The Reform and Innovation of English Course: A Coherent Whole of MOOC, Flipped Classroom and ESP

ESP (English for Specific Purposes) is prevailing in China nowadays, but with the traditional teaching model, its development has been blocked by the limitation of the traditional teaching. Researchers are exploring the new model for English teaching, they combine ESP with MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) and "Flipped Classroom"(a reversal of traditional teaching) theoretically instead of practically. With the theory of constructivism, the paper focuses especially on the implementation of the new model. The new model is taken into practice with the combination of ESP, MOOC and "Flipped classroom". According to Tyler, the father of the curriculum theory, the paper shows the new model in four parts: Purpose, content, teaching organization and teaching evaluation. The new model has been implemented for a term, the author collects students objective and subjective feedback and makes the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the effects of the new model with the software SPSS. The paper makes the conclusion of three advantages of the new model and gives suggestions to the education of English in the future. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.