Multimedia technology in teaching and learning English as a foreign language

Abstract EN

In the present paper an attempt has been made to reveal the regularities of the historical development of methodology as a science under the influence of various factors; the conditions favourable for their successive replacement and interpenetration have been studied; and the characteristics of the newest methods of teaching English as a foreign language have been suggested.

The researcher has classified, analyzed and compared multimedia methods and approaches to the foreign language study.

It has been proved that the effectiveness of mastering a foreign language by students can be achieved only if the process of studying and learning is a conscious, deliberately-planned and systematically organized one; on the condition the newest methods of teaching languages are used, particularly, multimedia ones; if the process of teaching English as a foreign language is assisted with the help of a specially organized system of classroom activities based on the usage of modern multimedia and Internet technologies.

A series of conclusions that have been drawn in the result of the research allow us to state the following.

First and foremost is the necessity to use all the advantages of classical methodology combining them skillfully with the advances of the contemporary methodological science.

Such methods and approaches as multimedia and computer-assisted language learning, internet-based methods offer a broad range of motivating activities and opportunities for self-development.

Therefore, they cannot leave either teachers or students indifferent.

Multimedia methods can be applied in a modern classroom and a great emphasis has been put on design software, painting tools, modeling and animation tools, and digital movie tools.

The results of the scientific investigation may promote further development of these issues and may become a starting point of the elaboration of practical recommendations concerning application of the methods described