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ofmultimediaenglishteachingandlearninginjuniormiddleschool英语专业学位论文

AStudyofApplicationofMultimediaEnglishTeachingandLearninginjuniorMiddleSchool

Acknowledgement

ThispaperwascompletedinMay,2009.Foritsbeing,Ioweagreatdealofthankstomanypeople.

First,IwouldliketodedicatemymostsinceregratitudetoWangYiyun.Mysupervisorwhosecarefulandinsightfulguidanceintheformworkshapingandpaperwriting,andwhosewordsofencouragementintimeofdifficulthavebeenofgreatworth.Withoutherinsightfuladvice,generousguidanceandpersistentencouragementintimeofdifficulthavebeencompleted.Herstrictattitudetowardsstudydeeplyimpressedme.Therefore,Iownameritinthisthesistoherandofcourse,forthemistakes,Ibearthewholeresponsibility.

Second,Iwouldexpressmyheartfeltthankstomyformmaster,ChenLiyun,ProfessorWangJing,DengShumei,GongShan,LiLifang,LiJiyun,DuanLifang,LiuAihua,LiNa,andYangLi,whosecourseshaveenlightenedmymind,enrichedmyknowledgeandenhancedmycompetence.Withouttheirinstruction,Icouldnothaveachievedtoday’sprogress.ImustofferspecificthankstoChenLiyunwhohasgivenmepatientguidancewheneverIturntoher.

Third,IthankProfessorZhangJingbo,DeanofEnglishDepartmentofmycollege,forrecommendingthispaperandofferingheradviceonmydissertation.

Fourth,additionalthankstheteachersandstudentsofmypracticeschool-LuoxiongJuniorMiddleSchool.Theygivemesomeunderstandingandsupport.

Lastly,Ithankmyfamilymemberswhohavegivenmetheirconstantencouragementandsupportinmyacademicterms.

Withoutallthesepeople,Icouldnothavecompletedthesis.

Abstract

Asmultimediatechnologybecomesmoreaccessibletoteachersandlearnersacrossthenationandintheworld,itspotentialasatooltoenhanceEnglishskillsbecomesapracticaloption.Multimediaallowsintegrationoftext,graphics,audio,andvideoinarangeofcombinations.ThevividscenarioscreatedbythosetechnologieshelpthelearnerstounderstandbetterandthusdevelopmoreEnglishskills.

ThethesissummarythetheoryofmultimediaassistedjuniorEnglishteaching.AndthenfindthedisadvantagesoftraditionalmiddleschoolEnglishteaching.Analyzeanddiscusstheresearchingresultsofthequestionnairesamongthejuniormiddleschoolstudents.Throughtheanalysisanddiscussion,concludethefunctionsofmultimediaassistedinmiddleschoolEnglishteaching:

itcanarousestudents’interestsandinitiativeanddevelopstudents’abilitiesoflistening,speaking,reading,andwritingbymeansofusingsounds,pictures,filmsandflashesandsoon.

Keywords:

Multimedia;Assisted;EnglishTeaching

摘要

随着多媒体技术在世界范围的普及,它作为提高英语技能的工具,有效而且可行。

多媒体为学习者提供图文音像的组合,这种组合所创造出的生动情景有助于学习者对语言的理解和语言技能的提高。

本文从对多媒体辅助初中英语教学理论基础的概述入手，揭示了传统初中英语教学的弊端，对初中学生问卷调查的结果进行分析与讨论，从而得出多媒体辅助初中英语教学效果的结论：

它能利用声音、图片、影像和动画等全面调动学生学习兴趣、积极性以及提高他们听、说、读、写的能力等。

关键词：

多媒体；辅助；英语教学

CONTENTS

Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………….ⅰ

AbstractinChinese………………………………………………………………….ⅱ

AbstractinEnglish………………………………………………………………….ⅲ

1.Introduction……………………………………………………………………….1

1.1Thesignificanceofthisstudy……………………………………………........1

1.2Theaimofthisstudy…………………………………………………………..1

2.Literaturereview………………………………………………………………......1

3.ResearchDesign…………………………………………………………………..3

3.1Theparticipantsofthesurvey……………………………………………........3

3.2Theinstrumentofresearch…………………………………………………….3

3.3Researchmethods…………………………………………………………........3

3.4Researchquestion……………………………………………………………...4

3.5Researchprocess………………………………………………………….........4

4.ResearchResultandDiscussion……………………………………………………6

4.1Researchtheresult……………………………………………………………...6

4.2ThenecessitiesofmultimediaassistedEnglishteaching………………….........6

4.21TheproblemsexistinginthetraditionalmiddleschoolEnglishteaching....7

4.22Effectivewaysofsolvingtheproblems……………………………………8

4.3ThefunctionsofmultimediaassistedEnglishteaching………………………....8

4.31Changingthebackwardteachingmediumsandmeans…………………….8

4.32Stimulatingthelearners’senses……………………………………………9

4.33Creatingthecontextsoflanguagelearning……………...............................10

4.34Developingstudents’abilitiesandimprovingtheircreativity……………..10

5.Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...12

6.Limitation……………………………………………………………………………13

References………………………………………………………………………............14

Appendix………………………………………………………………………………..15

1.Introduction

Nowadays,moreandhigherdemandshavebeenputforwardforEnglishteachinginourcountry.Atthesametime,theadvancedteachingmedium,multimedia,hasbeenmoreandmorewidelyusedineducation.ItsapplicationhasbroughtarevolutionaryreformformiddleschoolEnglishteaching.

1.1Thesignificanceofthisstudy.

Agreatnumberofresearchesandexperimentsathomeandabroadhavebeendoneaboutapplyingmultimediaineducationfield.However,thereformofthemiddleschoolEnglishteachingthathasmanyproblemsisgoingoninarelativelyslowrhythm.Multimedia,withitspowerfulstrength,cangreatlyimprovetheEnglishteachinginmiddleschool.Therefore,theapplyingofmultimediainmiddleschoolEnglishteachingisagreatsignificanceandafurtherdiscussioninthispaper.

1.2Theaimofthisstudy

Uptonow,therearemanyteacherswhocannotrealizetheadvantagesofmultimediasothatmanyteachingaidscannotbeusedsufficiently.JuniorEnglishisabasicphaseoflearner.Inthisphase,thestudentsstarttoformtheirfinenessesforEnglish.So,it’sveryimportanttousetheeffectiveteachingtoolstoinspirestudentsofEnglishlearning.Inviewofthis,thispaperwilldiscussthenecessitiesofmultimediaassistedEnglishteachingwhichcomparedwiththetraditionalmethods,andthensumupsomefunctionsofmultimediaassistedEnglishteaching.InordertolettheteachersfindthedisadvantageoftraditionalEnglishteachingmethodsandknowtheusefulnessofusingmultimediatoassistjuniorEnglishteachingsothattheycanuseitsufficientlyandefficientlyinjuniorEnglishteachingandlearning.

2.LiteratureReview

Themultimediacameintobeingwiththerapiddevelopmentofmodernscienceandtechnology.Aseriesofexperimentsandresearchesabouttheapplicationofmultimediaineducationfieldhavebeendoneinasynchronicwayaccordingtoitshistoryofdevelopment.

Theearliestapplicationofmultimediaineducationshouldbetheaudio-videoeducationinAmericaintheearly20thcentury.AccordingtoYuZhonggen（2004）,theaudio-visualeducationreferstonotonlythemodernmediumssuchasslide,movies,recorders,radios,andtheteachingaidssuchaspictures,diagram,andspecimenandsoon,butalsotheteachingactivitieslikesightseeing,journeyandexhibition.

TheeducationinDepartmentofVisualInstructionfoundedinAmericain1923pointout,“Visualexperiencehasmuchmoreeffectonstudythanotherexperience.”（Jack,C.Richard,2001:

81）

ExpertsofHowardUniversity,BernardSpolskeyandMarineWilliams（1980）didanexperimentofmovieteachinginmiddleschoolofthreecities,andtheresultindicatedthatthestudents’scoresincreasedby20.5%（JaneArnold,2002:

59）.

EdgerDale（1988）,whowroteAudioVisualMethodsinTeaching,putforwardhisfamousConeofExperience,inwhichheindicatedtherelationshipbetweentheeducationandexperience（GongChunyan,2001:

50）.

Thetheoryplayedanimportantpartintheaudio-visualeducation,anditexpoundedthelaws,thepositionandfunctionofmediumsinteachingandlearning;especiallyitlaidthetheoreticalfoundationforthemultimediaassistedEnglishteachingnowadays.

ProfessorHoward.E.Gardner（1989）putforwardacompletelynewtheoryabouthumanintelligencestructure-theoryofMultipleIntelligence（MTinshort）.InthisbookMultipleIntelligenceGotoschool-EducationalImplicationsofThetheoryofMultipleIntelligence,heheldthat,“eachstudenthashisparticularpotentialitywhichshouldbeuncoveredbyteachersinteaching.”（CaoChunyan,2002）Inaddition,themultimedia-assistedteachingcandowellinstimulatingstudents’potentiality,sothatstudents’multipleintelligencecanbedeveloped.

Thetheoryofbothstudentsandteacher-centeredthinksthatteacherisadesigner,organizeranddirectorwhoregardsteachingmethods,educationenvironmentandfactorsasobjectsintheeducationalactivities;studentsarethesubjectsintheeducationalactivitieswhotransferteacher’sinformationintotheirownmindsandmixoldandnewknowledgeintoanewknowledgesystemandstructure.（SunHuaizhong,2004:

158）Therefore,theaimsofeducationcannotberealizedwithoutstudentsassubjectintheeducationalactivities.AndtheapplicationofmultimediainEnglishteachingcanensurethestudents’functionasthesubjectsinteachingactivities.

MissCaoChunyan（2002）,amiddleschoolEnglishteacher,didanexperimentofmultimediaEnglishteachinginanordinarymiddleschoolinLiaoyangcity,Liaoningprovince.Seeingfromtheresultoftheexperiment,Englishteachingassistedbymultimediacanincreasethestudents’scores;developtheirabilitiesofusingEnglishandtheircommunicativecompetence.（CaoChunyan,2002）

Fromalltheresearchesandexperimentsabove,itisnotdifficulttoknowthattheapplicationofmultimediaisagreatsignificanceinEnglishteaching.However,mostoftheseresearchesandexperimentsrevealtheimportanceandadvantagesofmultimedia-assistedteachinginageneralaspect.AsfortheconcretemultimediateachingpracticeinmiddleschoolEnglishteaching,fewerresearcheshavebeendone.Therefore,theauthortriestotalkabouttheapplicationofmultimediai