Study of English teaching by multimedia in the perspective of ecology
Journal Title: Journal of Educational Research and Reviews - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Nowadays our society has grown fast and undergraduates require more on their English proficiency. The development of technology has made widely-usage of multimedia possible in college English class, which provides a new and convenient approach for students to enhance their English ability. However, it makes some negative impacts on both students and teachers. Educational ecology has formed a relatively completed frame since 1960s, offering a new viewpoint for the study of education. Therefore, this passage summarized the concept and content of the combination of the educational ecology and the English teaching, regarded the classes teaching as a special ecosystem, explained theoretically the essence of the class ecosystem, learning and teaching effects of students and teachers in the multimedia environment, and analyzed the status of the teaching ecosystem on the effect of teaching activities, teaching management, and the communication between teacher and student through an investigation. The result of the study demonstrated that the multimedia could effectively improve the teaching activities, while the influence on the teaching management is dissatisfactory, and the least influence is on the interaction between the teacher and student. Based on this conclusion, corresponding suggestions to optimize the college English teaching ecosystem in the multimedia environment are proposed.
Authors and Affiliations
Jing Luo, Zhengyi Hu
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