International Journal of New Developments in Education, 2026, 8(3); doi: 10.25236/IJNDE.2026.080312.
Xiaoling Yu1, Xin Liu2
1School of Foreign Languages, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China
2Sony Global Information System (China) Co., Ltd, Dalian, China
Based on the core connotations of smart education—"intelligence, digitalization, personalization, and diversification"—and combined with the disciplinary characteristics and talent cultivation goals of foreign language teaching, this paper systematically sorts out the main characteristics and core challenges of the digital transformation of foreign language teaching. From six dimensions—"reshape teaching concepts, build a technical foundation, reconstruct resource systems, reconstruct resource systems, optimize evaluation systems, and improve guarantee mechanisms"—it constructs the pathways for the digital transformation of foreign language teaching in smart education. The research aims to promote the in-depth integration of digital technology with the entire process of foreign language teaching, address the dilemmas in the digital transformation of foreign language teaching, build an intelligent foreign language teaching ecology, and improve teaching quality and talent cultivation effectiveness. It also provides practical guidance for cultivating compound foreign language talents with cross-cultural communication competence and digital literacy.
Smart Education; Foreign Language Teaching; Digital Transformation; Characteristics; Challenges; Pathways
Xiaoling Yu, Xin Liu. Pathways for the Digital Transformation of Foreign Language Teaching in Smart Education. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 3: 81-86. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2026.080312.
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