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C.A.L.L. Is an interactive method of instruction that helps learners achieve their goals of learning, at their own pace and ability. In this method, computer technology is used in teaching/learning procedures at all stages such as presentation, practice and feedback. -
Although computers have been used since the first half of the 20th century, they were not used for educational purposes until the 1960s.
With the development of the mainframe computer and programs located at several universities around the world. -
Defined by the dominant behaviourist theories of
learning of Skinner as well as the technological
limitations of computers from the 1960s to the early 1980s.
Behaviourists believed that all kind of learning, including the learning of a foreign language, operates through conditioning.
In this stage of CALL, repetitive language drills,
referred to as drill-and practice were used. In this stage of CALL, repetitive language drills,
referred to as drill-and practice were used. -
Communicative CALL corresponded to cognitive theories which stressed that learning was a process of discovery, expression and development. Under the influence
of Communicative Language Teaching defendants of communicative CALL argued that computer based activities should focus more on using forms.
In communicative CALL, the focus was not so much on what students did with the computer, but rather
what they did with each other while working at the computer. -
By the 1990s communicative CALL began to be criticized. New second language acquisition theories and socio-cognitive views influenced many teachers and lead them to use more social and learner-centered methods.
This time, emphasis was put on language use in authentic social contexts. Task-based, project-based and
content-based approaches all sought to integrate learners in authentic environments, and also to integrate the various skills of language learning and use. -
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The importance of computer Assisted Language Learning CALL is an established truth of today’s educational environment which not only enhances the effectiveness of
advanced teaching methods, and learning capabilities but also opens up doors of an undiscovered world to students and teachers equally with a lot of innovations.