Analysis Of The Influential Factors Of Multimedia Based Content In College English Learning

Multimedia-based content (MBC) has been taken as an ideal way to facilitate second language acquisition in recent years. This thesis investigates the effects of a multimedia-based "College English" course teaching program on the development of college students' motivation, learner autonomy, learning strategies and interactive and cooperative learning in a Chinese context. By exploring its impact on learners, this thesis aims to improve our ability to design MBC programs that can create optimized language environment for learners so that we can implement such programs more effectively in future.In the study, both quantitative and qualitative methods are employed. The quantitative data are collected from two surveys of 30 first-year college students who have undergone a multimedia based "College English" course teaching program in the academic year of 2004-2005 at Dalian Maritime University, China. Besides, interviews and authors' observation notes are employed as qualitative data in order to gain insights into the process and underlying reasons of learner's changes. The major findings are that in the MBC classroom to study College English can effect learners' motivation, learner autonomy, learning strategies and interactive and cooperative learning.Based on the findings, the author concludes that MBC does facilitate English as a foreign language learning in the Chinese context and thus its related issues are worth further research. The thesis finally reveals some implications for effective application of MBC in the Chinese context.