The
Use of Multimedia in English Teaching
What
is Multimedia?
The Definition of Multimedia
Multimedia: 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 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. Multi-media
teaching can not only greatly stimulate students’ interest in learning, but
also make teaching becomes vivid and lively.
Improving students’ self-learning
ability. The most important thing is teaching students how
to learn and making students change from “want me to study” to “I want to
learn” in thinking, from passive learning to active learning.
Improving students’ innovative
ability. In teaching, the teachers should pay attention to
tap the imagination of students. To use multimedia can achieve the desired
results and find unlimited resources in textbooks.
Cultivating students’ communication
skills. Through multi-media teaching, we can create
real-life scenes in the classroom. It is not only to shorten the distance
between teaching and practice and give students the opportunity to use English
to communicate, but also to satisfy their curiosity in psychology and stimulate
the expression of desire.
Increasing classroom capacity. Multi-media
teaching rhythm is adapted to the needs of modernization to meet the student’s
desire for knowledge. It can expand text-related materials. The use of
multimedia technologies can make students notice a clear knowledge and a new
expansion by huge information capacity which shows by all kinds of media.
Problems:
Teaching
English with multi-media has many 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,
courseware—which might even get the proficient teachers busy, let alone those
unskilled.
Strategies
for Using Multimedia
Combining 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, courseware 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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