Implications & Applications of CALL in Interactive Reading at Amman University

This article describes Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in relation to interactive approach to reading. The author has designed an experiment on the speed of reading on the screen with adequate comprehension and the traditional method of text reading in the classroom. Compared with the traditional classroom methodology, the author raises questions whether computers are a challenge to the teacher’s existence, and how the foreign reading CALL can facilitate the building of relevant background knowledge. Given the limitations of this article, some of the implications and applications can be drawn from this study.