Research on Teaching Practice of English for Science and Technology Based on Multimedia Technology

Literature Review

Multimedia technology is an interdisciplinary subject, which comprehensively uses computer, communication, audio, video, image, and other technologies to realize the processing, transmission, storage, and display of digital media (Lai et al., 2023). Specifically, multimedia technology is a technology that combines text, image, sound, animation, and other media information. It collects, edits, stores, and displays a variety of media information through computers (Sarifa & Jabeen, 2024), providing users with richer and more diversified information experiences (Zain et al., 2024). The main features of multimedia technology include diversity, interactivity, and real-time (Roche et al., 2024). Diversity is reflected in the integration of various media forms including text, pictures, audio, video, animation, etc. (Qazi et al., 2022). Interactivity means that users can interact with multimedia information such as selecting, dragging and dropping (Fowler & Leonard, 2021), pausing, etc. Real time is embodied in the fact that multimedia technology can process and display all kinds of media information in real time (Mogavi et al., 2023).

Multimedia technology is widely used in various fields, such as education, entertainment, advertising, news, medical imaging, and so on (Buzdar, 2024). In the field of education, multimedia technology can improve students' learning interest and understanding ability through the form of sound and emotion. In the field of entertainment, multimedia technology can meet the diverse needs of users by providing entertainment content in various media forms (Ismailova, 2024). In the field of advertising (Tamara et al., 2024), multimedia technology can improve the communication effect of advertising through the impact of vision and hearing (Guillén‐Gámez et al., 2023).

With the rapid development of science and technology, a multimedia- and network-based teaching mode has become an indispensable part of English teaching (Ernazarova, 2024). Based on the constructivism theory (Chaivisit et al., 2024) this paper analyzes some related problems surrounding the theoretical basis of the present network and multimedia technology assisted teaching, English teaching practice in the network information age, and network English teaching. Khadjamovna (2024) combines the technology of multimedia teaching, web serviceman, and network resource sharing with modern English teaching and improves the English teaching mode based on computer and network technology. Thapaliya et al. (2023) describe the new English teaching mode trends that will definitely influence English teaching profoundly. The rapid development of science and technology has created a new condition for teaching methods of higher English education, which has greatly enriched English teaching resources and prompted a renovation of English teaching methods. Compared with previous English teaching, modern college English teaching is convenient, efficient, and easily accepted by students. Considering the diversity and comprehensiveness of college English, it is necessary to divide it into such secondary subjects as vocabulary, grammar, and reading in order to help students develop a learning interest in English in their daily lives and to achieve the purpose of reducing students’ burden. With the development of modern science and technology, more and more computer technologies have been successfully applied in English teaching. Computer-aided technology and big data corpus management (Khaki et al., 2023) improve the traditional teaching method into an innovative teaching mode with big data corpus as an English learning resource. Taking college English teaching, for example, incorporates the traditional teaching methods along with the development of new media technology. Sanulita et al. (2024) take college English teaching under the influence of the new media era as an object of research, briefly analyzing the existing teaching problems and putting forward effective suggestions, aiming to provide certain reference for relevant education work. Atstsaury et al. (2023) should combine information technology and English teaching to design a computer-assisted English learning system. Otaxonova and Dilshoda (2024) discuss how to design each module of the computer-assisted English learning system. Other influential authors are Roche et al. (2024).