An Overview about CALL 2023

The Design of a CALL Program A number of conceptualizations or frameworks have been proposed in an attempt to describe the elements of CALL adequately or to guide the field in what the individual authors contend is a more coherent direction (Bax, 2003; Chapelle, 2001; Colpaert, 2004; Hubbard, 1996; Levy 1997; Phillips, 1985; Underwood, 1984; Warschauer and Healey, 1998; and many others). At the time of writing, two of the more influential views are those of Chapelle (2001), who links the design and evaluation of CALL tasks to a set of principles derived primarily from the research base of the interactionist perspective of second language acquisition (SLA) , and Bax (2003), who views ‘normalization’ as the defining direction for the field, a state where technology is fully integrated into language teaching and ceases to be special or unusual, much like the textbook, pen, and blackboard of the traditional classroom. Elements in CALL Design Process Although many CALL projects have been d...

  The deployment of CALL materials   TESOL Technologies Standards for Teachers states "Language teachers identify and evaluate technological resources and environments for suitability to their teaching context." Similarly, Goal 1, Standard 2  refers to teachers' knowledge of "a wide range" of technology options and especially their ability to use those options "in a given setting." Indeed, environments determine to a large degree what a teacher or learner can and can't do with technology.   Environments Classrooms The technology available in classrooms is currently in a state of transition across institutions and in many cases within institutions as well. For the foreseeable future, teachers should be aware of the need to be flexible and adapt to the classrooms they find themselves in. Computer centers In some institutions, language teachers have access to general-purpose computer clusters. In order to make these useful for language teaching, it ma...

What is CALL? Computer – Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is an approach to language teaching and learning in which computer technology is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement , and assessment of the material to be learned.CALL implements the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in second/foreign language learning and teaching . It includes a wide range of activities spanning materials and courseware development , pedagogical practice, and research. CALL Related Acronyms Link to Canva: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFjZcYjYTI/VG0RJgszLlCU-vTv0wSFoA/edit?utm_content=DAFjZcYjYTI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton Approaches to CALL Rather than focusing on the typology of CALL, they identified three historical phases of CALL, classified according to their underlying pedagogical and methodological approaches: Behavioristic CALL : conceived in the 1950s and implemented in the 1960s and 1970s. C ommunicativ...