THE USE OF MULTIMEDIA IN ENGLISH TEACHING

The 21st century is an information age as well as digital technologies age. The rapid development of information technology provides us with advanced teaching means—multimedia. It is true that multimedia has many advantages in English teaching, such as offering more information, saving more time, stimulating students’ imagination and creativity, and so on. Although multimedia has many advantages, some scholars suggested that it should not be used blindly. What we should know is that multimedia just only plays an assisting role in English teaching. The thesis found out the opinion of primary school teachers of Uzbekistan how useful the multimedia application is for teaching young learners and developing their speaking skills in the classroom, if it is an effective tool for self-education and self-assessment."Science and innovation" international scientific journal. ISSN: 2181-333