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).
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