On November 26th, a lecture entitled “Foreign Language Teaching Reform under the Internet +Era” was delivered to us by Professor Zeng Yongqiang, Doctoral Supervisor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Professor Han Jinlong, Vice Dean of School of Foreign Languages, SCUT, Professor Wu Jianguo, Associate Professor Xu Ying and many other faculty members and students attended the lecture. The lecture was hosted by Professor Li Yingyuan.

The lecture can be divided into two parts, one of which talks about the urgent need for educational reform under the information era. Another one is concerned with the ways of educational reform and innovation. Professor Zeng pointed out that with the rapid upgrading of technology, the teaching model should also keep up its pace. The popularity of MOOC and other online study methods have affected teaching innovation with the supplement of Internet, through which students seem to stand on a more positive side when acquiring knowledge whereas teachers seem to be passive as pressure in teaching increases. So teachers need to make greater efforts and take full advantage of technological devices to design teaching methods to help themselves become good teachers. He believes that technology causes learning to happen whenever and wherever.

During his lecture, he explained the educational innovation methods comprehensively. He advocated that teachers should free themselves from passively imparting knowledge into students, instead, they should spend more time on providing a better platform for students to display their abilities. In order to explain his viewpoints more vividly, Professor Zeng displayed his own methodology and innovational design based on his educational practice, from curriculum design, classroom teaching, online courses to suitability study. His explanation benefited us a lot.

Several faculty members and students raised questions, and Professor Zeng answered them in great detail. The lecture not only benefited the teachers a lot, but also broadened students’ vision. 
                                                                  

                                                                                                                                    Reported by Wu Lizhen