All related to Computer assisted language learning and teaching

1. Universidad Autonoma Del Carmen
TICs Aplicadas en la enseñanza del inglés
Maestro: Rafael Ferrer Mendez
Alumna: Emily Mayo Clemente

2. Computer Assisted Language
Learning (CALL) may be defined
as:
• The search for and study of
applications of the computer in
language teaching and
learning.
• The area of technology and
second language teaching and
learning.
• Any process in which a learner
uses a computer and, as a
result, improves his or her
language.

3. CALL-
specific
software
Generic
Software
Web-
based
learning
programs
Computer-
mediated
communic
ation

4. 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)

5. Computer CAN Computer CAN’T
Judge predetermined rig
ht-or-wrong answers,
e.g., multiple choice and
fill-in-the-blanks
Judge unexpected input
Provide immediate,
yet fixed, feedback,
suggestions, and
encouragement
Provide individualized fe
edback beyond a
predetermined list of
messages
Provide authentic inform
ation through
multimedia -
texts, images, sounds,
videos, and animations
Engage learner in
rich negotiation of
meaning characteristic
of face-to-face
interaction
Motivate
task persistence
Record learner’s writing,
speech, and learning
progress
Motivate depth and
quality of
engagement characteris
tic of human interaction

6. • Computer
as tutor for
language drills
or skill practice
TUTOR
• Computer as
a tool for writing,
presenting, and
researching
TOOL
• Computer as
a medium of
global
communication
MEDIUM

7. • Structural / Behavioristic CALL (1960s -1970s)
 View of Language: Structural (a formal
structural system)
 English Teaching Paradigm: Grammar-
Translation & Audio-lingual
 Principal Use of Computers: Drill and Practice
 Principal Objective: Accuracy
• Communicative / Cognitive CALL (1980s -
1990s)
 View of Language: Cognitive (a mentally constructed
system through interaction)
 English Teaching Paradigm: Communicative Language
Teaching
 Principal Use of Computers: Communicative
Exercises (to practice language use; non-drill format)
 Principal Objective: Fluency
•Integrative / Sociocognitive /
Socioconstructive CALL (1990s
-present)
 View of
Language: Sociocognitive (developed
in social interaction through discourse
communities)
 English Teaching Paradigm: Content-
based & ESP/EAP
 Principal Use of Computers: Authentic
Discourse (to perform real-life tasks)
 Principal Objective: Agency
 Two types: Multimedia CALL (CD-
ROMs) and Web-based CALL (on the
Internet)

8. TEACHING WITH ONE COMPUTER IN THE
CLASS
TEACHING IN THE COMPUTER NETWORK
ROOM
SELF- ACCESS LEARNING
DISTANCE LEARNING

9. 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)

10. SOURCE:Chi-Fen Emily Chen, ‘Computer Assisted Language Learning and
Teaching’. Available on:
http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CALL/unit1.htm#whatis