COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

 Brief History

Starting in the ’50s and developing through the ’70s, we have what’s called Structural/Behaviorist CALL. This marked the era of Stimulus and Response. The computer prompts the student with a question (stimulus) and the student gives an answer (response) by filling in the blanks or choosing from a given set of choices. In the ’80s and ’90s came Communicative CALL. The Communicative Approach to language teaching came into being as a reaction to the Grammar-Translation and Audiolingual methods. This time, instead of teaching the language—its rules, syntax, phonemes and morphemes—teachers found ways to provide opportunities for students to actually use the language. 

Activity 1

Watch a video about CALL:

Activity 2

Write a short summary of the video

Call for interaction

 You can use CALL to interact with other people and save information easily. Some applications help you to save info only using its extensions and can be very useful. 

One of the apps is Diigo, which is a bookmark. Inside it, you can add notes, tags, outlines, etc.

Activity 1

1. Create a Diigo account.
2. Go to My Outliners and create a folder with any topic you prefer (English skills and sub-skills).
3. Search valid information from the web and save the links into the folder using the extension.
4. Add some tags 

 Activity 2

1. Use this link Diigo, to see the folders in My Outliners. 
2. Inside the folders, there are some web pages of activities about English skills and sub-skills.
3. Choose 1 web page of each folder and do the activity.
4. Printscreen your results and send them to this email: gkaren017@gmail.com.
   
   
5. WEB 2.0

Web 2.0 does not refer to any specific technical upgrades to the internet. It simply refers to a shift in how the Internet is used. In the new age of the Internet, there is a higher level of information sharing and interconnectedness among participants. This new version allows users to actively participate in the experience rather than just acting as passive viewers who take in information. 

COLLABORATIVE TOOLS

 

WEB 2.0 SOCIAL NETWORK

Voicethread:  is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).

ACTIVITY:

Open this link and answer the question: https://voicethread.com/share/17381783/

Youtube:  is a free video-sharing website that makes it easy to watch online videos. You can even create and upload your own videos to share with others. Originally created in 2005, YouTube is now one of the most popular sites on the Web

Twitter: is a service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People post Tweets, which may contain photos, videos, links, and text. These messages are posted to your profile, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.

Facebook: is a social networking site that makes it easy for you to connect and share with family and friends online