The Application Of Multimedia And Internet In Non-English Major Reading Class

Since some universities and middle schools were appointed to launch pilot projects for the application of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), the research about CALL has been the hot topic in the field of foreign language teaching. Nowadays, much attention is paid to the research and practice into CALL in the world. Compared with foreign countries, the research on the applications of CALL in China, especially on the teaching of reading, is less developed. In this case, the ideas in this paper are significant to the improvement of teaching efficiency, to the all-round heightening of students'quality, and the enhancement of English teachers'ability of utilizing teaching resources.Under the circumstances of multimedia and the Internet, teacher and students guided by computer and the vast information resources can carry out language learning and get the best learning results through the good integration of teaching contents, teaching process and computer assisting. In this paper, the author not only summarizes the research and development of CALL, but also analyzes the current teaching of reading and the obstacles to college student reading. Then this paper states advantages, the theoretical basis of multimedia and the Internet assisting the teaching of reading in universities. The author illustrates the positive function of multimedia and the Internet in assisting reading teaching by concrete teaching examples. In addition, questionnaires and valid research performed in this paper indicate that the reading class assisted by multimedia and the Internet is beneficial to improve students'reading comprehension, stimulate students'reading interest. Finally, this paper discusses the problems existed in the application of multimedia and the Internet in reading class. Although performing great potentials, multimedia and the Internet can not take the place of teacher.