The Application of the Flipped Classroom to Lead English Education Students Come to ZPD: An Example from Flipped Classical Reading Class

Abstract

With the development of technology and education, a new form of the classroom has emerged and achieved remarkable results. Therefore, this research analyzes a flipped classic reading course at Hangzhou Normal University and interviews one of the students in this class to learn how to apply flipped classrooms to help students enter ZPD and whether it has some limitations. Finally, this study found that although it has a few limitations, like uneven distribution of learning and economic problems, teachers can help students to enter ZPD efficiently. First, the automatic learning part of the flipped classroom can help English education students better position their ZPD and find their own methods. Secondly, the flipped classroom can be combined with cooperative learning, which will help cultivate the cooperation ability of English education students and help them enter ZPD. Third, the flipped classroom can form a complete recursive practice. Students majoring in English education can learn to plan classrooms and study and make themselves more confident and willing to enter ZPD. Fourth, flipped classrooms can help students of English education major develop in many aspects of educational technology.