Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) uses computer technology to aid in the presentation, reinforcement, and assessment of language learning materials. CALL is helpful as it provides self-paced learning, reinforces classroom lessons, and can be used for remedial purposes. The history of CALL has evolved through three phases - behaviorist CALL used drills and practice in the 1960s-70s, communicative CALL provided more interactive materials in the 1980s-90s, and integrative CALL now uses multimedia and the internet to provide interconnected resources for self-directed learning.

1. What we'll
discuss
• What is a CALL
• How is a CALL helpful?
• History of CALL
• Conclusion

2. Computer
Assisted
Language
Learning
CALL
"the search for
and study of
applications of
the computer in

3. What is a
CALL
• Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is a new form of
computer-based learning .
• CALL is not a method. It is a student centered material which
promotes self paced learning.
• It is an approach to Lanquage Teaching and Learning in which
Computer Technology is used as an aid to the Presentation,
Reinforcement and Assessment of material to be learned usually
including a substantial interactive element.
• The focus of CALL is on learning, and not on teaching

4. • CALL materials are tools that help teachers to
facilitate the language learning process
• CALL can be made independent of the Internet or
it can stand alone for example in a CDROM
format.
• CALL can be used to reinforce what has been
learned in the classroom.
• It can also be used as remedial to help learners
with limited language proficiency.
How is CALL helpful?

5. • Computer-assisted language
learning
• (CALL) is not a new
development in language
teaching, as it has been used since
the 1960s and 70s.
• The development of CALL is
devided into three distinct phases
(Warschauer, 1996):
History of CALL

6. History of CALL
Third
Integrative
Second
Communicative
First
Behaviourist

7. Behaviourist CALL was
implemented in the 1960's and
70's, when the Audio-lingual
method was mostly used, and
provided students with drills
and practice. This model used
the computer as a tutor,
presenting drills and non-
judgemental feedback.
Behaviourist

8. .It focuses more on using the language rather than
on the analysis of the language.
• The communicative CALL programs provide
skill practice in a non-drill format, through
lanquage games, reading and text
reconstruction.
• This approach still uses the computer as a
tutor, although it gives students choices,
control and interaction.
• Finally, communicative CALL also uses the
computer as a fool, in programs that do not
provide language material, but enable the
learner to understand and use the language.

9. Integrative CALL integrates the teaching of
language skills into tasks or projects to
provide direction and coherence.
• It is based on multimedia computers and
the Internet.
• These technological developments have
brought text, graphics, sound, animation
and video.
• These resources are all linked and called
'hypermedia', enabling learners to navigate
through CD-ROMS and the Internet at their
own pace and path, using a variety of media.

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12. Thank You
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