Exploring AI's Assistance to Teachers in Implementing the Motivating Phase of POA Theory in College English Courses

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, its applications in education have become increasingly widespread. As an effective foreign language teaching theory, the Production-Oriented Approach (POA) emphasizes the organic integration of the three stages—motivating, enabling, and assessing, among which the motivating stage plays a crucial role in stimulating students’ learning motivation and clarifying learning objectives with its implementation quality directly determining overall teaching effectiveness. Taking Unit 1 “The Kindness of Strangers” from New Century College English Integrated Course (Book 2) as a pedagogical case study, this paper explores how AI technology can establish a multidimensional support system during this phase to significantly enhance teaching efficacy.

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