The purpose of this study is to analyze the English-textbook CD-ROM titles for the 2nd-year middle school and make suggestions of better CD-ROM titles for English education in middle school. To conduct this study, five CD-ROM titles are selected and 2...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the English-textbook CD-ROM titles for the 2nd-year middle school and make suggestions of better CD-ROM titles for English education in middle school. To conduct this study, five CD-ROM titles are selected and 2 sets of criteria are constructed: 1)learning activities according to language skills, 2)multimedia types. The results of the study are as follows. First, the five English-textbook CD-ROM titles have similar types and percentages of learning activities in terms of languages skills. Reading skills have remarkably high percentages of all kinds of language skill areas. Second, the multimedia analysis were divided into performing activities and checking answers and results. The multimedia types are classified into three types: the clicking type, the direct writing type, and the draging type. The clicking types are remarkably often presented in all five CD-ROM titles.
It can be concluded that, first, when developing new text-book CD-ROMs, a variety of learning activities should be included and effective combination of language skills is strongly recommended, which is for students' interests, motivation and cooperation. For teachers, these will be necessary to improve students' participation and to raise students' confidence for English learning. Finally, the multimedia types have to be designed for efficient English language learning. The multimedia of various types provide motivating and maintaining students' interests and learning need.