| Vocabulary is an important component of language as well as the basis of linguistic abilities; vocabulary study is therefore very important in language teaching. But in the literature of English language teaching and learning, the teaching effects are not as satisfactory as expected.In recent years, in tune with the rapid development of the information age and the digital, audio-visual technology, multimedia technology and its application has also entered a new era of development in the people's life, especially in the academic field.Until now, multimedia technology has been widely used in the foreign language teaching. Though most teachers and students consider that teaching via multimedia technology is an effective way in foreign language teaching, few relevant quantitative researches can be found to prove its effectiveness.This present research is intended to do a quantitative research on the vocabulary teaching via multimedia technology through contrastive experiment with the traditional lecture format instruction approach. After some variables affecting the effectiveness are controlled, 108 students are chosen to attend this experiment, and 20 new words are presented to them. During the teaching experiment, tests are supplied to students to practise what they assimilated, aiming at the goal of new vocabulary cognition and usage. The scores of every subject in the examination would be collected and sorted through SPSS. Then the questionnaire survey is delivered to the learners to investigate the learner's attitude towards the two comparative approaches.The research applies the process and conclusion consciously and systematically based on the literature review; and the statistical data prove that there is a significant difference in teaching effectiveness between teaching via multimedia and traditional approach. The results of the comparative research indicates that it is a more effective way to teach vocabulary via multimedia technology, no matter teaching vocabulary cognition or usage, than teaching through traditional approach. Multimedia technology, which is characterized by a combination of graphic, textual, audio and video functions, is superior to any other medium in its devastatingly huge mass of information and arouses the students'interest and desire for study. It not only provides richer and more authentic language learning environment and enables both teachers and students to have more access to the enormous English information and materials.But there exist some misunderstandings when teachers use the multimedia technology, for example some teachers depend excessively on the multimedia technology and the courseware design is not reasonable, etc. It will affect the teaching effectiveness to some extent.The results of this research explore how to make full use of the advantages of multimedia technology, and how to improve the teaching approach. Some valuable suggestions are mentioned, with the hope of further improvement. |
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