Effective use of the internet in language teaching: what and how?
Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has developed gradually over the last 30 to 40 years. This development can be categorised into 3 distinct phases, namely, Behaviouristic CALL , Communicative CALL and Integrative CALL . The introduction of a new...
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Penerbit UTM Press
2009
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/14463/1/FatimahPuteh2009_EffectiveUseoftheInternetinLanguageTeaching.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/14463/ |
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| Summary: | Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) has developed
gradually over the last 30 to 40 years. This development can be
categorised into 3 distinct phases, namely,
Behaviouristic CALL
,
Communicative CALL
and
Integrative CALL
. The introduction of
a new phase does not necessarily entail rejecting the programs and
methods of a previous phase; rather the old is subsumed within the
new. The new phases introduced do not gain prominence immediately,
but gain acceptance rather slowly and unevenly. It is within the third
phase of CALL that the Internet came into the picture. Like the
other two phases, the Internet was accepted rather cautiously at first.
However, compared to the other two phases, the use of the Internet
for language teaching and learning has now reached a fairly mature
stage. It has been there for a while and it looks like it is going to
stay because the Internet provides many opportunities for language
practice, use and development for both teachers and learners and it
opens up many avenues for language learning. |
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