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CALL History
Computer-assisted instruction was first used in 1950s for
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Projects were confined
Up until the late 1970s CALL projects were confined mainly to universities, where computer programs were developed on large mainframe computers. -
The Arrival
The arrival of the personal computer (PC) brought computing within the range of a wider audience, resulting in a boom in the development of CALL programs and a flurry of publications -
French Program
Collett (1980) used the university’s mainframe for computer-assisted instruction in French program. -
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CALL established itself
Throughout the 1980s CALL widened its scope, embracing the communicative approach and a range of new technologies. CALL has now established itself as an important area of research in higher education. -
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Explorative CALL
The explorative approach is characterised by the use of concordance programs in the languages classroom - an approach described as Data-Driven Learning (DLL) by Tim Johns (Johns & King 1991). -
Multimedia CALL
Multimedia personal computers (MPCs), which incorporated CD-ROM. By the mid-1990s a wide range of multimedia for language learners was available, including imaginative simulations -
WWW
World Wide Web was launched, reaching the general public in 1993 -
CALL Nowadays
It is very easy for all of the
learners to click a mouse to access lots of multimedia
resources on the Internet Mark Warschauer in 2000 changed the name of the first phase from behavioristic CALL to structural CALL.