scholarly journals Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in the EFL Classroom and its Impact on Effective Teaching-learning Process in Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

scholarly journals Integrated Model towards Computer Assisted Language Learning Acceptance: Empirical Case Study of Saudi Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Abdul Fattah Soomro
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Facilitating Conditions

Maximum utilization of technology in all fields of life including language education by a country has become inevitable to survive in the competitive world. Saudi government has already invested a lot of efforts and public finance to adopt modern teaching practices using Information Communication Technology (ICT) to supplement English Language Teaching (ELT) in Saudi Arabia. The present study applies Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as a theoretical model to explore the effects of different factors on the attitudes of teachers towards using Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in the language learning contexts of Saudi Arabia. The current study investigates the effect of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use on the attitude and intended usage behavior of Saudi English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers towards using CALL. In addition to these two factors borrowed from TAM, three other variables: social influence, facilitating conditions and management support are added into the model. To test the hypothesized model, this study applied a quantitative questionnaire survey approach with participants chosen randomly from 10 different universities in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 421 valid responses received through online questionnaire from the teachers were used for the analysis to achieve research objectives and hypotheses testing. Structural Equation Modeling Analysis was employed to analyze the data. The findings of this study are found very encouraging and provide sufficient support to the proposed model of the study, which was consisting of TAM as the foundation theory. According to TAM, postulation perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use both are two significant elements that determine attitude and intended usage behavior. These hypotheses were found significant, thus provided external validity to the TAM postulations. In addition, the findings suggested that social influence, management support, and facilitating conditions are important factors that influence individuals’ intended behavior towards CALL usage.

Why Studying Individual Differences in CALL?

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-49
Author(s):  
Maryam Tayebinik ◽  
Marlia Puteh
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Delivery Methods

The present chapter aims to highlight the importance of studying individual differences (IDs) in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). This study begins with a brief overview of drastic changes in educational delivery methods by wide application of technological tools and ends by developing a framework that emphasizes on the need for studying IDs in CALL settings. To gain a comprehensive support to develop this framework, an extensive literature review was conducted by focusing on a) instruction and technology integration, b) natural aptitude of Net generation for technology-mediated education, c) utilizing technology in language learning process, d) CALL properties, e) CALL advantages in second language learning, f) the effect of IDs in language learning, g) common taxonomies of IDs in language learning process, and h) the role of IDs in technology-mediated learning environments. This study motivates future research to find relationship between IDs and language learning CALL environments.

Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Design for Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysel Şahin Kızıl
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Educational Practices ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Design For Learning

The learning context has gradually become more technology-rich and learner-centered along with the learning process, which is extensively regarded as configurative and dynamic. This has brought about significant shifts in educational practices. This shift has a crucial impact both on the field of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and on the approaches to educational design, giving way to the emergence of design for learning. This chapter is an attempt to explore potential synergies between CALL and design for learning, which is thought to strengthen the CALL practices and make an effective base for CALL design.

CMC and Intercultural Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 361-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Möllering ◽  
Markus Ritter
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Threaded Discussion ◽  
E Mail

One key theme in the area of computer-assisted language learning has been the potential of computermediated communication (CMC) for the language learning process. Here, CMC refers to communication conducted through the medium of computers connected to one another in local or global networks. It requires specific software tools and can be either synchronous (e.g., chat, audio- or videoconferencing) or asynchronous (e.g., e-mail, threaded discussion lists). This chapter explores how CMC might contribute to language learning and teaching. Starting off with an overview of the development of research in this field, a model for the analysis of successful telecollaboration procedures and processes is used for the discussion of a German-Australian exchange.

Tutorial computer-assisted language learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trude Heift ◽  
Mathias Schulze
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Systematic Overview ◽  
Awareness Raising

‘Sometimes maligned for its allegedly behaviorist connotations but critical for success in many fields from music to sport to mathematics and language learning, practice is undergoing something of a revival in the applied linguistics literature’ (Long & Richards 2007, p. xi). This research timeline provides a systematic overview of the contributions of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) to the role, nature, and development of individual practice in language learning. We focus on written language practice in Tutorial CALL, corrective feedback and language awareness-raising in Intelligent CALL (ICALL), and individualization of the learning process through tailoring of learning sequences and contingent guidance.

scholarly journals Joining the blocks together – an NLP pipeline for CALL development

2019 ◽  
pp. 397-401
Author(s):  
Monica Ward
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language Processing ◽  
Natural Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Intelligent Computer

Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) involves using tools and techniques from computational linguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP) in the language learning process. It is an inherently complex endeavour and is multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary in nature. Often these tools and techniques are designed for tasks and purposes other than language learning, and this makes their adaptation and use in the CALL domain difficult. It can be even more challenging for Less-Resourced Languages (LRLs) for CALL researchers to adapt or incorporate NLP into CALL artefacts. This paper reports on how two existing NLP resources for Irish, a morphological analyser and a parser, were used to develop an app for Irish. The app, Irish Word Bricks (IWB), was adapted from an existing CALL app – Word Bricks (Mozgovoy & Efimov, 2013). Without this ‘joining the blocks together’ approach, the development of the IWB app would certainly have taken longer, may not have been as efficient or effective, and may not even have been accomplished at all.

Why Studying Individual Differences in CALL?

2015 ◽  
pp. 24-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Tayebinik ◽  
Marlia Puteh
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Delivery Methods

The present chapter aims to highlight the importance of studying individual differences (IDs) in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL). This study begins with a brief overview of drastic changes in educational delivery methods by wide application of technological tools and ends by developing a framework that emphasizes on the need for studying IDs in CALL settings. To gain a comprehensive support to develop this framework, an extensive literature review was conducted by focusing on a) instruction and technology integration, b) natural aptitude of Net generation for technology-mediated education, c) utilizing technology in language learning process, d) CALL properties, e) CALL advantages in second language learning, f) the effect of IDs in language learning, g) common taxonomies of IDs in language learning process, and h) the role of IDs in technology-mediated learning environments. This study motivates future research to find relationship between IDs and language learning CALL environments.

scholarly journals Dyned Programme as Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) for University Students: A Perception and Its Impact

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Entika Fani Prastikawati
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
English Department ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
First Semester ◽  
The Media ◽  
Teaching Learning

This paper explores the student’s perception on the application of Dyned Programme as Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in English department of Universitas PGRI Semarang, Indonesia. This study is descriptive qualitative. Otherwise, it needs the statistical data in calculating the result percentage. It took 85 students of the first semester students who have already joined Integrated Course (IC) as the sample. IC is a subject which involves ICT-based learning. In this case, Dyned Programme is the ICT-based learning used as CALL. The result of this study shows that the students are satisfied with ICT facilities provided as the media in English teaching and learning. In addition, the use of Dyned Programme in English teaching and learning is well-accepted by the students. Moreover, it comes to the students’ perception that shows us how important the media of ICT in English teaching learning process in order to make the students interest in learning English.

scholarly journals CALL: Teachers' Ticket to Effective Learning

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fajrianor Fajrianor
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Supplementary Material

An Introduction to CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) for providing optimal teaching and learning process. This supplementary material contains a brief explanation of CALL Design, Benefits, Limitations, and Evaluation.

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