1. LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE WITH MULTIMEDIA AND
HYPERMEDIA MATERIALS
By: M. Bassante

2. MULTIMEDIA: it s the presentation of text, graphics, animations, audio and
video using the computers in an integrated manner. With multimedia systems
nonlinear media are interacting with the user and responds to the inputs of
user. A slide is an example, where information is presented in form of graphs
or animations, sound and video.

3. HYPERMEDIA:It is the use of text, data, graphics, audio and
video as part of an extended hypertext system in which all
elements are related, in that the content is accessible through
hyperlinks. Hypermedia is a subset of multimedia.

4. HYPERTEXT; It is a subset of hypermedia, and can be
developed using specific software, such as Adobe
Flash, Adobe Director and Macromedia Author ware.

5. People who are learning a second language, the goal is to
develop several core competencies that allow them to develop
and maintain social relationships and communicate ideas.

6. The supports embedded in a multimedia instructional
approach should guide what students notice in a word,
sentence, passage, or image, It can also be accomplished
through immediate and focused teacher feedback

7. When students have access to images, sentences, and
pronunciations for vocabulary terms, their comprehension of
the content increases

8. Advance organizers and graphic organizers are effective
ways to facilitate this task because they can provide an
overview of a new topic and visually represent links between
the concepts to be learned.

9. The teacher can also create shared experiences for the entire class
through virtual field trips or other cooperative activities through a
digital multimedia environment

10. In conclusion Multimedia and Hipermedia materials help us to learn
a Second Language in a clear and funny way , making use of
Digital library such as I show in a following image.