WHAT CAN COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING CONTRIBUTE TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY?

Authors

  • Paul Bangs
  • Pascual Cantos Gomez
Keywords: CALL, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Foreign Language Pedagogy, Second Language Teaching, Foreign Language Methodology

Abstract

The aim of this paper is twofold. On one hand, to shed new light on the uneasy relationship of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) with foreign language (FL) pedagogy in the past and on the other, to explore the possible contribution of CALL to FL pedagogy. The first part of this research starts with a brief description of the first CALL experiences (behaviourist CALL) and continues with a succinct account of the present state of the art (CALL and the communicative environment). The second part of the paper points towards new and challenging directions of CALL: some assertions as to what might constitute the place of "good CALL in a language learning environment.

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Author Biographies

Paul Bangs

University College London Language Centre

Pascual Cantos Gomez

Departamentode Filología Inglesa Facultad de Letras Universidad de Murcia
Published
19-01-2009
How to Cite
Bangs, P., & Cantos Gomez, P. (2009). WHAT CAN COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING CONTRIBUTE TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY?. International Journal of English Studies, 4(1), 221–239. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/48281