The document traces the evolution of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) from the 1960s to the present. It discusses how the language laboratory was the original technology used in the 1970s, but there was no clear idea how to use computers in the 1980s. Researchers later emphasized combining pedagogy with technology and focusing on language methodology over computer skills. By the 1990s, computers revolutionized CALL by allowing integration of text, sound, pictures and video. The document concludes that technology is now indispensable for education and an important complement to language teaching and learning. It also outlines 10 principles of good CALL, including adapting to learners, harnessing rather than serving technology, and helping learners learn better.

1. THE CONTRIBUTION OF CALL TO
FOREING LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY

2. THE 60s
First Steps of Computer Assisted Language Learning

3. LANGUAGE LABORATORY IN 1970
The Latest Technology Gadget Was The Language
Laboratory, Not The Computer.

4. THE 80s
There Was not a Clear Idea About How To Use It.

5. MIDLE 80s
Use Of Language Technology Requires A Combined
Knowledge of Pedagogy.

6. LATE 80s
Researchers Put The Stress More On Language
Methodology And Less On Computer Skills.

7. MIDLE 90s
Revolutionary Possibilities Of Integrating Text,
Sound, Pictures And Videos. Unstoppable Expansion
Of The Internet

8. 2000…
Technology Is An Indispensable Tool In Our Days
And very Important Complement For Education.

9. PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CALL

10. PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CALL
 1.- CALL is not an issue separate from other language
teaching and learning.
 2.- CALL should put the learner at the centre of the
process.
 3.- CALL exists for learners, not teachers.
 4.- CALL should be adaptive.
 5.- CALL should harness technology, not serve it.
 6.- CALL should engage and motivate the learner.
 7.- CALL should respond to research.
 8.- CALL should be focused
 9.- CALL should respond to a perceived need.
 10.- CALL should help learners learn better.

11. CALL IS NOT ON ISSUE SEPARATE
FROM OTHER LANGUAGE
TEACHING AND LEARNING

12. CALL SHOULD PUT THE LEANER AT
THE CENTER OF THE PROCESS

13. CALL EXISTS FOR LEARNERS, NOT
TEACHERS

14. CALL SHOULD BE ADAPTIVE.

15. CALL SHOULD HARNES
TECHNOLOGY, NOT SERVE IT

16. CALL SHOULD ENGAGE AND
MOTIVATE THE LEARNER

17. CALL SHOULD RESPOND TO
RESEARCH

18. CALL SHOULD BE FOCUSSED

19. CALL SHOULD RESPOND TO A
PERCEIVED NEED

20. CALL SHOULD HELP LEARNERS
LEARN BETTER.