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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
List of Abbreviations in the Paper
Introduction
Chapter One A Brief Review of CALL
1.1 The definition of CALL
1.2 The development of CALL
1.2.1 Three phases of CALL and its characteristics
1.2.2 The applications of CALL
1.2.3 Multimedia and the Internet
1.3 Advantages of CALL and MCALL
1.3.1 CALL helps to arouse the students' interest
1.3.2 CALL helps to drive away the students' nervousness and to debilitate anxiety
1.3.3 CALL helps to realize individualized instruction
1.3.4 CALL helps to enhance the students' motivation
1.3.5 CALL helps to realize student-centered teaching mode
Chapter Two The Teaching of Reading in High Schools
2.1 Some concepts about reading
2.1.1 Reading and reading ability
2.1.2 Reading competence
2.1.3 Reading comprehension
2.2 Obstacles to students′ reading comprehension
2.2.1 Ideas and methodology have fallen behind
2.2.2 Linguistic factors limit students' English reading competence
2.2.3 Non-linguistic factors block studcnts' dcvclopmcnt and improvcment in English reading competence
Chapter Three CALT of Reading Comprehension through Multimedia and the Internet
3.1 Advantages
3.1.1 CALT can arouse students' interest and enhance their motivation
3.1.2 CALT can smooth away students' obstacles to reading
3.1.3 CALT can enhance reading comprehension
3.2 The rationale of multimedia computers assisting the teaching of reading
3.2.1Jerome Seymour Bruner's theory of Learning-- Cognitivism
3.2.2 Information processing theory
3.2.3 Constructivism
3.2.4 Schema theory
3.2.5 Metacognition theory
3.3 Feasibility of CALT of reading
3.4 Possibilities of multimedia computers assisting the teaching of reading in high schools
3.4.1 Most schools are equipped with computers and many kinds of software are available
3.4.2 High school students have some computer knowledge and are able to operate computers
3.4.3 High school students are interested in computer-based teaching mode
Chapter Four Utilization of Multimedia and the Intemet to Improve the Teaching of Reading
4.1 Using multimedia can demonstrate wide and relevant background knowledge
4.2 Multimedia courseware can develop thinking mode in English
4.3 Multimedia and network bring about a new teaching mode
4.4 The Intemet makes extensive reading facilitating
Chaptcr Fivc Issucs about Intcgration of Multimcdia and English Teaching
5.1 Modem teaching methods and traditional teaching methods do not repel one another
5.2 Multimedia computer-based teaching is just assistance
5.3 Be clear about the relationship between teachers and students
Conclusion
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