The Discussion of Traditional Teaching and Multimedia Teaching Approach in College English Teaching

Abstract- With the development of the society and economy, more and more talents capable of mastering English are badly needed in the world. Therefore, traditional English teaching mode is greatly challenged. With the continuous development of modern technology, multimedia is applied to teaching more and more widely. This is of special significance to English teaching. Then, how to use multimedia effectively? This paper analyses the advantages and disadvantages of multimedia teaching and traditional teaching on the base of English teaching in universities, and discusses how to combine multimedia teaching together with traditional teaching according to the teaching practice of universities. It is an effective way to combine multimedia with the traditional teaching approach, though it needs a long time to combine them perfectly. Index Terms- English teaching in university; multimedia teaching; traditional teaching 1