The document traces the history and development of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) from the 1960s to the mid-1990s. It notes that the first CALL software was developed in 1968, with European CALL projects emerging in 1970. In the 1980s, the focus shifted to language methodology over computer skills. The largest CALL project was PLATO at the University of Illinois in 1984, which concentrated on classical, modern, and foreign languages without teacher involvement. In the 1990s, new multimedia tools were developed and in the mid-1990s, developers recognized the internet's potential for language teaching and learning.