Applying Blended Learning Mode to Spiral Sudoku in College English Teaching

This study analyzed current college students´ learning of English and explicated the advantages of applying social media such as Weibo and WeChat for English learning. The study established a bended learning mode of Spiral Sudoku exploiting Weibo and WeChat to allow students to learn English anywhere and anytime. To examine the effectiveness of the learning model, 34 non-English-major freshmen (NEMF) in the ZheJiang University of Technology participated in a one-way quasi-experiment. It was found that all participants loved Spiral Sudoku blended learning mode, 91.2% of them improved on their oral English and 82.3% of them improved on their reading comprehension. The overall English level of the students became significantly better than before.