Concepts of CALT

Concepts of Computer-Assisted Language Teaching (CALT)

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Poll

Recall your experience as an ESL student. Have your ESL teachers ever used computers or digital technology during English lessons?

• Yes, only in primary school

• Yes, only in secondary school

• Yes, in both primary and secondary schools

• Yes, only during COVID-19 home-based learning (PdPR)

• My ESL teachers have never used computers or digital technology in class.

Open Ended

What is your most memorable experience of using computers and digital technology to learn English or any other languages? Share with us.

Success Criteria

To be successful in this topic, I can:

• Illustrate how computers can be used in the language classroom at the different stages of the web evolution

• Relate how the new media can be used in language education

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Multiple Select

Which of these are examples of computer-assisted

language learning?

• Primary school children at SK Batu Lintang e-mailing high school students at SMK La Salle

• Groups of primary school pupils doing vocabulary matching exercise on the school tablets

• College students completing an online intensive English course

• Teachers creating a Google Site so that their students can access the learning materials at home

• An English teacher using PowerPoint slides to explain subject-verb agreement

Definition

• “the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning" (Levy, 1997, p. 1)

• “the development and use of technology applications in language teaching and learning” (Levy & Hubbard, 2005, p. 143)

• “learners learning language in any context with, through, and around computer technologies” (Egbert, 2005, p. 4)

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Evolution of the Web

​Kho Chung Wei

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​Osorio et al. (2013)

Evolution of the Web

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​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R6oAzie4Lc
https://acodez.in/evolution-of-the-world-wide-web/
https://myeltcafe.com/articles/evolution-of-web-from-1-0-to-5-0/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCplocVemjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0NzN_783tQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM6XIICm_qo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsHuyMUXEBM

Poll

Is the Internet and the Web the same thing?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Which Web evolution era are we in now?

• Web 1.0

• Web 2.0

• Web 3.0

• Web 4.0

• Web 5.0

Poll

Which Web evolution era does Generative Artificial Intelligence (e.g., ChatGPT, Bard, Midjourney) belong to?

• Web 1.0

• Web 2.0

• Web 3.0

• Web 4.0

• Web 5.0