A student profile model based online English learning

Aiyun Guo

School of Foreign Studies, Xi’an University of Finance and Economics, Xi’an Shaanxi, 710061, China

Many Chinese universities have begun reforms to enhance educational competitiveness in our globalizing economy. This study aims to ascertain the status of English education and English-medium instruction at a Chinese engineering school and to offer workable suggestions for English communication training for Chinese graduate engineering students. Colleges and universities across China are adopting bilingual education to meet the need for well-rounded personnel with sound knowledge in specialized areas and competency in foreign languages. The development and difficulties of current bilingual education in China are discussed. First, the short-term English word context is generated to identify related concepts of the word. Second, the user context is generated based on the click through data of users. Finally, a forgetting factor is introduced to merge the independent user context in a user session, which maintains the evolution of user preferences. It is significant to the reform from teacher-centered to student-centered teaching mode. It is helpful to the cultivation of the students’ collaborative ability and spirit, and has important theoretical significance and practical value.