Hypertext, hypermedia, and multimedia can improve language skills by providing learners with various online information sources, including hyperlinks, definitions, audio, videos, and graphics. Hypertext reinforces comprehension and vocabulary by giving definitions and creating language learning tasks. Hypermedia mixes text with media to reinforce pronunciation and information through audio recordings and videos with accompanying text. Multimedia includes all visual and entertainment information through videos, graphics, and animations to stimulate the senses, motivate students, and help learning development using tools like smartboards, MP3 recorders, CDs, and video conferences.

1. Hypertext, Hypermedia and Multimedia for
improving the language skill.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
BY LISETH CHICA

2. Hypertext
 Provide learners various types of on-line
information
 Includes hyperlinks
 Reinforce comprehension
 Reinforce vocabulary
 Gives definitions
 Creates language- learning
 Gives information of authors
 Enrich learning tasks
EXAMPLES
The times an important newspaper in the UK
didn’t have competence. (internet)
A clean environment is important for humans.
(definitions thesaurus)

3. Hypermedia
 It is a mix between hypertext (text) and media (audio, videos,
graphics)
 Includes hyperlinks
 Reinforce pronunciation
 Reinforce information
 Enrich learning tasks
 Works better in speaking and listening skills but it also includes text.
EXAMPLES
Prepositions of time: behind(audio pronunciation+ text/ in web page
http://www.manythings.org/audio/sentences/314.html)
Stories, pumpkin, pumpkin (graphics+ text)

4. Multimedia
 includes all kind of visual an entertainment information in
terms of videos, graphics, animations etc
 Its used for auto- learning
 Tutorials
 Interactive maps
 Stimulate the senses
 Students are motivated
 Helps for a better learning development
EXAMPLES
Smartboard
Mp3 recorder
Cds
Video conferences