The Application of Multimedia Technology in College English Education论文

Abstract: Network and multimedia technologies combine the graph, writing, sound, animation, phantom and so on with the course content organically, enabling the learners to use multiple sense organs. Learners of visual, auditor and kinesthetic style who prefer different sensation channels can all obtain effective information stimulation, so teaching may be adapted to learners of different cognitive styles. As our country has just started research and utilization of personalized teaching, this paper, through the research of an important individual difference-- cognitive style in foreign language study, attempts to study how to aim at cognitive style for implementation of personalized foreign language teaching strategy with the aid of network and multimedia technology.
　　Key words: english education, multimedia technology, network
　　

1. Introduction

　　Since the 1970s, overseas scholars he started exploration and research of the individual differences. US higher institutes he always had glorious tradition of personalized teaching. Gander, an American psychologist proposed theory of multi-dimensional intelligence, namely, humanities he at least more than seven advantages, and that different people' s intelligence types, learning advantages, learning needs and cognitive styles are different. When teaching respects individual differences and is conducted in an individualized way to the greatest degree, the most desired effect can be obtained (L.Y. Huo, 2003) [1].
　　Personalized foreign language teaching, namely, one which respects the learners’ individual differences, such as differences in gender, age, individuality, motive, language proficiency, ability aptitude, cognitive style, learning strategy and so on, and adopts teaching strategies that conform to individuality, and promote the learners’ harmonious development of their personalities. In other words , teaching emphasizes learning process and rules, in view of different learners’ individual differences, adopts matching teaching strategies as much as possible, and conducts individualized instruction of learning method. It is a denial of stylized teaching form and abolishing of malpractice of class teaching system which takes community, neglecting individual differences.
　　2. Differences Cognitive Style
　　Cognitive style is a term in cognitive psychology. Domestic scholars X.T.Cheng, and M. Zheng (2002) define it as :the learner' s way of distinguishing, processing, storing, extracting information in the cognitive process, and the learner' s orientation of solving problems as well. Sometimes it is also called the study style [2]. As an important constituent of difference in individuality, cognitive style is an important factor that affects foreign language learning strategy and learning result. The cognitive style has various dimensions with different division standards and types, but the common classification includes field independence and field interdependence type , cautious and impulse type, visual, auditory type and kinesthesia type.