Computer Assisted Language Learning

1. Computer Assisted Language Learning
(CALL)
“The search for and study of applications of the
computer in language teaching and learning”
- Levy, 1997

2. PRESENTED BY
Fairuz Sharika Tasnim
Roll: 19-02-04-102
Section: B2
Department: CSE
Course Title: English Language
Sessional
Course Code: HUM1108
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3. CONTENTS
 CALL- An Introduction
 Phases of CALL
 Types of CALL Programs
 Roles of Computer in Language
Learning Classroom
 Advantages and Disadvantages of
CALL
 The Future of CALL
 Conclusion

4. CALL
An
Introduction
CALL is influenced by
traditional language teaching
and learning. Although they
have different method and
approach, but the goal is
same; to develop the
learners’ abilities as the same
as native speakers. CALL has
come to encompass issues of
materials, designs,
technologies, pedagogical
theories, and modes of
instruction.
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5. “
CALL is a process in
which; a learner use a
computer and, as a
result, improves his or
her language.
– Beatty, 2003
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Phases of CALL
Computers being used for language
learning since 1960’s. There are three
phases of CALL. Such as
▹ Behaviorist CALL
▹ Communicative CALL
▹ Integrative CALL

7. Phases of CALL
Behaviorist CALL (1960
- 1970)
▹ The first form of
CALL
▹ Repetitive language
drills
▹ Based on the
behaviorist language
model
▹ First designed and
implemented in the
era of PLATO System
▹ Mainly used for drills
and tests.
CommunicativeCALL
(1970 – 1980)
▹ Reaction to the
behaviorist approach
to language learning
▹ Focused more on using
forms
▹ Corresponds to
cognitive theories
▹ Grammar should be
tought implicitly
Integrative CALL (1980 –
Present)
▹ The most recent
stage of CALL
▹ Multimedia-
networked
computers
▹ Teachers shifted
from cognitive view
of communicative
language teaching to
socio-cognitive view
▹ Criticized
communitive CALL as
disconnected fashion
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Types of CALL Programs
▹ CALL-specific Software
▹ Generic Software
▹ Web-based Learning Program
▹ Computer-mediated
Communication (CMC)

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Types of CALL Programs
Computer-mediated
Communication (CMC)
CALL-specific Software
Generic Software Web-based Learning
Program

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Roles of Computer in
Language Learning Classroom
▹ Computer as tutor for language drills and
skill practice
▹ Computer as a tool for writing,
presenting, and researching
▹ Computer as a medium of global
communication

11. Advantages
▹ Appropiate learning style
▹ Effective use of learning
time
▹ Error analysis
▹ Guided and repetitive
practice
▹ Being able to get
materials that would not
be reached in real life
Advantages and
Disadvantages of CALL
Disadvantages
▹ Economical factors
▹ Less-handy equipment
▹ Lack of trained teachers
▹ The student must be
motivated and disciplined
to complete a learning
program on his own
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The Future of CALL
Human Language Technologies (HLT) is likely to make an
increasing impact on CALL. Concretely, this impact
comes from the work on:
▹ Natural Language Processing
▹ Machine Translator
▹ Corpus Linguistics
▹ Speech Technology

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

14. “The aim of developing
CALL is not to provide
language with novelty,
but it is to improve the
quality of language
teaching.
- Cameron, 1989
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15. THANKS!
Any questions?
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