A Study of the Effect of Multimedia Courseware on Oral College English Teaching

Abstract—With the fast development of economy, the exchanges between China and foreign countries are on the increase. English especially oral English, as a tool of communication, plays a significant role in all the fields of China. Having a good command of oral English can help you get more chances of employment, can make you better communicate with people all over the world and can greatly broaden your horizon. Consequently, oral English is of great significance in college oral English teaching. In this research, two class students who were majored in Clinics Medicine from Bin Zhou Medical College were chosen to conduct an experiment. At the beginning of the semester, we conduct an oral English pretest and find on obvious significance in oral English results. During the whole semester (17 weeks), the experimental class was instructed with the assistance of multimedia courseware and the control class was taught with the traditional approach. At the end of this semester, we will conduct an oral English posttest and find out the oral English achievements difference between control class and the experimental class. Throng the experimental study and questionnaires and interviews with some students in the two class, we attempt to find out the effects of multimedia courseware on college oral English teaching