Research On The Application Of Multimedia Assist In Senior English Teaching Of Reading

We have entered a new highly developed information age. Science and technology aredeveloping very rapidly. As we all know, all kinds of new tools are being used widely inevery field, especially computer. It is a big trend that computer multimedia is applied toEnglish reading teaching in Senior high school. But teachers have no idea how to makeSenior English reading teaching much more efficient with the help of multimedia.Therefore, a research into multimedia assisted Senior English teaching of reading is verysignificant. Besides, applying computer multimedia to a lesson of reading teaching inSenior high school is developing slowly. So it will be necessary to make a research intomultimedia assisted Senior English teaching of reading. If we use multimedia properly in alesson, there are the following advantages:①Use of multimedia can activate and maintain students’interests;②Use of multimedia can arouse students’attention;③Use of multimedia can enrich students’knowledge of cultural background andcreate favorable English communicative surrounding where students can acquire Englishlanguage easily;④Use of multimedia can enlarge the contents of an English reading lesson;⑤Use of multimedia can help to resume students，confidence and improve their studyinitiative and active nature.There are five parts in the thesis. The first part is an introduction. In the second partauthor introduces theoretical background of using multimedia and the definition of CALLand Multimedia and components. The third part is about research design, where the authorelaborates on procedures and uses two courseware examples to compare two teachingmethods. The fourth part is about results and analysis. In the fifth part, the author makes aconclusion.