COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

By :

Neneng Zubaedah

Rizki Elang G

Development of IT

Role of Computers

Enhance the teaching and learning process

C A LComputer assisted Learning

Interactive capability

Affective & Efficient

Flexibility

• Grammar Translation MethodGrammatical

Rule and Vocabulary

• Direct method, Audio-Lingual method, The Silent Way, Suggestopedia, Community language, Communicative approachSpeaking

•Total Physical ResponseListening

comprehension and speaking

Methods of language teaching

Digital Way

Technology/ Computer mediated language instruction

Conventional way

Human Based/Non computer mediated language instruction

C AL C A L L

the provision to language learning tutorial program

Interactive Capabilities

• Can analyze the students mistakes and react it in manner.

• Can act as tutor

providing material

guiding a student how to learn it.

Affective and Efficient

• A Reference book that can provide generate examples

• Generate examples to Illustrate certain operations

• Stimulate conversation

Stimulate Learners

• To enhance their knowledge and their curiosity

1. CALL allow the users (students) to make their

own decisions to develop a selective and critical

reading habit which enables them to scan a large

amount of information (topic) of their interest.

Advantages

2. CALL offers freedom for users to choose any topic

of information available within the package. The table

of contents denotes all topics available which can be

selected by simple clicking on the box labeled for a

particular topic.

3. CALL’s flexibility of time allows the student to

determine what particular topics and how long he

wants to learn.

4. Since the CALL tutorial package can also be

used in pairs, it spurs the user (students) to be

able to collaborate very usefully in problem

solving which in itself is considered be a good

skill to acquire, as it can be implemented in a

wide range of different contexts.

Disadvantages

1. Compare with “traditional” books, the

electronic book the CAL program is considered

to be much less handy. It is much different from

traditional books that are small enough to be

carried around and studied wherever and

whenever students wish, on train, at home, in the

middle of the night,

2. In general, reading text, especially the long

ones, on the screen is slower, more difficult and

tiring. It may, sometimes, makes irritation eye

and pain.

3. Viewing from the financial point, CAL is

costly enough.