CALL

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CALL

• Computer Assisted
• Language Learning
• Created by
  Edith Duckett

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Computer Assisted Language Learning

• Behaviorist CALL
• (1960s 1970s)
• Communicative CALL
• (1970s 1980s)
• Integrative CALL
• (1990s-2000s)

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2009!

• WHAT DO WE USE?
• HOW DO WE USE IT?

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Computers can be used to

• MOTIVATE
• Fun activities
• Games
• Video Clips

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Computers can be used to

• PROMOTE INTERACTION
• AND DISCUSSION
• E-mail
• Newsgroups
• Chat

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Computers can be used to

• BUILD CONFIDENCE AND INDEPENDENCE
• Less anxiety
• Work at own pace
• Individualized instruction

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Computers can be used to

• REINFORCE SPELLING, GRAMMAR, PRONUNCIATION
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing

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Computers can be used to

• ALLOW STUDENTS TO BECOME THINKERS AND CREATORS OF
  KNOWLEDGE, NOT JUST RECEIVERS
• Search Engines
• Chat
• Blogs, Websites

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VISUAL AUDIO MEDIAONLINE COMMUNICATION TOOLS

• Support vocabulary acquisition
• Support listening skills
• Support proper pronunciation, grammar, and
  spelling
• Encourage reading
• Improve overall fluency

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COMPUTER AS

• MOTIVATOR
• TUTOR
• STIMULUS
• TOOL

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SOURCES

• Computer Assisted Language Learning An
  Introduction
• By Mark Warschauer
• http//www.ict4lt.org/en/warschauer.htm
• Reprinted with permission of LogosInternational.
• Warschauer, M. (1996). Computer-assisted language
  learning An introduction.In S.
• Fotos (Ed.), Multimedia language teaching (pp.
  3-20). Tokyo LogosInternational.
• A Look at the Research on Computer-Based
  Technology Use in Second
• Language Learning Review of Literature from
  1990-2000
• By Min Liu, Zena Moore, Leah Graham, Shinwoong
  Lee, The University
• of Texas at Austin
• http//jabba.edb.utexas.edu/it/seclangtechrev.pdf
• Second Language Acquisition Technology A
  Review of the Research
• By Jean Leloup Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortland
  Moderators, FLTEACH
• http//www.cal.org/resources/Digest/digest_pdfs/03
  11leloup.pdf