Week 3 The Use of Multimedia in English Teaching

❤The Definition of Multimedia❤

Multimedia is the use of computers to present text, graphics, video, animation and sound in an integrated way

❤Components of Multimedia❤
-Text : It is fundamental element in all multimedia application. Teacher can use different size, color, and style to present information

-Graphics : It refers to images and pictures such as, diagram, chart, photograph. Graphics can stimulate interesting, improve understanding ability of language

-Animation : Animation is speedy display of a sequence of images

-Sound : It is speech, music or any other sound produce by computer. In Multimedia, teacher can use more sound to help students English learning

-Video : It is the visible part of a television. Video can offer more vivid information

❤The setting of Multimedia Classroom❤
We should to make sure that readers can deserve a better understanding of multimedia English teaching. There are many kind of multimedia that necessary in classroom
- MPC (multimedia personal computer) 

- VCD/DVD

- Amplifier and Hi-Fi acoustic system

- Overhead/slide projector

- Screen

- The internet access

- Cassette tape recorder

❤The necessity of Development of Modern Educational Teaching❤

           Modern educational technology is characterized by combination of modern education and modern technology. Also promote the development of educational thinking and model. Modern educational technology must lead to development of multi-media teaching. Multimedia teaching can develop and improve the modern education technology well

❤The need of quality education❤

        Multimedia is one of the ways to promote the development of quality education. Multimedia teaching provides a good education to learners

❤The need of students's cognitive mental❤

          Using multimedia teaching is very necessary, especially in English teaching. It is better complete 

the teaching task

The Multimedia teaching

Multimedia teaching have many advantages and problems in English teaching 

☺Advantages☺

-Multimedia can stimulate students to interest of learning English

-Multimedia improve students self-learning ability: students have freedom of learning English

-cultivating student communication skills : student practice communication to use English and can

create real-scenes in the classroom

-Increasing classroom capacity: the use of multimedia teaching can make students know a clear 

knowledge 

 ⚠Problems⚠

-confusion: some teachers have only a CD-ROM courseware for students or copy other people

courseware 

-performance on behalf of the lead

-lack of special skills: some teachers waste time in operation the computer, unskilled operation on 

computer

-lack of interaction between teachers and students: because the teacher in the multimedia classroom

are busy with operation the computer

strategies for Using Multimedia

-combining modern teaching methods with traditional teaching methods : teacher should combine 

the strong point with modern teaching methods also improve teaching and learning environment 

during teachers and students

-viewing multimedia as the assistance to teaching

-building the ideal relationship during teachers and students: students should actively formulate their

own goals for their learning 

-the teacher should be train with use of modern equipments

❤The principle of multimedia-assisted teaching❤

1.courseware design cannot appear any errors

2.Although multimedia teaching has many advantages but it is does not substitute for the role of 

people

3.combine modern teaching and the traditional teaching 

                 Finally, multimedia is an important aspect in modern education. In order to the 

necessity of multimedia,the multimedia teaching and strategies for using multimedia. We must admit

that multimedia do make a revolutionary impact on language teaching. It is a permanent task for 

a teacher to do more and deeper study in the application of multimedia.

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