ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2026.02.008
AI Empowerment and Interactive Digital Teaching via Rain Classroom: Innovative Practice of Foreign Language Teaching Reform in Higher Vocational Education
Yusu Wang
Foreign Language Teaching Department, Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology, Haikou 571126, Hainan, China.
*Corresponding author: Yusu Wang
Published: February 28,2026
Abstract
Aiming at prominent problems in higher vocational English teaching like limited class hours, superficial ideological-political integration, weak student motivation, and the “English is useless” misconception, this study uses the core units of New Future College English (Comprehensive Course 2) as a carrier. It integrates AI technology with Rain Classroom’s digital interactive tool to construct a four-dimensional teaching model of “thematic ideological-political integration, extended knowledge application, AI-empowered inquiry learning, and motivation stimulation through evaluation”. In teaching practice, distinctive cases such as automobile brand interpretation, BYD hot issues, and national culture exploration are embedded, combined with a group points incentive mechanism, effectively improving homework completion rate and classroom activity. The research shows that this model realizes in-depth integration of language and ideological-political teaching, breaks the traditional teaching predicament, stimulates students’ internal learning motivation, and provides practical references for higher vocational English digital teaching reform.
Keywords
AI Empowerment; Rain Classroom; Higher Vocational English; Curriculum-based Ideological and Political Education; Foreign Language Audio-visual and Electronic Teaching
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AI Empowerment and Interactive Digital Teaching via Rain Classroom: Innovative Practice of Foreign Language Teaching Reform in Higher Vocational Education
How to cite this paper: Yusu Wang. (2026). AI Empowerment and Interactive Digital Teaching via Rain Classroom: Innovative Practice of Foreign Language Teaching Reform in Higher Vocational Education. The Educational Review, USA, 10(2), 111-115.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2026.02.008