Call

History of CALL

By Merrynuraini

  • The first phase of CALL discovered

  • A very important development for the Internet and processing standards starts in the USA: ARPA, the (Advanced Research Projects Agency) is born

  • CALL first implemented in the 1960s to '70s based on the then-dominant behaviorist theories of learning

  • First prototype of documentary server (MIT): project TIP (Technical Information Project), the first time that one could navigate through a bibliographic database (Eugene Garfield).

  • In the late 1970s and early 1980s, behavioristic CALL was undermined by two factors.

    First, behavioristic approaches to language learning had been rejected at both the theoretical and the pedagogical level. Second, a new range of possibilities in learning widen with the introduction of the microcomputer

  • In 1979 Utah State University ties Apple to videodisc for CAI.

    Then in the 80s that videodisc technology was going to play an essential role in CALL

  • At the Burn French Studies Conference Farrington presented tutorial CALL materials for French grammar

  • It was in the 80s that CAL(L) developments reached critical mass and were no longer the domain of a privileged few because of the invention of the World Wide Web

  • By the end of the 1980s, many educators felt that CALL was still failing to live up to its potential as the language teaching process

  • The Scottish Education Department Scottish Computer funded a French Learning Project for three years from 1981-1984

  • Bernd Rüschoff returned to Germany in late 1982 with a Newbrain.

    Bernd Rüschoff returned to Germany in late 1982 with a Newbrain and was either the first or among the very first to have established the use of PCs rather than large mainframes in CALL in Germany

  • John Underwood proposed a series of "Premises for 'Communicative' CALL" based on the communicative approach to teaching

  • Development of INTERMEDIA by a team of Brown University

    It managed by Norman Meyrowitz and Nicole Yankelovitch, conceived as a learning and research tool

  • Legenhausen, L. & Wolff, D. (eds.) publish Computer Assisted Language Learning and Innovative EFL Methodology

  • HyperCard was developed around the same time as Guide but was released a year later. It was invented by Bill Atkinson and Dan Winkler

  • Internet Relay Chat is designed by Jarkko Oikarinen at the University of Oulu in Finland

  • Computer Mediated Communication (CMC). Language learners can communicate directly, inexpensively, and conveniently with others.

  • The email discussion group, TESL-L is founded.

    Gopher released by Paul Lindner & Mark McCahill. World-Wide Web (WWW) released by CERN. Start of the JANET IP Service within the UK academic network

  • EUROCALL conference in HULL : Official formation of the association. Beginning of TELL consortium in the UK

  • Pentium (P54C: 130 MHz) introduced

  • Windows '95 was introduced In September 1995 with RealAudio which is an audio streaming technology that lets users hear in real time

    And the development of Web Course Tools (Web CT) as a way to apply innovative technologies for course preparation and enrich students' learning experiences

  • Pennington publishes "The power of CALL". Start of the FDTL projects in the UK including the WELL, SMILE and CIEL projects

  • The First issue of the e-journal, 'Language Learning & Technology' produced excellent training in CALL

  • The ICT4LT starts. This stands for ICT for Language Teachers and 1998 will be remembered as a vintage year in CALL. The inaugural WorldCALL Conference was organized by June Gassin at the University of Melbourne, Australia in Mid July 1998.

  • The Year of Speech Technology, the year of maturity by Ray Kurzweil. Special Issue of CALICO, 'Tutors that Listen' focusing on automated speech recognition

  • ReCALL published by Cambridge University Press with the inaugural of WorldCALL Conference was organized by June Gassin at the University of Melbourne, Australia in Mid July 1998