Volume : 1, Issue : 4, September - 2012
Time to Call C.A.L.L. (Computer Assisted Language Learning) for Teaching Language in Engineering Institutes
Vaseemahmed G Qureshi
Abstract :
Good communication skills are obligatory for the success of any professional. Language learning is not the same as learning any other subject. Learning a language means developing four basic skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing. The more body senses the learning process involves, the more effectiveness it can obtain. The process of learning or improving a language needs to be practical and pragmatic. In today’s techno–world, the teacher of linguistic skills must utiliize effective technologies available. One of the major and mostly used technologies for the language learning is the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). It may have many amenities and convolutions while using CALL by the teachers of English for developing linguistic skills of learners. Computers can be proved as a very efficient tool as it can play role of a teacher, a tutor, a stimulus, a facilitator, a guide, an assessor and many other roles. Language laboratories having computers as their major equipments are in demand due to their abilities of making learning interesting and interacting. Computers in the language laboratories with Internet connection can also help in developing various skills necessary for any language. CALL as a missed call needs to be received. It is a very crucial time for the teachers of English in Technical institutes to call CALL.
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Vaseemahmed G Qureshi Time to Call C.A.L.L. (Computer Assisted Language Learning) for Teaching Language in Engineering Institutes Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 1, Issue: 4 September 2012