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Chapter One Introduction 

1.1  Background of the Study 
With the continuously development of information and communication technology, the internet has gradually embedded into people’s daily life, which has new requirements for the learners’ cultivation. First, the abilities of acquiring and processing information quickly should be cultivated for the social demand of innovative  talents.  Then,  the  capabilities  of  getting  and  updating  knowledge  independently  should  be trained because of the high-speed knowledge renewal. Meanwhile, with the coming of lifelong learning era, the Education style should also be flexible and break though the limitation of time and space. As to English learning, it doesn’t mean that students only remember some words and know how to read and write English. They should use the language skills to communicate fluently in real-life situation.   However,  the  dominant  instruction  model  in  China  is  still  teacher-centered.  Ignoring  students’ personal  needs,  teachers  only  explain  the  text  books  and  knowledge  points.  They  neglect  listening  and speaking, and mainly pay attention to students’ reading and writing skills to deal with examinations. What’s worse, the shortage of listening devices and the lack of speaking materials also lead to students have few chances to practice English. Meanwhile, because of the little interaction, most students are negative with low English learning self-efficacy. Many scholars gradually realized the problems of teacher-centered model and tried to change it into student-centered.  With  the  popularity  of  internet  and  computer,  they  proposed  that  putting  information technology into English education was an inevitable trend. Accordingly, they tried to replace the traditional class teaching with totally online learning. However, this reform made no success but exposed a series of problems,  which  means  that  totally  online  learning  without  teachers’  guidance  can  not  inspire  students’ initiative and autonomy.  Under such educational environment, blended learning has been put forward, which is a new learning model that combines the advantages of traditional learning and online learning. It not only brings teachers’ leading role into full play, but also embodies students’ central position in the process of learning. In other words,  using  teachers’  guiding  and  monitoring  role,  this  model  also  emphasizes  students’  initiative, enthusiasm and creativity. Therefore, more and more scholars make their effort to study various blended learning conditions, aiming at performing the learning activities better.  
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1.2  Purpose of the Study 
Blended learning has been paid great attention abroad and at home. But how to create blended learning environment and how to take full advantage of blended learning still need detailed discussion. As a result, creating a We Chat-based blended learning model for minority preparatory students is very important. As the special learners in universit本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。