Computer Assisted Language Learning: How Can It Assist Us?

Title
Computer Assisted Language Learning: How Can It Assist Us?
Publication Date
1991
Author(s)
Tasker, Isabel
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-7180
Email: itasker@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:itasker
Editor
Editor(s): Thao Le and Mike McCausland
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of Tasmania
Place of publication
Launceston, Australia
UNE publication id
une:19495
Abstract
This paper is written from the perspective of a teacher of Chinese language, interested in computer assisted language learning but sometimes frustrated that materials for character based languages have tended to be few and expensive. The use of CALL in Chinese language teaching is in its infancy, but we can turn this situation to our advantage, by learning from and building on the experience gained in other languages. This process would involve a review of our goals and motives for using CALL; a survey of the range of possible uses of CALL, to help us decide which ones may be appropriate to our needs or suitable for our particular situation; andan examination of the practical and educational factors which will affect our approach and our decision-making. Such an exercise may also be helpful in assessing the possibilities for introducing CALL in contexts and cultures where it is currently little used. This paper offers preliminary thoughts on some of these issues, and illustrates them with reference to an ongoing project to develop CALL materials for a distance learning course in Chinese.
Link
Citation
Language Education: Interaction and Development [Giao Duc Ngon Ngu: Hop Tac Va Phat Trien] Proceedings of the International Conference, p. 239-250
ISBN
0859014800
Start page
239
End page
250

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