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What is CaLL ?

What is CaLL ?. as an approach to language teaching and learning in which the computer is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement and assessment of material to be learned, usually including a substantial interactive element. .

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What is CaLL ?

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  1. What is CaLL ? as an approach to language teaching and learning in which the computer is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement and assessment of material to be learned, usually including a substantial interactive element.

  2. CALL is essentially a tool that helps teachers to facilitate the language learning process. • CALL is a form of computer based learning which carries two important features : bidirectional learning and individualized learning.

  3. What kind activities can be done? -  multiple-choice & true/false quizzes -  gap-filling exercise/cloze -  matching -  re-ordering/sequencing -  crossword puzzles -  games -  simulations - writing & word-processing -  concordancing -  web quests/searching -  web publishing -  online communication (synchronous and asynchronous)

  4. HISTORY of CALL IN 1960 IN 1980 IN 1970

  5. CALL's origins can be traced back to the 1960s. Up until the late 1970s CALL projects were confined mainly to universities, where computer programs were developed on large mainframe computers. The PLATO project, initiated at the University of Illinois in 1960, is an important landmark in the early development of CALL (Marty 1981).

  6. In the late 1970s, the arrival of the personal computer (PC) brought computing within the range of a wider audience, resulting in a boom in the development of CALL programs and a flurry of publications. Early CALL favoured an approach that drew heavily on practices associated with programmed instruction. This was reflected in the term Computer Assisted Language Instruction (CALI), which originated in the USA and was in common use until the early 1980s, when CALL became the dominant term. There was initially a lack of imagination and skill on the part of programmers, a situation that was rectified to a considerable extent by the publication of an influential seminal work by Higgins & Johns (1984), which contained numerous examples of alternative approaches to CALL.

  7. Throughout the 1980s CALL widened its scope, embracing the communicative approach and a range of new technologies. CALL has now established itself as an important area of research in higher education

  8. TYPE OF CALL • CALL-specific software: applications designed to develop and facilitate language learning, such as CD-ROMs, web-based interactive language learning exercises/quizzes • Generic software: applications designed for general purposes, such as word-processors (Word),  presentation software (PowerPoint).

  9. Web-based learning programs: online dictionaries, online encyclopedias, online concordancers, news/magazine sites, e-texts, web-quests, web publishing, blog, wiki, etc. • Computer-mediated communication (CMC) programs: synchronous - online chat; asynchronous - email, discussion forum, message board

  10. So, based on the information above I can conclude that : CALL is very helpful in the language class in many things. They are : • In delivering content by using Power Point, word-processor, etc • As a media / tool in discussion activities. • Distance learning (i.e. individual learners working by themselves, at a place and time of their choice and, to some extent, at a pace and in an order also chosen by themselves.) • delivering online course content - CMC activities: email, discussion forum, chat rooms - community building http://www.history-of-call.org/.

  11. Sources http://efidrew.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/assignment-4-article-on-call/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning http://nurulumama.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/200/ http://www.academia.edu/1223481/The_importance_of_feedback_and_reinforcement_in_Computer_Assisted_Language_Learning http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CALL/unit1.htm

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