Learning Reflections
Seminar in English Language Teaching
Today, the teacher taught me about "Computer Assisted Language Learning: an Introduction by Mark Warschauer" and after that, she assigned me to discuss with friends about Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
The teacher taught me that;
1. Three phases of CALL
1.1 Behavioristic CALL
- drill and practice; based on the model of computer as tutor. The rationale behind drill and practice was not totally spurious, which explains in part the fact that CALL drills are still used today. Briefly put, that rationale is as follows:
- Repeated exposure to the same material is beneficial or even essential to learning
- A computer is ideal for carrying out repeated drills, since the machine does not get bored with presenting the same material and since it can provide immediate non-judgmental feedback
- A computer can present such material on an individualized basis, allowing students to proceed at their own pace and freeing up class time for other activities
1.2 Communicative CALL
- based on the communicative approach to teach
- focuses more on using forms
- teaches grammar implicitly rather than explicitly; - allows and encourages students to generate original utterances
- does not judge and evaluate everything the students nor reward them with congratulatory messages, lights, or bells;
- avoids telling students they are wrong
- uses the target language exclusively
- will never try to do anything that a book can do
1.3 Steps toward integrative CALL: multimedia
- based on two important technological developments of the last decade - multimedia computers and the Internet
The problem I found today is I did not understand some vocabulary such as hypermedia, synchronous and asynchronous, so I searched on the internet for their meaning and study about them with friends in group.
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