INTRODUCTION

Here, I would like to give a brief introduction to what am I going to post on this blog.

The title itself has given us a lot of ideas of what it is going to be about.

For SLL(Second Language Learners), we are already familiar with the term "CALL".

CALL is an acronym for Computer Assisted Language Learning. So, are we going To CALL, or Not To CALL??

As what can be found in Wikipedia, 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". CALL embraces a wide range of ICT applications and approaches to teaching and learning foreign languages, from the “traditional” drill-and-practice programs that characterised CALL in the 1960s and 1970s to more recent manifestations of CALL, e.g. as used in a virtual learning environment and Web-based distance learning. It also extends to the use of corpora and concordancers, interactive whiteboards, Computer-mediated communication (CMC), language learning in virtual worlds and Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL).

Different from the traditional teaching and learning method, CALL focuses more on the advantages of the technology that we have nowadays to ensure that learning process can be done in a more intelligence and also condusive environment.

So, if you feel like to know more about CALL, stay tune for more updates from me ;)

Reference:

Computer-assisted language learning. (2011, January 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved January 23, 2011, fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Computer-assisted_language_learning&oldid=408757367