The Use of Multimedia in English Teaching
The Use of Multimedia in English Teaching
Definition
Multimedia is the exciting combination of computer hardware and software that allows you to integrate video, animation, audio, graphics, and test resources to develop effective presentations on an affordable desktop computer.
Components of Multimedia
Text. It is fundamental element in all multimedia applications. It conveys most information (Vanghan, 2004)
Graphics. It refers to images and pictures, such as chart, diagram, and photograph, which contain no movement.
Animation. Animation is the rapid display of sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.
Sound. It is speech, music, or any other sound that is stored and produced by computers. It has more advantages than tape recorder.
Video. It is the visible part of a television transmission and broadcasts visual images of stationary or moving objects.
The Setting of Multimedia Classroom
An illustration of a typical one-multimedia-PC classroom setting is vital and necessary.
1. MPC-multimedia personal computer
2. VCD/DVD player-video compound disk/digital video disk;
3. Amplifier and Hi-Fi acoustic system
4. Overhead/slide projector
5. Screen/curtain
6. Projecting apparatus
7. The internet access
8. Cassette tape recorder
9. Camera recorder
The Necessity of Multimedia in English Teaching
The Necessity of Development of Modern Educational Technology
The development of modern educational technology not only promotes the development of educational methods and means but also promotes the development of educational thinking and model.
The Needs of Quality Education
Multimedia English language teaching can enable students to be involved in a variety of sensory organ in the learning process and stimulate the students in the corresponding cortical function area.
The Needs of Students Cognitive Mental
Under the present circumstances, only the multimedia teaching system can fully mobilize the students’ audio-visual and other sensory organs, and thus get the best of the cognitive effect.
The Multimedia Teaching
Advantages
- Arousing the students' interest. - Improving students' self-learning ability. - Improving students' innovative ability. - Cultivating students' communication skills. - Increasing classroom capacity.
Problems:
Confusion. Some English classes are totally dependent on multi-media, ignoring the role of teachers.
Performance on behalf of the lead. The teaching process is that teachers arouse students’ enthusiasm and guide students to active learning. Multimedia just only provides a supporting role in the process.
Lack of special skills. The unskilled operation on computer would affect the instruction flow, which in turn would de-motive students if it happened frequently in class.
Over-use of multimedia. Because of the teacher’s lack of enthusiasm and creation and his or her dependence on the multimedia technology, the teachers act as sole information-giver to the students.
Lack of interaction between teachers and students. The teachers in the multimedia classroom are busy with machine operation—computer, DVD player, overhead projector, course ware —which might even get the proficient teachers busy, let alone those unskilled.
Strategies for Using MultimediaCombining Modern Teaching Methods
with Traditional Teaching Methods
Teachers should combine their Traditional Teaching Methods with modern teaching methods, which not only raise classroom teaching quality and efficiency, but also improve teaching and learning environment between teachers and students.
Viewing Multimedia as the Assistance to Teaching
When we use computers in the teaching, we should understand they can only assist but cannot take place of all the other teaching methods.
Building the Ideal Relationship between Teachers and Students
It is wrong for some people to hold the view that machine can take place of human beings. It is more challenging role for teachers now that the expectations are more complex.
Strengthening Teacher Training
Teachers should be expert in one thing and good at many. They should know well about modern educational theories and techniques.
The Principles of Multimedia-Assisted Teaching
1. Scientific principles. Namely, course ware design cannot appear any errors;
2. Subsidiary principle. We must always adhere to: Although multi-media teaching has many advantages, it is only a supplementary means, and does not substitute for the role of people;
3. Interactivity principle. More interactivity between teachers and students, students and multimedia, more effective results we will have;
4. Combination principle. Combine the advantages of modern teaching and the traditional teaching organically.
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