The Role of Multimedia in ESL Classroom: An Overview from Teaching Perspective
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Multimedia, Teaching, English as Second Language (ESL), ESL Classroom, Motivation, PedagogyAbstract
In the era of 21 Century, to make teaching more effective and interesting for learners, technology plays a vital
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role. Teaching refers to an act of stimulus for the psychological and intellectual growth of a person. Learning technology refers to the technological tools which assist learning, teaching and assessment. So, we can say that today’s pedagogy is combination of teaching and technology which helps the learning process for both teachers and learners. In this learning process the multimedia is a better tool to explore the new teaching method. Multimedia in ESL classroom provides an opportunity for both teachers and students to make learning and teaching more interesting with illustrated features, so that learners become motivated to learn. This article aims to analyze the role of multimedia in ESL (English as Second Language) classroom with its useful strategies, the role of teachers dealing with multimedia assisted teaching and implementation of multimedia in ESL classroom in the context of teaching perspective.
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