On problems and countermeasures of web-based language teaching from the perspective of constructivism

Abstract

Available educational technologies can substantially improve both student-teacher and student-student interaction and can develop students' self-access learning ability. In the times of information explosion, web-based education is enjoying great popularity because of its undeniable advantages, which is paid high attention by more and more people in educational field, including language teaching. Based on the systematic analysis and study of web-based language teaching, this paper has made a research into the practical problems of web-based teaching mode for college English and then proposes relevant measures in the course of the implementation of this teaching mode guided by constructivism. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.