CALL (Computer assisted language learning)

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CELLIA PUTRIAMA

HISTORY OF CALL DEFINITION OF CALL

TYPES OF CALL ACTIVITY OF CALL

TERM RELATED TO CALL

DEFINITION

Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)  is succinctly defined in a seminal work by Levy (1997: p. 1) as "the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning.

History of call

CALL was introduced for the first time at 1960.in the late of 1970s CALL become the range of a wider audience, resulting in a boom in the development of CALL programs and a flurry of publications of books on CALL in the early 1980s.By the early 1980s, however, CALL was in evidence in a large number of schools in the UK and the rest of Europe - and, of course, in the USA and Canada.

There have been several attempts to document the history of CALL.• Sanders (1995) covers the period from the mid-1960s to the

mid-1990s, focusing on CALL in North America.• Delcloque (2000) documents the history of CALL worldwide, from

its beginnings in the 1960s to the dawning of the new millennium

• Davies (2005) takes a look back at CALL's past and attempts to predict where it is going.

• Hubbard (2009) offers a compilation of 74 key articles and book excerpts, originally published in the years 1988-2007, that give a comprehensive overview of the wide range of leading ideas and research results that have exerted an influence on the development of CALL or that show promise in doing so in the future

Butler-Pascoe (2011) looks at the history of CALL from a different point of view, namely the evolution of CALL in the dual fields of educational technology and second/foreign language acquisition and the paradigm shifts experienced along the way.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning

TYPES OF CALL

Types of CALL programs/ materials- CALL-specific software- Generic software- Web-based learning programs- Computer-mediated

communication (CMC) programs

Types of CALL• Two types: Multimedia CALL (CD-ROMs) and Web-based

CALL (on the Internet)• A) Multimedia CALL• Characteristics:• They create a more authentic learning environment using

different media. • Language skills are easily integrated through multimedia.• Students have a high degree of control over their learning

through hypermedia. • It facilitates a principle focus on the content without

sacrificing a secondary focus on language form

B) Web-based CALL• Characteristics:•   A) CMC – • It provides authentic synchronous and asynchronous

communication channels. Language learners can communicate directly, inexpensively, and conveniently with other learners or native speakers of the target language at any time and in any place.

• CMC can be carried out in several forms; it can be one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-one.

•   B) The Web – • Students can search through millions of files around the world within

minutes to locate and access authentic materials exactly tailored to their own personal interests.

• Students can use the Web to publish their texts or multimedia materials to share with partner classes or with the general public.

• Source:http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CALL/unit1.htm

Activities can be done that related with call• 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 (synchronous and asynchronous)