Saturday, October 20, 2018

week6


Defining Computer Assisted Language Learning

• Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) represents a side of e-learning
 where computer technology is used in the context of language learning. (Yuan, 2007: 416)

• Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is widely used to refer to the area of technology and second language teaching and learning (Chapelle,2001: 3).

• Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) may be defined as the study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning (Levy, 1997: 1).

Types of CALL programs

 Programmes which have been specifically designed for English language teaching:

• CALL-specific software (CD-ROMs, online),
• Web-based learning materials (in websites, blogs, wikis, etc.).
• Generic software (e.g. word-processors, presentation software, spreadsheet),
• Computer-mediated communication (CMC) programs (e.g. synchronous: online chat; asynchronous: email and discussion forum).

History of CALL

From the beginning CALL focused on the development of both technology
and pedagogy According to Warschauer (1996), CALL has developed gradually
over the past thirty years and can be categorized into three phases:
           A. Behavioristic CALL (1960s-1970s),
           B. Communicative CALL (1970s-1980s),
           C. Integrative CALL (1990s-today).
The introduction of a new phase does not necessarily entail rejecting the programs and methods of a previous phase; rather the old is subsumed within the new.

References

Chappelle, C. (2001). Computer applications in second language acquisition.Cambridge University    
                Press. Levy,
M. (1997). Computer-assisted language learning: Context and conceptualization.Oxford University  
                Press. Warschauer,
M. (1996). Computer-assisted language learning: An introduction. Multimedia Language teaching, 
                3-20. Yuan,
Z. (2007). Problems in researching e-learning: The case of computer-assisted language learning 
               (pp.416-36).
R. Andrews, & C. Haythornthwaite (Eds.). Los Angeles, London: S

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