CALL BY DERLY MENDEZ

CALL BY DERLY MENDEZ

1. CALL is a specialized field in applied linguistics

   • use o technology in language teaching and learning

2. Areas of study

   • wide ranges of technologies and software
   • range of principles and theories

3. Advatages

   • Self paced instruction for a big group of students
   • Students records
   • Positive influenceof technology on students´attitudes and engagement
   • Create students projects
   • Research information

4. CALL AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

   • Grammar
     • Drill- based grammar tutorial excercises
     • instant feedback
     • Select grammar topics
   • vocabulary
     • Practice to software specifically design to teach vocabulary
     • Reading text with glosses
     • Acces to word definitions
     • translation
     • audiovisual imput that enhance vocabulary
   • Reading and writing
     • Authentic materials
     • Multimedia annotations
     • language deveploment
     • Cultural understanding
     • Blogs and wikis
     • social networking software
   • listening and pronunciation
     • Podcast
     • Different varieties of English spoken around the world

5. Disadvantages

   • investment of money
   • Investiment of time
   • Uncertainty of results

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