Research and development of educational multimedia in Japan started in 1988 with a project sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture in collaboration with the Japan Audiovisual Education Association. This article describes the trends and prospects of the development of multimedia in education and teacher training…

The study reported here had three major objectives: (1) assessment of average vocabulary and comprehension levels of Japanese college students studying English as a second language (ESL) and comparison of the effectiveness of several formats for teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension, and listening comprehension; (2) comparison of three media…