Abstract：English as a compulsory course in university has been completely universal. As Chinese culture plays an increasingly important role in the world, great weight is given to English as a intercommunication media in the international stage, and public expectations for English education becomes higher and higher. This article aims to analyze strengths and weaknesses of the traditional teaching model and the multimedia teaching model, exploring the two different teaching modes to make the two modes complementary even to improve college English teaching model. It is argued that adding multimedia mode into the tradition model appropriately and effectively will work for college English teaching by means of detailing arrangement for students learning tasks and improving educational evaluation means to enhance teachers' professional knowledge. The rapid development of computer makes a new English teaching platform and creates a new opportunity to change the teaching model. How to use the computer network technology to further explore the English Teaching Model which can meet the international standards and to improve students' overall English proficiency is also an urgent problem.

Key words: traditional teaching mode; multimedia teaching mode; 

college English

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摘要

Abstract

Introduction-- 1 -

1. The Origin and Development of the Computer-- 2 -

1.1 The Birth of the Computer-- 2 -

1.2. The Development of the Computer Technology-- 2 -

1.3 The Trend of Multimedia-- 4 -

2. The present situation of multimedia teaching in college English-- 6 -

3.Traditional teaching vs. multimedia teaching-- 7 -

3.1 Traditional teaching-- 7 -

3.1.1 The features of traditional teaching-- 9 -

3.1.2 Pros and cons of traditional teaching-- 9 -

3.2 Multimedia teaching-- 10 -

3.2.1. The features of multimedia teaching-- 11 -

3.2.2The role of multimedia-- 11 -

3.2.3How does the multimedia teaching works?-- 14 -

3.2.4 The advantages and disadvantages of multimedia teaching-- 15 -

3.3The integration of traditional teaching and multimedia teaching-- 17 -

Conclusion-- 19 -

References-- 19 -

Acknowledgement-- 20 -