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Integrating Online and Offline Instruction in College English Writing: A Blended Learning Model via the Chaoxing Platform

Yongxiang Zhao

College of Language, Culture and Communication, Hunan Univresity of Technology, Zhuzhou 412000, Hunan, China.

*Corresponding author: Yongxiang Zhao

This paper is a research outcome of the 12th “China Foreign Language Education Fund” project titled “Research on Blended Teaching Model and Its Application in College English Writing Based on the Chaoxing Platform” (Grant No.: ZGWYJYJJ12A066).
Published: September 30, 2025

Article history: Updated on June 18, 2026

Abstract

With the deep penetration of information technology into teaching, blended learning has become a hot spot of educational reform in higher education, especially for skill-oriented courses such as College English Writing. The effective integration of online and offline learning, serving to better improve the student learning effect, is still a problem. This paper expounds the model of blended learning about College English Writing based on the Chaoxing platform. Guided by pedagogical theories of production oriented approach and constructivism, the model of blended learning is set on basis of a smooth pre-class, in-class and post-class cycle. The model consists of four components: 1) higher-order teaching objectives, 2) multi-dimensional learning resources, 3) integrated teaching procedures and methods, and 4) a diversified system of assessment. The paper presents the practice of this model, telling how the Chaoxing platform allows students to achieve autonomous learning, collaborative in-class activities, and various levels of writing feedback such as self-feedback, peer feedback, automatic evaluation, and teacher feedback. This model offers a systematic and practical framework to improve students’ writing skills, promote learner autonomy and stimulate students’ higher level thinking skills. The paper also gives effective insights for English language teachers who want to apply efficient blended learning strategies in language teaching and brings our current efforts of innovation in the digital education era.

Keyword

Blended learning model; College English Writing; Chaoxing platform; Production-oriented approach; Constructivism

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How to cite this paper

Integrating Online and Offline Instruction in College English Writing: A Blended Learning Model via the Chaoxing Platform

How to cite this paper: Yongxiang Zhao. (2025). Integrating Online and Offline Instruction in College English Writing: A Blended Learning Model via the Chaoxing Platform. Translation and Foreign Language Learning1(2), 353-359.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/tfll.2025.09.026