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The first generalized computer-assisted instruction system. Starting in 1960, it ran on the University of Illinois' ILLIAC I computer. -
focuses on speaking and listening competence stressing repetition and habit formation to learn a second or a foreign language, it was dominnant in the US during the 1960's -
the arrival of the personal computer (PC) brought computing within the range of a wider audience, resulting in a boom in the development of CALL programs and a flurry of publications -
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three Canadian universities colaborated in the
development of the CLEF (Computer-Assisted
Learning Exercises for French) and the TIC-CIT (Time-Shared, Interactive, Computer-Controlled Information Television) project that by 1980 had courseware for language study in French, German, Spanish, and Italian -
interactive videodiscs were created for langua learners, such as Montevidisco (Schneider & Bennion 1984), Expodisc (Davies 1991), and A la rencontre de Philippe (Fuerstenberg 1993), all of which were designed as simulations in which the learner played a key role -
world wide web was launched in 1992, this brought a lot of opportunities for new CALL techniques -
The Web Enhanced Language Learning (WELL) project, which has been funded under the FDTL programme of the HEFCE, aims to promote wider awareness and more effective use of the Web for teaching modern languages across higher education in the UK. The WELL website provides access to high-quality Web resources in a number of different languages, selected and described by subject experts