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Multimedia Enhanced Language Teaching (MELT) in
Different Universities, Colleges and Schools of Kuwait

Dr. Somana Fatima

Abstract

The twenty-first century is the age of globalization and information technology as Harry Samuels argues, “Much more recent developments in social media and information technology are taking foreign-language education in new directions" (P. 17). As the popularity of English is expanding day by day and worldwide, the teachers of English feel the need of change in their language teaching methods. There are teachers who use the "leading edge of technological and scientific development" (Young and Bush 2)

This research is based on the classroom setup in general and English classroom setup during pandemic. During the physical classroom, teachers though have taken help from different multimedia tools during the English language classroom in the past but from last two years physical classroom is fully converted into online or virtual classroom by using different platform like Zoom or Google meet etc.

This research paper will deal with virtual classroom in general and English classroom in particular. A thorough survey will be conducted to show the students’ response regarding different platforms used by the universities, colleges, and schools of Kuwait. Different softwares are used in the different institutes like Moodle, Portal, Zoom, Google Meet for the different classrooms and Destination Success (DS), Cambridge University Press Workbook and Wordsworth for the English classroom. This research paper deals with the Multimedia Enhanced Language Teaching (MELT) in Language Laboratory. This research plan will deal with Technology Assisted Language Learning (TALL), i.e., Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) and Web Enhanced Language Learning (WELL) etc. in a Language Laboratory and classroom. Multimedia is the use of several different media to convey information such as text, audio, graphics, animation, video, and interactivity. Multimedia gives grading and sequences of attitudes, abilities, and skills for the students. This research would deal with the analysis of students' attitudes, abilities, and skills in a multimedia classroom. Many multimedia programs and gadgets like Mp3 & video pod casts, English audio e-books for reading, printable worksheet e-books for educators, PowerPoint presentations, self-grading grammar & vocabulary quizzes are used in Multimedia Enhanced Language Teaching in classroom.

This paper will try to throw some light on 1. Which multimedia devices, software and programs should be used in a multimedia language lab? 2. What are the similarities and differences of language teaching and learning between a traditional classroom and a multimedia language lab? 3. Are there any changes in the roles of teachers and students when they are in a different teaching environment from traditional classroom? 4. What are the implications of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Approach in a multimedia computer language lab in teaching?

Introduction

This research is conducted on various schools, colleges and universities of Kuwait. Sample is collected from the engineering students of Kuwait College of Science and Technology KCST, IELTS students of Apachia Institute and Britain International Academy and CBSE and IGCSE senior secondary students of Salmiya Indian Model School (SIMS) and Indian Learners’ Own Academy (ILOA).

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Dr. Somana Fatima
Head of Department English, Indian Learners’ Own Academy, Kuwait
M.A. (English) English and Foreign Language University, EFLU, India
Ph.D. (Linguistics) Aligarh Muslim University, AMU, India
fatima.somana@gmail.com
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