On the Application of Flipped Classroom Model Based on M-Learning in English Courses for Tourism Students at Higher Chinese Vocational Colleges

In recent decades, the Chinese tourism industry develops quickly. In this context, the needs for higher vocational colleges always take the responsibility to meet for highly qualified international tourism talents increased dramatically. However, traditional English courses for students majoring in tourism leads to lower level of learning interests, motivation and effectiveness. The application of flipped classroom model based on M-learning in English teaching will become a new attempt in English teaching reform of higher vocational colleges. This paper intends to investigate whether the flipped classroom model based on M-learning is an effective way to improve students' oral learning results.