Hello all!
Welcome back to another post which we will share some ideas about the history of CALL and mostly what is it about.
Call is defined as 'The search for and study of applications on the computer in language teaching and learning.' by Levy, 1997. So to give you a quick overview of the history of CALL, I will add the timeline I created, below.
We can simply say that with the help of technological improvement, CALL has found its place with a very significant role in the field of education. Therefore, language education is also benefiting from the advantages of using CALL.
Starting with the individual profits, CALL firstly used in education by means of behaviouristic CALL in the 1960s. It consisted of the behavioristics approaches key concepts in it but there was a problem, there was no place for the students' creativity or letting them find themselves.
So, communicative CALL entered the chat around the 1980s and saved the day. How did it save? Well, with this approach students were taken out of their passiveness cave and find themselves in the middle of activeness pool. They were given responsibilities not in a way waiting for them to answer the questions specifically but creatively. So the first steps were taken with the help of the communicative approach but it wasn't enough for the students since there was only computers and them.
Integrative CALL was born in the mid-'90s and today we're embracing it as a Superman. In our day, technology accelerates more and more day by day and it's nearly impossible to make it stop. Integrative CALL enables students to connect with each other without being physically side by side. We can also give the example of what I'm doing right now... I am writing a post about education, CALL and so forth and waiting for the other people to share their ideas with me, kind of 'barter of information'. So hard to believe that it is in one click distance to communicate with each other. Also, smart boards, another great technological aid, took their places in most of the schools and giving opportunities to integrate web tools in the education field.
I am sure that with unstoppable changes and improvement in technology, CALL will take another shape and upgrade itself accordingly but for now, let us make our best to integrate our thoughts and ideas to web contributing to online knowledge pool of human beings. :)
See you and take care!
*To create a timeline like mine, simply click on mine.
*For the articles I benefitted from;
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