MULTIMEDIA LEARNING

The end of 20th century and beginning of the 21stcentury witnessed very existing changes, one of them being in the field of Information and Communication Technology. All concerned with education must realize that in the fast changing world of today, the students have to be prepared to cope intelligently with the social economic and technological changes. The educational environment is changing rapidly as a consequence of Information and Communication Technology and will continue to change. Information and Communication Technology are electronic or computerized devices and associated with human interactive materials that enable the user to employ them for a wide range of teaching and learning processes in addition to personal use The rapid development in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the use of computer in education have made it easier for users to access, deliver and store knowledge. Furthermore, the ability of Information and Communication Technology to deliver information quickly, correctly and attractively in the form of multimedia has also made learning more enjoyable .An enjoyable learning scenario is a necessity to effective instruction. Besides being an instruction that students enjoy, effective instruction also enables students to acquire specific skills, knowledge, and attitudes (Dick & Reiser, 1989). In order to achieve effective instruction, language instructors need to create an enjoyable learning environment and one of the methods is to use multimedia teaching instruction .Nowadays, it is common to see instructors use multimedia tools as their teaching aids in their efforts to reproduce or enhance their teaching.