MCA school crestMinhang Crosspoint Academyat Shanghai Wenqi Private Middle SchoolFor UniversitiesEN/中文
Industry Practice/Technology & culture

AI-Supported English Learning Platform

Students combine English textbook materials with local stories, help build a teaching platform, and revise its content and usability in response to feedback from local teachers and students.

Student outputAn English learning platform that combines textbook materials with local stories, presented to local teachers and revised in response to classroom feedback.
Methods & activitiesStudy teaching materials, incorporate local stories, help develop the platform, and revise it with feedback from teachers and students at Linzhou Middle School.
Project progressPlatform built; revisions ongoing.
Teachers at Linzhou Middle School guide pupils using the English learning platform
Teachers at Linzhou Middle School guide pupils using the English learning platform

Platform development
and user feedback

01

Materials & stories

English teaching materials and local stories.

02

A teaching platform

Teaching content integrated into a digital platform.

03

Feedback & revision

Feedback from teachers and students in Linzhou guides revisions.

01

Understanding local learning needs

Students explored how English teaching materials could reflect local stories and classroom needs in Xizang. They began by learning about the teachers and students who would use the platform.

02

From textbooks to a teaching platform

The team studied textbook materials, incorporated local stories and contributed to platform development. Conversations with teachers and students at Linzhou Middle School helped them understand how the content would be used in class.

03

Revising in response to feedback

Feedback from local teachers and students guided further revisions. The team explained its design choices, considered different perspectives and continued to improve the platform.

Project guidance

Shawn · Industry Practice Teacher

Shawn guides this project. With professional support from the Carnegie Mellon University Shanghai Alumni Association, students helped build the platform and refined it through feedback from Linzhou Middle School teachers and students.

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