Enhancing College Students' English to Improve Cybersecurity Awareness: a Study of Language and Fraud Detection Skills

Abstract

This study was applied in enhancing college students' awareness of cybersecurity, especially in fraud detection skills, by improving their English language proficiency. The study first analyzes the current English level of college students and their motivation for foreign language learning through questionnaires and English proficiency tests, and finds that most of the students have insufficient English application skills and a single motivation for learning. In response to these problems, a series of enhancement programs are proposed, including classroom teaching reform, campus English atmosphere creation, and the integration of English learning resources. Meanwhile, in combination with cybersecurity education, teaching modules covering common cyber fraud case analysis and cybersecurity curriculum were designed, and training in data mining, machine learning algorithms and visualization and analysis tools were introduced to systematically cultivate students' fraud detection skills. Through comparative experiments and effect evaluation, the results show that students' English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are significantly improved, especially in speaking and writing; in terms of fraud detection skills, students' recognition accuracy and analysis efficiency are also significantly improved. The conclusion of the study shows that the organic combination of language proficiency and cybersecurity skills can effectively improve the comprehensive quality of college students and provide strong support for building a safe network environment.