基于Web视频文本轨道技术的英语学习平台开发与应用研究——非正式学习的视角

Development and Application Research of English Learning Platform Based on Web Video Text Track: from the View of Informal Learning

随着我国互联网的迅猛发展，越来越多的英语学习者利用互联网进行非正式学习，以便提高自身的英语水平。该文分析了目前网络上英语学习平台存在的主要问题，通过整合WebVTT、PHP和MYSQL等相关技术，设计并实现了一个非正式学习环境下的英语学习平台。该平台能够提供视频管理、字幕管理、英语单词和语法搜索等功能，平台运行不需要任何插件，只需要支持Video标记的浏览器。最后，作者以《狮子王》电影片段为视频载体设计了一个应用实例。

With the rapid development of Internet， more and more students are studying in informal learning environments to improve their English performance. This paper discussed the main issues of popular English learning systems. Through integrating JavaScript， WebVTT， PHP， and MySQL， the authors developed an English learning platform for informal learning. Without any plugins， this platform can run on any web browsers which support tag in HTML5. The features include video， subtitle， search of English words and grammar， and so on. Based on the video clips cut from the movie “the Lion King”， an example has been realized.