Abstract:The 21st century is an information age as well as knowledge economy age.The rapid development of information technology provides us with advanced teaching means-multimedia.It is true that multimedia h...The 21st century is an information age as well as knowledge economy age.The rapid development of information technology provides us with advanced teaching means-multimedia.It is true that multimedia has many advantages in English teaching, such as offering more information, saving more time, stimulating students' imagination and creativity, and so on.Although multimedia has many advantages, some scholars suggested that it should not be used blindly.What we should know is that multimedia just only plays an assisting role in English teaching.The thesis consists of four parts.The first part gives a general introduction of multimedia.The second part illustrates the necessity of multimedia in English teaching.The third part elaborates the advantages of multimedia teaching and problems when we use multimedia.The last part gives some strategies on how to use multimedia well.Read More