The combination of multimedia technology and English teaching under the new curriculum reform (Zheng)

2008-9- 17

2 1 century is the era of information and knowledge economy. The knowledge economy of 2 1 century requires talents to have practical ability, communication ability and innovation ability. With the rapid increase of information and the deepening of educational reforms such as the current new curriculum reform, traditional education is facing great challenges, and the reform of teaching means and methods is imperative. As a new educational form and modern teaching method, multimedia technology has brought new hope and influence to traditional education, prompting every educator to think deeply and practice.

Keywords: New Curriculum Reform Multimedia English Teaching

The times are developing and mankind is making progress. At present, a new round of basic English curriculum reform has been fully launched. This is another reform and innovation based on the existing achievements and according to the needs of the situation and the special status of English. This reform is guided by "three aspects", aimed at quality education and aimed at cultivating students' comprehensive language use ability. It strives to carry out substantial reforms in English teaching objectives, objectives, ideas, contents, implementation strategies, means and evaluation, so as to effectively improve English teaching level and meet the needs of talent training in the new century. Obviously, the new round of basic English curriculum reform has distinct characteristics and trends of the times, which is thought-provoking and worth exploring.

Looking at the new English textbook for senior one in Beijing Normal University, it fully embodies the "people-oriented" teaching concept. The arrangement and content of teaching materials pay attention to students' development, pay attention to cultivating students' innovative spirit and independent thinking ability, so that students can acquire more basic English knowledge and skills needed to adapt to a learning society, understand the cultural differences between China and the West on the basis of learning, develop a sound personality, and cultivate the spirit of collective cooperation and social morality consciousness. The content of the textbook is closer to students' life and closely reflects the changes of the times. At the same time, according to the characteristics of high school students' physical and mental development, interesting teaching contents are arranged, such as: there are a lot of illustrations, songs, games, dialogues, role-playing and other activities in the textbook to fully cultivate students' interest in learning; The textbooks also take into account the increase of cultural exchange opportunities in the global village, and provide as many materials as possible to reflect the cultural differences between the East and the West, so that students can fully understand and respect the cultures of all ethnic groups and countries in the world through the comparison of values, ways of thinking, customs and eating habits.

In this situation, the requirements for teachers to educate students are even higher. Under the impact of the rapid development of computers and networks connecting the world, "a piece of chalk and a blackboard" in traditional teaching seems to be a bit inadequate compared with modern educational technology. English teaching is not only a challenge in the future, but also an unprecedented opportunity in the information age, and it is also an exploration of building a new curriculum system. English textbooks are facing unprecedented broad vision, unprecedented rich resources expansion, unprecedented teaching content selection and convenient conditions created by students' autonomous learning; What English teachers are faced with is that the classroom teaching environment and teaching mode will make a breakthrough to a great extent, but the interaction between teachers and students will be optimized in many aspects unimaginable in the past, such as synchronization and asynchronism. How to solve the hard work of teachers and students in English classroom teaching, but the effect is only a general painful reality? The application of modern educational technology-multimedia courseware in English teaching has brought a qualitative leap to English teaching. Using computers to process information such as words, images, sounds and animations, a teaching system integrating sound, images, pictures and texts is formed, and visual teaching is carried out in various ways such as watching, listening, touching and thinking. It breaks the traditional teaching mode, not only conforms to students' cognitive laws, but also promotes the multi-directional development of students' thinking.

Theoretical research shows that only by listening can we remember the content of 15%; Knowledge can only be obtained by vision, and 25% of the content can be memorized; But by mobilizing both vision and hearing, you can remember 65% of the content. About 94% of our knowledge comes from sight and hearing. The application of multimedia technology in English teaching can provide students with a good visual and auditory environment. Therefore, it will certainly promote students' English learning.

First, multimedia can give full play to the role of sound, electricity, light, shadow, shape, color and other elements, so that English teaching highlights images, pays attention to appeal, transforms abstract and boring words, phrases and grammar knowledge into lively words, images and videos, combines animation with audio-visual, and stimulates students' hearing and vision at the same time, thus stimulating students' interest and improving memory efficiency.

For example, the word chimpanzee in the teaching material module is intangible, but the lively and lovely gorilla image under the multimedia courseware can attract students' attention more.

Second, English multimedia teaching makes classroom information change from two-way communication between teachers and students to diversification and multi-angle. English teaching needs a process of repeated use of English, multi-faceted and diversified communication. Therefore, as long as teachers choose audio-visual materials suitable for teaching content (such as English movies or songs, introduction of foreign customs, etc.). ) and edit it properly and use it flexibly, which can not only expand students' knowledge, but also cultivate good pronunciation habits; More importantly, it makes English teaching not only rely on teachers' explanations, questions and students' answers and exercises to achieve the purpose of communication and feedback.

For example, when teaching the ocean world, we can not only enjoy beautiful and moving songs, but also see colorful marine life: seals, penguins, corals, crabs, starfish, sharks and so on. Hear the pure American pronunciation.

Third, multimedia-assisted teaching is conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of learning, stimulating students' thinking, and allowing children to have multiple excitement points in a class; Make teaching materials and media complement each other; Interactive training such as follow-up, imitation, question-and-answer exercise and role-playing in courseware is beneficial to students' cognitive development and thinking training.

In the past, the tape recorder played, although there was a correct pronunciation and intonation to imitate, but it lacked visual stimulation, so students could only do exercises by textbooks, which often made them feel boring. And multimedia can make up for this deficiency.

Fourthly, the use of multimedia can make the classroom teaching capacity increase relatively. English dialogue pays attention to situations, and it is difficult to be perfect only by teachers' design, hands-on production and arrangement. It takes a lot of energy to find the real thing, what's more, it's not an easy task. The multimedia, which integrates words, sounds, images and animations, is intuitive and can create scenes that textbooks can't provide, such as shopping/asking for directions/calling/... which embodies the comprehensive effect of multimedia, improves the teaching environment and optimizes the teaching structure. Providing students with more opportunities for language practice is conducive to improving their language application ability.

Fifth, the advantages of multimedia, such as large amount of information and high speed, can help teachers transmit a lot of information and provide a variety of training methods. Information about customs and habits of countries all over the world can be found on the Internet, and students have unconsciously accepted and mastered this information while opening their eyes. The game designs of letters, words and sentences are endless and varied, which makes students dizzying. The process of playing is also the process of learning. At the same time, teachers feel relaxed as instructors.

Therefore, in order to achieve good results in English classroom teaching, we must attach importance to the application of multimedia technology. This reduces the difficulty of understanding caused by non-linguistic factors to a certain extent, makes students feel the joy of learning a foreign language, and further stimulates and protects their interest in learning English. Teachers should boldly use multimedia technology to create conditions for students to listen, speak and practice in various forms, so as to increase students' vocabulary and improve their conversational ability.

Undeniably, the application of multimedia technology has reduced the teaching burden of teachers to some extent. But at the same time, we should also see that the maintenance and overhaul of computers need specialized talents, and the phenomenon of computer crash and damage due to poor operation and wrong use does exist; At present, many schools do not have special hardware systems to flexibly serve software systems; There are far fewer excellent teaching software that can be used in conjunction with current English textbooks than tutoring and self-study software. Teachers often spend more time and energy on selecting materials, editing and designing courseware before class, which invisibly increases the burden of preparing lessons for teachers. If we excessively pursue multimedia itself and make courseware for the sake of courseware, we can't concentrate on watching and listening to the teaching content contained in the media. In addition, the pre-designed teaching plan and blackboard writing can not be properly adjusted according to the actual situation of students in English class, which also greatly reduces the opportunities for teachers and students to practice in class, which is not conducive to strengthening teachers' basic skills, and also affects students' familiarity, memory and good writing habits.

In a word, multimedia teaching has become the main body of audio-visual education, the product of the development of modern social economy, science and technology and education, the need of implementing quality education, the need of implementing teaching reform and conducting research, the need of improving teachers' professional quality, the need of strengthening teachers' preparation level and optimizing classroom teaching process. Under the new situation, it is urgent to explore how to optimize classroom teaching through the combination of multimedia. Strengthening the research and implementation of multimedia technology and English teaching has created a good foundation for breaking the closed and rigid mode of traditional English teaching and giving full play to students' subjectivity and creativity, which will surely make English education develop in the direction of modern curriculum.

We believe that the combination of multimedia technology and English teaching will certainly play a booster role in the development of education, add new vitality and vitality to the implementation of new curriculum standards, and promote the prosperity of education.

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