This document discusses the history and uses of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). It explains that CALL has evolved from using computers as tutors for drills and practice, to viewing them as tools for writing, presenting, researching, and global communication. The computer can serve various roles, from offering language drills to stimulating discussion and interaction, or acting as a medium for authentic materials online. CALL approaches have shifted from behaviorist repetition drills to those based on communicative language teaching.

1. BY: NORIEL REINA

2. Each time is implemented
medias and resources that help
teachers to provide a high quality
of education. No doubt,
technology offers interactive
ways to teach in a fun way and
that is why in this video will be
presented the most relevant
aspects about CALL such as
types and activities of CALL that
motivate students to become
more competent in the English
language.

3. CALL has come to
encompass issues of materials
design, technologies, pedagog
ical theories and modes of
instruction. Materials for
CALL can include those
which are purpose-made for
language learning and those
which adapt existing
computer-based
materials, video and other
materials.

4. CALL is important
nowadays because it offers a
variety of resources to improve
our skills, for instance
pronunciation due that CALL
has the required programs to be
more communicative and learn
the language easily. CALL
programs to improve
pronunciation are American
Speech Sound and Ellis Master
Pronunciation.

5. Help students become
more involved in the task
at hand.
Thereby facilitating the
necessity of effective
communication within a
group setting.

6. O Creates student
projects.
O Research information
O provide context
O Investment of money
O Investment of time
O Uncertainty of results.

7. COMPUTER-MEDIATED
COMMUNICATION (CMC)
PROGRAMS
CALL-SPECIFIC
SOFTWARE-
WEB-BASED LEARNING
PROGRAMS
GENERIC SOFTWARE

8. Multiple-choice & true/false
quizzes
Gap-filling exercise/cloze
Matching
Re-ordering/sequencing
Crossword puzzles
Games
Simulations
Writing & word-processing
Concordance
Web quests/searching
Web publishing
Online communication

9. 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
Based on the then-dominant behaviorist theories of
learning. Repetition Drill
Based on the communicative approach to teaching. No
drill format

10. An increased emphasis on electronic literacy.
The increased incorporation of Intelligent CALL into
the classroom.

11. The history of Computer
Assisted Language Learning
suggests that the computer can
serve a variety of uses for language
teaching. It can be a tutor which
offers language drills or skill
practice; a stimulus for discussion
and interaction; or a tool for writing
and research. With the advent of the
Internet, it can also be a medium of
global communication and a source
of limitless authentic materials.