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Research Essay
E-mail: yusra.allak@gmail.com
Date: 22/12/2016
UNI ID:0135819
Major:Applied English
2016-2017
CALL
Have you ever wished to learn a second language in a way
new and extraordinary? What comes to your mind when you
think of learning language skills? Have you wished to have a
fun creation of its own kind which develops all the language
skills at once? Well, its not only a dream any more. Have
you ever heard of the term CALL? I guess that term is all
that you need. CALL- which stands for Computer-assisted
language learning can be defined by many scholars in many
different ways but every one of them covers the main
connotation of CALL. Starting with Levy (1997) who thinks
that Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) may be
defined as the search for and study of applications of the
computer in language teaching and learning ( p.1).
Although we have Chappelle (2001) who believes that
"Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) was the
expression agreed upon at the 1983 TESOL convention in a
meeting of all interested participants. This term is widely
used to refer to the area of technology and second language
teaching and learning despite the fact that revisions for the
term are suggested regularly ( p. 3). Upon Chappelle's
definition of CALL in which he referred to the term CALL
by the area of technology , that points out the various types
of CALL programs which can clearly be briefed as follows:
CALL softwares like (CD-ROMS , web-based interactive
language learning), Generic software, such as (wordprocessors),Web-based learning programs (e.g: online
dictionaries, blogs, wiki etc), Computer-mediated
communication (CMC) programs: synchronous - online chat;
asynchronous - email, discussion forum, message board, and
last but not least Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL)
which is the use of mobiles in learning language. As a
matter of fact MALL has influenced the CALL process the
Bibliography-References Page
Levy (2016) Computer-assisted language learning, in
Wikipedia. Available at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computerassisted_language_learning (Accessed: 21 December 2016)