Study on the Influence of Blended Teaching Mode on English Learners' Motivation under the Background of Information Technology

Abstract

With the rapid development of Information Technology (IT) and the popularization of IT-based education, blended learning mode (BLM) under the background of IT has emerged. Thus, the investigation into English learners' motivation under the IT-based BLM is conducive to the development of China's college English teaching. Both the quantitative and qualitative research methods are employed in this study to investigate the issue that whether BLM have effects on English learners' motivation in universities. It can be found that the instrumental motivation is the major motivation of English learners from 6 classes. Three motivational types are higher than the average and the motivational intensity is considerably high. After a semester, three motivational types and intensity in blended learning group (BLG) have promoted separately. The results can demonstrate that employing IT-based BLM is feasible and superior, which can positively motivate foreign language teaching and learning.