【正文】 ..............................................1 The Purpose of the Research.....................................................................................1 The Signification of the Research.............................................................................1 2. The Analysis of the Current Situation of Multimedia in Vocabulary Teaching.............2 Definition of Multimedia.........................................................................................2 Traditional Vocabulary Teaching...............................................................................2 Multimedia Vocabulary Teaching............................................................................3 Traditional Vocabulary Teaching and Multimedia Vocabulary Teaching................4 3. The Importance of Using Multimedia in English Vocabulary Teaching.......................5 To Arouse Students? Interest....................................................................................5 Multimedia Changes the Words from Static to Dynamic..............................5 Multimedia Makes Words Easy to Improve the Interest of Learning...........6 Multimedia?s Edutainment Helps Cultivate Interest in Learning..................7 To Help Students Learn Quicker and Better............................................................7 Intuitive Teaching Affects the Study........................................................7 Multimedia Helps Catch the Important Points..............................................8 To Create a Harmonious Learning Environment.....................................................9 4. The Application of Multimedia on Vocabulary Teaching............................................10 Teaching Vocabulary before Text Explanation........................................................11 Teaching Vocabulary While Learning the Text.......................................................11 Association....................................................................................11 The Application of Multimedia in Vocabulary Teaching in High School vii Representation Method.................................................................12 Reviewing the Vocabulary after the Whole Text.....................................................13 Students39。 Evaluation of Multimedia Teaching.........................................................14 5. Conclusion.....................................................................................................................15 6. Bibliography..................................................................................................................16 The Application of Multimedia in Vocabulary Teaching in High School 1 1. Introduction The Purpose of the Research It is known to all that English is the second language in our country. Vocabulary, as one aspect of the language teaching, plays a very important role in English learning. Teaching vocabulary with Multimedia shows a different way to the traditional teaching method. In 20xx, Huang Tianfang, Liu Yu Dang, and Yuanming from Xiaogan University wrote“ A Reflection on the Multimedia Teaching in Higher Education Institutions”. They found that Multimedia has been widely used in many education institutions in our country. Whether it is good for learning or not is also a problem that should be discussed. Therefore, this paper aims to talk about the following aspects. 1) First of all, to find out whether teaching vocabulary assisted with multimedia has better effects on high school students39。 vocabulary than traditional method. 2) To find out which way of teaching vocabulary is popular with students. 3) To find out how we can use the multimedia technology to improve the teaching efficiency. The Significance of the Research Vocabulary teaching has attracted the attention of scholars and teachers in recent Years. In order to improve the teaching efficiency, most teachers have been learning to find out a better way that is good for both teachers and students. A book, “Teach English with technology” which was written by Gavin Dudeney and Nicky Hockly shows us a lot of ways to teach vocabulary. How to teach English vocabulary with multimedia technology is a practical guide for teachers who wish to use new technology in the The Application of Multimedia in Vocabulary Teaching in High School 2 classroom. It helps prepare for the English teaching in the future. Teaching vocabulary with Multimedia is considered to be an efficient way for high school students to improve their study. 2. The Analysis of the Current Situation of Multimedia in Vocabulary Teaching The Definition of Multimedia Multimedia technology is the interactive processing of puters to transform multimedia information. It is the most favorite modern teaching media (Zhang Lianzhong, 1998).It consists of graphics, text, sound, images and other forms of information. It is bined with visual and audio media. In the visual media, it includes graphics, images, animation, text and other media。 in the auditory media, it contains language, stereo sound, music and other media. The users use the multimedia technology to get a variety of useful sources. People use multimedia to learn with others and “people know everything of the world without leaving home”. Traditional Vocabulary Teaching The traditional English vocabulary teaching, with the teacher as the center, has been in existence for quite a long time in senior high schools. Once the teacher selects a textbook, he prepares the content he wants to teach in the class. Students only follow their teacher to copy the content or the notes their teacher writes down on the blackboard. But they do not have enough time to think about the question. The teacher only pay