Unit 1: Introduction to Computer-Assisted Language Learning.
WHAT IS CALL?
CALL is the acronym for computer-assisted language learning. Although, as we will see below, the field or significant parts of it sometimes go by other names, CALL seems to be the most widely accepted generic term. In this foundation course, CALL will be used in a broad sense to refer to any endeavor involving the computer in some significant way in language teaching and learning.
ACRONYMS AND ATTITUDES
CALL - Computer-assisted language learning, sometimes expanded as computer-aided language learning
CELL - Computer-enhanced language learning: suggests the computer's role is to make learning better
TELL - Technology-enhanced language learning: this accommodates more than just computers, often bringing in video and seeing the computer as just one part of a larger system. It is increasingly popular as a generic term: for instance, while TESOL has a CALL Interest Section, California TESOL has a TELL Interest Group.
TALL - Technology-assisted language learning: variant of CALL and TELL
CALI - Computer-assisted language instruction: with "instruction" in it, it's more teaching oriented.