THE USE OF MULTIMEDIA-BASED LEARNING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS A PILOT STUDY IN IRAQI SECONDARY EDUCATION

This paper attempts to look at the impact of multimedia based learning materials upon the secondary educational system in Iraq. The use of multimedia based learning materials in the classroom was investigated in Iraq over a period of two months. This study was carried out in Iraq in order to investigate the effectiveness of multimedia based learning materials on the teaching process and whether Iraqi learners favor the use of multimedia materials over traditional textbooks. Sixty learners at a secondary school for boys in Basra were the subjects of this study. The subjects were split into two groups; Experimental & Control Groups. Both groups were taught separately, one through multimedia based learning materials inside the digital classroom, the others through a traditional textbook. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the two groups. They demonstrate that multimedia based learning materials had a significant positive effect on the Experimental Group of learners.