COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING CALL

COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING CALL

1. CALL. The search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning.

2. Technology-Mediated Language Learning. Computer technology into pedagogical insights

3. CALL accounts other technologies such as multi-media and internet driven software and hardware

4. Interactivity. Learners interaction with the computer using stimulus/response/feedback paradigm.

5. CALL can be content-specific and content-free

6. PLATO provided interactive, self-paced instruction for lange numbers of students for writing.

7. 1980´s microcomputer was introduced, Storyboard and GuessText were created.

8. Behaviorist CALL drills and practice was delivered to students by computer.

9. Communicative CALL. Focused on form, uses only target language, interaction is learner-computer-learner.

10. Integrative CALL uses multimedia, internet, hypermedia. Communication can be asynchronous or synchronous.

11. Dumb CALL without sound or video.. Offered drill and practice.

12. Multimedia CALL offered soundcards, videodisc and new simulations and DVD drives.

13. Web CALL. WEB 2.0 Offered two-way traffic, sound and video quality improved. Sharing a socialising among people .

14. CALL advantages, use of target language, use of input devices, explicit and focused materials, instant communication, multimodal practice for different styles. Students use computers for learning.

15. CALL disadvantages. User´s isolation, institutions may consider technology useless or harmful. Cost and availability. Lack of teacher training and investment in equipment.

16. Assessing CALL usefulness: correct level, interaction, feedback, appropriate program, videos availability and scoring.