The Extent of Technology Integration in Flipped English Classrooms in Language Education: A Multi-dimensional Exploration

Abstract

The research aimed to investigate and analyze the status quo of technology integration in flipped English classrooms. In recent years, emerging technologies have application in all aspects of education, becoming critical to initiatives such as online digital learning, smart campus environments and advancing new research discoveries. Flipped classroom model is an instructional model that shifts traditional in-class lectures to pre-class autonomous learning, dedicating in-class time to interactive discussions and practical activities to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. The study on technology integration in flipped English classrooms is of great significance to promoting language education and research. The researcher adopted quantitative methods including full questionnaires and elaborate data analysis, to assess the extent of technology integration in flipped English classrooms in detail. The deep assessment of teacher participants indicated that the extent of technology integration across all the dimensions including classroom management, content delivery, assessment, student collaboration, and feedback is very great. Meanwhile, different genders and numbers of training distinctively influenced technology integration in flipped English classrooms. Based on the results, the study confirmed the necessity and effectiveness of technology integration in flipped English classrooms for promoting EFL teaching, highlighting the fundamental role of technology integration in flipped classroom setting in language education.