Topic 3 !! - Evolution of CALL -

Greetings to all !
  

Here I am, once again, reflecting on this week's topic for ESP6013.

So, let's start!

Topic 3 is related to the previous topic, about CALL.
Last post, I just shared about what is CALL, so this time it is about how this CALL revolve into something more...useful to be used in learning language. That is quite confusing isn't it?

Well, before CALL is more on the types and where people can get CALL in daily lives, but in this topic, CALL progressed into something more practical. There are 3 types of progression based on CALL, which are Behaviouristic CALL, Communicative CALL, and Integrated CALL.

Behaviouristic CALL is widely used to train something (usually it's animal huhu), also called as 'drilling' or 'repetition', where you'll do the same thing over, over, over and over again until you remember it.
Just like training a dog! Wuff Wuff!
 


Next, we have Communicatice CALL, where it trains more on the language rather than something in grammar. So if the software is more on pronounciation, that is all you get to do. You listen and practice on how to pronounce vowels and all phonetics stuff.

Lastly, we have Integrated CALL. This is the most recent, and I'm sure even all the readers have used this kind of CALL before. You use something to learn language, and it included all media we have; like audio, video, animation, graphics, text, EVERYTHING! If you still remember about the CMC I shared about last time, that's also a part of Integrated CALL. You can have video, pictures, gif, text moving here and there,that way is more fun, right? Hehee ;)

I also learnt in my class that for you to learn any language in this technologucal era, nothing is impossible!! You have a lot of choices you can choose from; from traditional way to the modern way, just choose it! And never give up!

So, that's all for now!
See again later! 

Topic 2!! - Introduction to CALL -

Greetings to all !

In this post, I will share my reflection on this week's topic.

This week was about CALL, an abbreviation for Computer Assisted Language Learning.

CALL is famously used in language learning by implementing technology in it.

There are 4 programs under CALL, which are;

1) CALL-Specific Software

2) Generic Software

3) Web-based Learning Programs

4) CMC

CALL-Specific Software usually found in textbook in CD form. Oh how I love that kind of software!!

Generic Software; general applications that commonly used by all computer users - but can act as a tool for language learning too! Very simple example; Microsoft Office!! 

Web-Based Learning Program is applications/stuff that could be found in internet, and also can act as a tool for language learning. You know, wikipedia, blogspot, magazine and news website, online journal. Sooo many of them out there!

      

Lastly, CMC - also know as Computer Mediated Communication. This one is the most popular and could be say as the most used application! Whatsapp, Messenger, WeChat, any kind of instant messaging nowadays are synchronous type of CMC, while Email, Discussion/Message boards are the examples of asynchronous CMC.

I also learnt that computer actually have the role of being a tutor, a tool and a medium for students to be able to learn more on language. 

That's all for now!

To be continued later, so.......!

See ya!