Abstract

Multimedia teaching exerts positive effects such as creates better English learning environment; expand students’ mind; enhance learning efficiency in a large extent; build the cognitive schema of students. This dissertation takes the case of Wenyi primary school, in which I did two month internship in Hang Zhou, chooses the English classes in this primary school to do research. Participants includes 106 students from class1, 2 and 3 in Grade 5, and three teachers. The research are done by design classroom observation, questionnaire in the situation about applying multimedia in primary English class.

It turns out that with the help of multimedia, teacher can stimulate the learning interest of students; enhance the creativity of classroom; boost students’ confidence; active classroom atmosphere. It also build harmonious environment for teacher to assist them improve the efficiency of teaching. However, although there are tremendous benefits in applying multimedia teaching during the investigation, there are still some drawbacks. For example, it reduces the communication between teachers and students; teacher depend so much on the multimedia devices; students could not get the essence of lessons because of multimedia devices. Therefore, there are some solutions for the disadvantages to enhance the effectiveness of multimedia. Lastly, it shows conclusion and suggestions to the insufficient of the paper, the future direction of the research as well. 

Our goal is to put the practice into theory and get feedback from the teaching practice. To analyze and provide some teaching suggestions as well as standard multimedia teaching to ensure the teaching quality. We try our best to enable multimedia become an effective tool for learning and offer learners the most effective way to gain knowledge.

Key words: Multimedia; Primary English Class; Questionnaire

Contents

Abstract

摘要

I. Introduction-1

1.1 Research Background-1

1.2 Research Purpose and Objectives-1

1.3 Structure of the Thesis-2

II. Literature Review-3

2.1 The Definition of Multimedia-3

2.2 The Features of Multimedia-3

III. Methodology-5

3.1 Research Methods-5

3.1.1 Questionnaire Survey-5

3.1.2 Observation in Classroom-5

3.2  Research Design-6

3.2.1 Content of the Study-6

3.2.2 Participants-6

3. 3 Investigation and Implementation-7

IV. Research Results and Analysis-8

4.1 Questionnaire Analysis-8

4.2 Classroom Observation Analysis-12

V. Conclusion-15

5.1 Findings-15

5.2 Suggestions-15

References-16