It has been over 50 years since the emergence of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) that would forever change how second/foreign languages are taught. This article presents a historical overview of the evolution of CALL from the early years of the mainframe computer to the integrative technologies of the 21st century. It examines the evolution of the dual fields of educational technolog...

This paper describes a computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in a ubiquitous computing environment. The environment, called TANGO (Tag Added learNinG Objects) system, detects the objects around the learner using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, and provides the learner the right information for language learning. This system supports learning in daily life with PDA (personal dig...

Pronunciation of English language is a very important sub-skill of speaking module in second language learning process. However, it is ignored, neglected, and even never gotten least attention by the teachers, administrators, and stakeholders especially in Pakistan. Grammar, vocabulary, and the other linguistic skills such as reading and writing are emphasized whereas pronunciation has never be...

This paper describes and evaluates the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Tool, which supports contextual language acquisitions. The CALL Tool searches for and retrieves parallel texts, while aligning unedited Japanese-English parallel texts from the World Wide Web [Pershin, Akahori, 2001]. We compared the proposed tool with an existing system by conducting an experiment that showed our...

Technology-assisted facilities have taken English Language Teaching (ELT) to a different level where Computer Assisted Learning (CALL) has become an indispensable feature of leaning language. Recently, in the current day context ELT, both learners and teachers are experiencing positive shift from CALL another more efficient platform called Mobile (MALL). This paper explores fundamentals MALL it...

In the first part of this article, we explore the background of computer-assisted learning from its beginnings in the early XIX century and the first teaching machines, founded on theories of learning, at the start of the XX century. With the arrival of the computer, it became possible to offer language learners different types of language activities such as comprehension tasks, simulations, et...

I Putu Indra Kusuma - Recent research has revealed increased use of social media platforms for English as a foreign language (hereafter, EFL) teachers' teaching practices, supporting new modes learning through computer-assisted CALL).