Introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning Tools

Course content

This course introduces pre-service teachers of English to Computer-Assisted Language Learning(CALL) tools. In addition to giving an overview of the uses of CALL tools in teaching/learning, the course will cover a review of interactive instructional evaluation of English language teaching software and use of Web 2.0 tools in the language classroom. Implications of CALL in language classrooms will also be discussed. Students will be provided with hands-on experience, and they will also develop their own multimedia CALL materials (e.g. web pages, wikis, blogs, etc.). Students will also review and evaluate current research in CALL.