Computer
Assisted Language Learning
Last week Mr. Rudi explained about CALL. Computer
Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is often perceived, somewhat narrowly, 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.
In the 1980s
CALL moved away from its initial leanings towards behaviorism and
drill-and-practice, widening its scope to embrace the communicative approach
and a range of new technologies. CALL now includes highly interactive and
communicative support for listening, speaking, reading and writing. Computer
Assisted Language Learning (CALL) may be defined as "the search for and
study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning".
CALL programs/materials include:
·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).
·Web-based
learning programs: online dictionaries, online
encyclopedias, e-texts, web-quests, web publishing, blog, wiki, etc.
·Computer-mediated
communication (CMC) programs: synchronous - online chat;
asynchronous - email, discussion forum, message board.
Types of CALL activities
are multiple-choice & true/false quizzes, gap-filling exercise/cloze, matching, re-ordering/sequencing, crossword puzzles, games, etc. Principles of using and designing
CALL programs in language learning and teaching are student/learner-centeredness (to promote learner
autonomy), meaningful
purpose, comprehensive
input, sufficient level of stimulation
(cognitively and affectively), multiple modalities (to support various learning styles and strategies), high level of interaction (human-machine and
human-human).
In the one of
the links that Mr. Rudi gave, it also explained about computer.
·
Computer as
tutor for language drills or skill practice
·
Computer as a
tool for writing, presenting, and researching
·
Computer as a
medium of global communication
How computers can be used in the language class
1) Teaching with one computer in
the class
- Delivery of content (PowerPoint,
word-processor, Webpages, etc.
- Classroom activities/discussions mediated by the computer
- Interactive whiteboard
2) Teaching in the computer
network room (network-based language teaching)
- task-based group work /activities
- computer-mediated communication (CMC): asynchronous/synchronous
- tandem learning
3) Self-access learning
(independent learning)
- drills and exercises
- word processing
- resource
searching
4) 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
- tandem learning
- community building
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