Research, Web-based English Training System

With the rapid development of Internet, computer and multimedia technology, the trend of using Web-based multimedia instruction is getting more and more popular, and it has been promoting the change of traditional educational means. Web-based multimedia instruction is a new type of teaching method that requires multimedia technology, database technology and modern information technology. It has brought revolutionary changes to the creation, storage, learning means of the knowledge. Meanwhile, this has also provided self-learning with vast space.This paper conducts a comprehensive and thorough analysis on the current web-based spoken English training system. According to the current situation of the teaching of spoken English in high schools, it is attempting to build a web-based spoken training system.The current web-based spoken English training system has two main problems in building and maintaining. One is that the media-integration level is too high, which leads to the increase of the cost of development and the decrease of the universality of the multimedia materials. The other one is that the development of learning resources is rather difficult and it requires professionals to develop and maintain.To solve the first problem, this system provides online spoken English training by using synchronized multimedia technology. Synchronized multimedia technology refers to the combination of multiple media according to certain space-time relations. It studies the dynamic combination of multimedia information rather than static process. To combine multiple media by using synchronized multimedia technology will not only benefit the protection and reuse of multimedia information, but also the effective storage and maintenance. The second problem can be solved by developing software of learning-resource creating. The degree of difficulty can be lowered by using the author's learning-resource processing software, which makes it possible for teachers and students collaborate on the construction of learning resources.The development environment of this system is Windows 2003 Server + IIS6.0 + Access 2003; the development technology is ASP and SMIL. Such a structure guarantees good compatibility and high development speed. The general structure of his system is a B/S structure in which all the training materials and other related information are all stored and organized in Access databases at the server end.This system provides each student with a his-own learning environment of spoken English. By using this system, the students can obtain abundant learning resources and online spoken English training conveniently. Meanwhile, the teachers can conduct asynchronous evaluation of the students' learning progress and provides the students with on-time feedback. This is a beneficial supplement to the current spoken English teaching in high schools.