to learn and intersperse these videos in the classroom so that you can download the film first to attract students’ attention and improve the teaching effect. Third, film dubbing: teacher matters, being edited into paragraphs, are muted. The students work in groups to dub the next film. This develops students’ ability to express themselves in English as well as their ability to cooperate and interact.In conclusion, interaction is one of the ways in which students participate in the classroom, and learning English requires a great deal of interaction. Therefore, teachers should make full use of student-teacher and student-student interactions in the classroom to improve students’ ability to participate, think, and learn cooperatively, thus improving the quality of English classroom teaching at university.


### 4.3. Change Teachers’ Concept of Information Technology

Thoughts are the forerunners of actions, and only the renewal and establishment of ideas are transformations with fundamental and decisive significance. Modern big data technology and network technology have penetrated into all aspects of education. College English teachers should understand the huge impact of modern educational technology on education and teaching and consciously change their roles to be learners and communicators of information technology. Correctly view the impact of the application of information technology on college English classroom teaching, carry forward the positive impact, and curb the negative impact. The application of information technology will definitely improve teachers’ awareness of using modern educational technology and modern educational concepts, will greatly improve teaching efficiency, will change the traditional teaching mode, and greatly promote the process of English education reform, opening up a new way for English teaching reform. A new path opens up a new world for cultivating innovative talents. In addition, teachers should give full play to their important role in information literacy education, create a good concept of lifelong learning, change passive acceptance of information technology to active learning of information technology, learn the theory of information literacy, and check related books, data, network, etc. Only by changing the information technology concept of college English teachers can we improve teachers’ information technology application ability, use information technology to improve classroom teaching, and improve classroom participation.Flipped classroom is the use of information technology to enrich the interaction between teachers and students. Teachers use network information technology to put the content explained in traditional classrooms on the school’s fixed web page in the form of microlectures or videos, and students can go to the web page before class. Study and report back to the teacher. In this process, it is emphasized that students are required to learn actively, the teacher is only a guide, and the main body is the students’ autonomous learning and participation in learning. Of course, this is actually one of the forms of interaction between teachers and students.The use of information technology is to realize teaching situationalization. Teaching situationalization is based on cases or situations as a carrier for teaching, and its forms are also various, mainly including physical display, role-playing, situation reproduction, and language, using such methods to guide students into certain situations, so that students have inner resonance, form certain psychological hints, and then actively participate in learning. English is a language, and language learning is greatly affected by the surrounding environment. Learning English should pay attention to the support of the English classroom environment, and situational teaching uses the environment to achieve teaching. The situational teaching method is realized with the help of external force. It can improve pictures and sounds brought by traditional multimedia. New information technology is a powerful weapon and form to assist classroom teaching. It can also bring videos, microlectures, and so on.


### 4.4. Improve Students’ Ability to Use Information Technology

Students are the main subject of the classroom, and the effective use of information technology requires the active cooperation of students and also requires students to have a certain degree of information literacy. The so-called student information literacy refers to the basic knowledge and ability of students to acquire information, analyze information, process information, and use information when faced with large amounts of information. Only when students have a proper understanding of information technology can they be guided to accept and use information technology in the classroom, improve their classroom participation, and assist their learning. Firstly, it is necessary to understand information technology. In the university English classroom, students should actively embrace IT-assisted classroom teaching. On this basis, students should closely integrate classroom learning and information technology with their own practical situations to help them understand better. The teaching materials are taught, knowledge is received, thinking is developed, and innovative learning takes place. Therefore, it is very important to raise students’ awareness of information technology.Improve students’ ability to use information technology to enhance independent learning, and cultivate independent and active learning knowledge and ability. College students’ learning cannot be completely dependent on teachers, and active learning is the foundation of learning. The study of college English cannot be instilled into the students’ heads, nor can it be forced to study, and it mainly depends on the students’ independent study. With the development of information technology, students’ autonomous learning methods have diversified. In the past, students’ independent study was to study the content of textbooks or to consult reference books. Now, with the help of information technology, students can not only read the teaching materials but also expand the content of the teaching materials on the Internet according to the content of the teaching materials, including relevant background knowledge and explanations of key points and difficult points. For example, in the autonomous learning of college English, students can learn knowledge related to textbooks online, including the pronunciation of English words, English explanations, near antonyms, sentences, and related allusions. The use of information technology can not only enrich students’ knowledge but also enhance students’ self-confidence, have the courage to speak in class, and participate in class learning and discussion. In the classroom, students are easy to resonate with teachers and easy to cooperate with their classmates, may also discuss and exchange on a certain topic, and even engage in heated arguments. This stimulates students’ interest in learning English and then actively participates in the classroom to improve students’ English self-learning ability.


### 4.5. Classroom Analysis of Big Data Technology

Since 2019, the global epidemic has broken out, and the frequency of big data technology in online classrooms has also increased. Students are the key factor in the application of big data technology in the classroom. Only when students truly master how to use big data technology can big data technology produce better results in classroom teaching; otherwise, big data technology is just being used. In college English classes, many students passively accept the knowledge brought by big data technology and even have a psychological dependence on information technology, which will damage the role of information technology in classroom teaching, so students should use big data correctly technology. However, with the introduction of big data technology, students can clearly understand the focus of learning and their weaknesses and then achieve the effect of improving their grades. According to the data of students’ weak points based on big data technology, students can intuitively see their own performance in English classroom and the degree of acceptance of English classroom knowledge. For example, Figure6 shows the data analysis of different aspects of different students in a particular classroom. The blue graph represents the level of student absorption in the classroom, the green and red graphs represent the analysis of student motivation, the yellow bar graph represents the analysis graph of the number of different student interactions, and the light blue represents the analysis of the data of the correct rate of students in answering questions already. Therefore, teachers can make changes and optimise their teaching models accordingly based on the data analysis with big data technology.


## 4.1. Analysis of the Application of Big Data Technology in English Classroom Teaching for University Students

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Intelligent Diagnosis of Learning Conditions. Based on the support of the intelligent classroom teaching environment of university English, the diagnosis of learning conditions highlights its intelligent features. This means using cloud computing, big data, learning analytics, and other technologies to understand students’ starting abilities, learning styles, motivation, information literacy, learning processes, and learning problems. The analysis can be used to develop practical, personalised interventions, or learning programmes based on individual student differences. This is the starting point for the design of the English smart classroom and the basis for the rest of the design process(2)
Intelligent Pushing of Resources. In view of the fact that English teaching in China is basically taught in large classes, which takes a lot of time and is not effective. Smart classroom is able to dynamically push relevant resources in a timely manner according to the learning situation and knowledge mastery of the learners. Students can access the resources that the system intelligently pushes to their personal space, effectively solving the problem of having too many resources that are difficult to find and meeting the needs of different learners, thus realizing personalised, adaptive learning. The system makes full use of resources such as U Campus, China University Foreign Language Mootools, China University MOOC, YouTube, TED, StudyTalk, and other mobile phone APP English smart terminals, as well as the school’s online classes, to access mootools, microlessons, courseware, test databases, test papers, simulation experiments, teaching videos, and learning materials. Teachers can also create their own microlessons according to students’ characteristics(3)
Learning Activity Design. The design of learning activities in the university English smart classroom consists of four main parts, namely, the design of objectives, tasks, rules, and processes. It is a collection of relevant learning procedures implemented by the learning community using efficient and practical learning tools. Students use rich media resources to create activities, web spaces to deepen interaction, cognitive tools to support the creation of work, and videos to record the process, e.g., an English activity set up as a group discussion, a student-made. Microfilms and videos of students expressing their views on a particular topic are used to visualise and share the results


## 4.2. Increase the Interaction between Teachers and Students in the Classroom

Teacher-student interaction affects student engagement in classroom learning activities, and the effectiveness of classroom interaction is extremely important to flipped classroom teaching and learning and influences the psychological construction of the person in multiple ways. With big data technology, data on teacher-student interactions can be recorded, and teachers can analyze different students in each lesson based on their interactions, allowing for more effective care and guidance for different students.Teachers should take the initiative to increase classroom interaction opportunities for teachers and students and fully mobilize students to actively participate in classroom learning activities. Teachers and students are the main body of classroom activities, and teachers are the main body of teaching, which is mainly reflected in the guidance of students’ learning, that is, guiding students to realize the cognitive process transformation of knowledge from ignorance to knowledge and guiding students on the basis of improving students’ interest in learning. Learn to apply knowledge, develop skills, and develop competencies. Students are the main body of learning, which is mainly reflected in the fact that students are the main body of learning, that is, students are the main body of cognition in the teaching process, and the implementation and implementation of all teaching activities must pass through students. A large number of teaching practices show that it is only by taking the guiding role of teachers.Teachers should do a good job in introducing the specific teaching links and activities of the flipped classroom model in advance. Before the start of the learning task, teachers can use multimedia technology to create relevant courseware for the introduction of classroom teaching activities and send them to the class group through the network, so that students can keep abreast of the specific teaching activities in the classroom and how the students are in the classroom before, during, and after class. What preparations need to be done for each stage of study. It can fully mobilize the enthusiasm of students to participate in classroom activities by organically combining with the main role of students’ learning, and there are some problems. The practice also shows that although the interaction between teachers and students in the process of college English classroom teaching is a necessary link, it should also be a comprehensive and in-depth exploration activity aimed at difficult problems, rather than a shallow discussion of reading materials. To do this, proper guidance, organization, and participation of teachers play a vital role. Therefore, this requires college English teachers to change their roles, from “speakers of classroom reports” to leaders of the classroom, and design classroom activities in advance according to the content of classroom learning, fully mobilize the classroom atmosphere, and guide and encourage students to participate in classroom activities in a timely manner. And think, discuss, and speak, so that they can actively participate in class discussions. In addition, in the process of classroom teaching, teachers should pay special attention to the way and order of students’ speech. If the way of students’ speech is a silent form, they should guide the students to answer in a timely manner; if it is found that some students do not participate in the interaction for a long time, by taking the initiative to ask students questions, let the “passive participation of students” in time, so as to guide students to take the initiative to participate in classroom learning activities.Secondly, the classroom evaluation system is revamped to create opportunities for teacher-student interaction. The traditional teaching evaluation system is no longer suitable for university English classroom teaching under the flipped classroom model. The proportion of formative assessment should be increased. This can be done specifically through stage tests, classroom group discussion performances, and individual topic report result presentations in different proportions. Assessment final scores: summative assessment also requires appropriate changes in the type of questions. In line with the teaching objectives, the tests should be changed to test not only students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation skills, but also their critical thinking skills. In conclusion, it is necessary to change the assessment system of the flipped classroom in order to effectively ensure the effectiveness of the flipped classroom.Teachers can use information technology to enhance interaction between students in a variety of ways, for example, firstly, by learning to sing English songs. The vast majority of university students now love music, and teachers can take advantage of this by having each student learn an English song related to a particular aspect of knowledge at the end of class and then play the English and Chinese lyrics to the class by projection. The class pays attention. After singing, they invited a few students to the stage to share what they thought was a good line and explain why they thought it was good. In this way, students can develop the ability to speak English boldly and to think freely. Secondly, speech videos: in the classroom, you can start by collecting short videos that are more popular and suitable for students to learn and intersperse these videos in the classroom so that you can download the film first to attract students’ attention and improve the teaching effect. Third, film dubbing: teacher matters, being edited into paragraphs, are muted. The students work in groups to dub the next film. This develops students’ ability to express themselves in English as well as their ability to cooperate and interact.In conclusion, interaction is one of the ways in which students participate in the classroom, and learning English requires a great deal of interaction. Therefore, teachers should make full use of student-teacher and student-student interactions in the classroom to improve students’ ability to participate, think, and learn cooperatively, thus improving the quality of English classroom teaching at university.


## 4.3. Change Teachers’ Concept of Information Technology

Thoughts are the forerunners of actions, and only the renewal and establishment of ideas are transformations with fundamental and decisive significance. Modern big data technology and network technology have penetrated into all aspects of education. College English teachers should understand the huge impact of modern educational technology on education and teaching and consciously change their roles to be learners and communicators of information technology. Correctly view the impact of the application of information technology on college English classroom teaching, carry forward the positive impact, and curb the negative impact. The application of information technology will definitely improve teachers’ awareness of using modern educational technology and modern educational concepts, will greatly improve teaching efficiency, will change the traditional teaching mode, and greatly promote the process of English education reform, opening up a new way for English teaching reform. A new path opens up a new world for cultivating innovative talents. In addition, teachers should give full play to their important role in information literacy education, create a good concept of lifelong learning, change passive acceptance of information technology to active learning of information technology, learn the theory of information literacy, and check related books, data, network, etc. Only by changing the information technology concept of college English teachers can we improve teachers’ information technology application ability, use information technology to improve classroom teaching, and improve classroom participation.Flipped classroom is the use of information technology to enrich the interaction between teachers and students. Teachers use network information technology to put the content explained in traditional classrooms on the school’s fixed web page in the form of microlectures or videos, and students can go to the web page before class. Study and report back to the teacher. In this process, it is emphasized that students are required to learn actively, the teacher is only a guide, and the main body is the students’ autonomous learning and participation in learning. Of course, this is actually one of the forms of interaction between teachers and students.The use of information technology is to realize teaching situationalization. Teaching situationalization is based on cases or situations as a carrier for teaching, and its forms are also various, mainly including physical display, role-playing, situation reproduction, and language, using such methods to guide students into certain situations, so that students have inner resonance, form certain psychological hints, and then actively participate in learning. English is a language, and language learning is greatly affected by the surrounding environment. Learning English should pay attention to the support of the English classroom environment, and situational teaching uses the environment to achieve teaching. The situational teaching method is realized with the help of external force. It can improve pictures and sounds brought by traditional multimedia. New information technology is a powerful weapon and form to assist classroom teaching. It can also bring videos, microlectures, and so on.


## 4.4. Improve Students’ Ability to Use Information Technology

Students are the main subject of the classroom, and the effective use of information technology requires the active cooperation of students and also requires students to have a certain degree of information literacy. The so-called student information literacy refers to the basic knowledge and ability of students to acquire information, analyze information, process information, and use information when faced with large amounts of information. Only when students have a proper understanding of information technology can they be guided to accept and use information technology in the classroom, improve their classroom participation, and assist their learning. Firstly, it is necessary to understand information technology. In the university English classroom, students should actively embrace IT-assisted classroom teaching. On this basis, students should closely integrate classroom learning and information technology with their own practical situations to help them understand better. The teaching materials are taught, knowledge is received, thinking is developed, and innovative learning takes place. Therefore, it is very important to raise students’ awareness of information technology.Improve students’ ability to use information technology to enhance independent learning, and cultivate independent and active learning knowledge and ability. College students’ learning cannot be completely dependent on teachers, and active learning is the foundation of learning. The study of college English cannot be instilled into the students’ heads, nor can it be forced to study, and it mainly depends on the students’ independent study. With the development of information technology, students’ autonomous learning methods have diversified. In the past, students’ independent study was to study the content of textbooks or to consult reference books. Now, with the help of information technology, students can not only read the teaching materials but also expand the content of the teaching materials on the Internet according to the content of the teaching materials, including relevant background knowledge and explanations of key points and difficult points. For example, in the autonomous learning of college English, students can learn knowledge related to textbooks online, including the pronunciation of English words, English explanations, near antonyms, sentences, and related allusions. The use of information technology can not only enrich students’ knowledge but also enhance students’ self-confidence, have the courage to speak in class, and participate in class learning and discussion. In the classroom, students are easy to resonate with teachers and easy to cooperate with their classmates, may also discuss and exchange on a certain topic, and even engage in heated arguments. This stimulates students’ interest in learning English and then actively participates in the classroom to improve students’ English self-learning ability.


## 4.5. Classroom Analysis of Big Data Technology

Since 2019, the global epidemic has broken out, and the frequency of big data technology in online classrooms has also increased. Students are the key factor in the application of big data technology in the classroom. Only when students truly master how to use big data technology can big data technology produce better results in classroom teaching; otherwise, big data technology is just being used. In college English classes, many students passively accept the knowledge brought by big data technology and even have a psychological dependence on information technology, which will damage the role of information technology in classroom teaching, so students should use big data correctly technology. However, with the introduction of big data technology, students can clearly understand the focus of learning and their weaknesses and then achieve the effect of improving their grades. According to the data of students’ weak points based on big data technology, students can intuitively see their own performance in English classroom and the degree of acceptance of English classroom knowledge. For example, Figure6 shows the data analysis of different aspects of different students in a particular classroom. The blue graph represents the level of student absorption in the classroom, the green and red graphs represent the analysis of student motivation, the yellow bar graph represents the analysis graph of the number of different student interactions, and the light blue represents the analysis of the data of the correct rate of students in answering questions already. Therefore, teachers can make changes and optimise their teaching models accordingly based on the data analysis with big data technology.


## 5. Conclusion

With the development of information technology in education, especially in the past two years under the impact of MOOC, English classroom teaching in universities has also been greatly affected. Many universities have introduced various advanced information technologies in English classrooms. The article firstly describes the research related to university English classroom teaching in the context of big data and three changes in classroom teaching and further analyzes the research on independent learning in university English classrooms. At the same time, the questionnaire data of students in Marxism College, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an on MOOC were analyzed to make correlation coefficients, to objectively analyze the factors affecting the quality of university students’ classroom, and to propose corresponding strategies for improving the teaching methods of university English classroom using big data technology. After conducting the strategy research, it can be seen from the research results that the impact of big data application in the actual classroom is that there are certain advantages, and when different teachers are teaching, their data will be analyzed and then data feedback will be given to them, so that the journey of teaching forms a virtuous development and is no longer limited to the previous traditional mode of evaluation, and also, the details of classroom teaching can be improved through students’ performance in the classroom. This technology can be extremely useful in the classroom. In the future development of education, big data technology will gradually be applied comprehensively, now for classroom teaching analysis application, and in the future, it will improve to individual learning analysis and teacher’s ability proliferation analysis. I believe that the development of big data technology will inevitably cause the development of education technology.



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