Historical Overview of CALL

By Caldex6
  • Early Computers

    Early Computers
    • Mainly Used for Mathematical Calculations.
    • Only Available at Universities or Government Facilites
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    Early Computers Era

  • Early Computers

    Early Computers
    • At this point in time Computers were able to handle and modify text
  • Behavouristic CALL

    Behavouristic CALL
    Skinner's theories were prevalent in psychology and education in the 50's
    Computers were the core of Language Teaching due to how efficient they were at doing repetitive tasks
    Took some weight of teacher's shoulders
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    Behavouristical CALL Era

  • Behaviouristical CALL

  • Communicative CALL

    Communicative CALL
    • Teachers realized how "drill and practice" lacked the authenticity of communication
    • Gave Students more freedom through different software (Games) which gave them more control over their learning
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    Communicative CALL Era

  • Communicative CALL

    Communicative CALL
    • First Apple PC (Personal Computer) was introduced
    • Characterized for their inexpensiveness
    • PC's had word processors, spreadsheets, and drawing software. Making them more appealing for Students
    • Mainly used to simulate, writing, discussion and critical thinking
  • Integrative CALL

    • PBL (Project Based Learning): Integrated a variety of skills in homework
    • CD Roms: Made multimedia programs possible
    • The internet appeared and made research much better and faster
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    Integrative CALL Era

  • 2000's till today

    • Social media (February 4th 2004)
    • Phones; Tablets (First Android 22nd of October 2008)
    • USB Sticks (2000)
    • iPhone: June 29th 2007
    • AI Software (Siri 2011; Google Asisstant 2016)