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An Application Study of Content-Based Instruction Program for English Majors in the Preliminary Stage Based on SPSS Statistical Analysis

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CBI is a method of teaching second and foreign languages that integrate langue instruction with instruction in the content areas. In this context, the purpose of this study is to develop a new CBI program that meets the needs of university English major students in the preliminary stage. This study adopted an action research method and developed a CBI program that can be applied to university English classes by constructing the theoretical frame of CBI. According to literature review and expert advice. In order to confirm the effectiveness of the developed program, 30 students in each of the two basic English classes at JL Engineering Normal University in China were composed of an experimental group and a control group to apply the developed program to the experimental group. Before and after the program, the levels of English proficiency and learning motivation are measured in the experimental and control groups, and in the case of the experimental group. Based on the SPSS statistical analysis, it’s concluded that CBI is more effective in improving English proficiency and learning motivation than traditional teaching methods. The significance of this research is that it provides a theoretical framework for CBI-based teaching and provides a method of teaching for the preliminary courses in university English majors.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by JGJX2019D219 (a research project of Jilin province higher education titled An Application Study of Content-based Instruction Program for English Majors in the Preliminary Stage).

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  1. Department of Foreign Language, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Jilin, China

    Bei Zhang & Ling Xia

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  1. Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China

    Zheng Xu

  2. Department Software Engineering and Game Development, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA

    Reza M. Parizi

  3. School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Puebla, Mexico

    Octavio Loyola-González

  4. Assistant Professor in Practice, University of Texas at San Antonio, Boerne, TX, USA

    Xiaolu Zhang

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Zhang, B., Xia, L. (2021). An Application Study of Content-Based Instruction Program for English Majors in the Preliminary Stage Based on SPSS Statistical Analysis. In: Xu, Z., Parizi, R.M., Loyola-González, O., Zhang, X. (eds) Cyber Security Intelligence and Analytics. CSIA 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1343. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69999-4_93

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