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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 11(8), pp. 137 - 147
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2023.110801
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Shifting from Blackboards to a White Screen: Utilizing Interactive Multimedia to Teach English in Bangladesh Primary Schools
Micelia Mabin *, Sukanto Roy
Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
The English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms in Bangladesh, in most cases, cannot be regarded as the epitome of an ideal pedagogical setting given that the schools mostly make use of conventional teaching utilities (e.g. blackboards and textbooks) and revolve largely around the teachers' lectures. The study aims to answer whether multimedia can furnish a teaching-learning environment that is collaborative, inventive as well as effective. The very first objective of this research was to answer if any newer teaching methods or aids can be incorporated with the help of interactive multimedia. Based on the results, several newer teaching aids such as videos, online games, problem solving tasks, songs, animation, PowerPoint presentations, and infographics can be integrated through multimedia. The other objective was to investigate whether a lack of multimedia in classrooms disrupts productive teaching. The research revealed that the absence of multimedia brings about subsequent problems- crucial language skills such as listening are often ignored, understanding of a topic might be constrained as baffling topics cannot be elucidated further with audiovisual aids, merely lecture-based classes tend to be tedious and less effective in grabbing the young learners' attention. The result of the survey, based on the data collected through a mixed method approach from 33 teachers, was tremendously optimistic in that it corresponded to the anticipated effectiveness of multimedia in an EFL classroom. Thus, to improve the current pedagogical system, it is suggested that the government make available funding to schools to install multimedia infrastructures and offer training to teachers on the effective use of multimedia.
KEYWORDS
Cooperative/Collaborative Learning, Improving Classroom Teaching, Multimedia in Education, Bangladeshi EFL Classroom, Advanced Teaching Practices
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Micelia Mabin , Sukanto Roy , "Shifting from Blackboards to a White Screen: Utilizing Interactive Multimedia to Teach English in Bangladesh Primary Schools," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 137 - 147, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2023.110801.
(b). APA Format:
Micelia Mabin , Sukanto Roy (2023). Shifting from Blackboards to a White Screen: Utilizing Interactive Multimedia to Teach English in Bangladesh Primary Schools. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 11(8), 137 - 147. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2023.110801.