Abstract

In recent years, in order to improve the shortcomings of traditional classrooms, the flipped classroom model has been widely implemented in foreign language teaching. This paper discusses the pleasure and boredom of non-English majors in the flipped classroom in the foreign language classroom. Based on the "broaden-build" theory and the "control-value" theory, 243 non-English majors were studied by questionnaire and interview. It is found that (a) Non-English majors’ acceptance of the foreign language classroom under the flipped classroom model is generally high. (b) The flipped classroom model is conducive to improving the participation of non-English majors in foreign language classrooms. (c) Non-English major college students are generally more enjoyable and less bored in the foreign language classroom under the flipped classroom model. (d) The emotions of non-English majors in the foreign language classroom under the flipped classroom model are influenced by many factors such as teachers’ enthusiasm, utilitarian psychology and autonomous learning ability. The results of the study can provide useful enlightenment for the teaching side to improve the flipped classroom teaching model.

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