Examining the Intersection between Task-Based Learning and Technology
Less than two decades ago most of the activities in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) were created with a “one-size-fits-all” understanding of how computers could enhance language learning. Across the board, the sole rationale for using technology, mostly computer- based, was that it was us...
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| description | Less than two decades ago most of the activities in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) were created with a “one-size-fits-all” understanding of how computers could enhance language learning. Across the board, the sole rationale for using technology, mostly computer- based, was that it was useful and motivating for learners. The obvious lack of a solid research base for such practice gradually led both CALL researchers to approach the use of technology in language teaching and learning more empirically. Only recently has the field of CALL begun to undergo self-evaluation (Gónzalez-Lloret & Ortega, 2014), and researchers are now claiming that in order for the field to progress, it is necessary to look to SLA principles that make language teaching effective (Chapelle, 1998; Levy, 1999). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd0411e4ff544d19a54b323e74a9ca8f2022-12-21T18:41:50ZengColumbia University LibrariesWorking Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL2576-29072576-29072015-12-01152606210.7916/D8MP6F6VExamining the Intersection between Task-Based Learning and TechnologyFarah S. Akbar0Teachers College, Columbia UniversityLess than two decades ago most of the activities in Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) were created with a “one-size-fits-all” understanding of how computers could enhance language learning. Across the board, the sole rationale for using technology, mostly computer- based, was that it was useful and motivating for learners. The obvious lack of a solid research base for such practice gradually led both CALL researchers to approach the use of technology in language teaching and learning more empirically. Only recently has the field of CALL begun to undergo self-evaluation (Gónzalez-Lloret & Ortega, 2014), and researchers are now claiming that in order for the field to progress, it is necessary to look to SLA principles that make language teaching effective (Chapelle, 1998; Levy, 1999).https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8GX5PG4/downloadApplied linguisticsSecond language acquisitionSLAComputer assisted instructionComputer Assisted Language LearningCALL |
| spellingShingle | Farah S. Akbar Examining the Intersection between Task-Based Learning and Technology Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL Applied linguistics Second language acquisition SLA Computer assisted instruction Computer Assisted Language Learning CALL |
| title | Examining the Intersection between Task-Based Learning and Technology |
| title_full | Examining the Intersection between Task-Based Learning and Technology |
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| title_short | Examining the Intersection between Task-Based Learning and Technology |
| title_sort | examining the intersection between task based learning and technology |
| topic | Applied linguistics Second language acquisition SLA Computer assisted instruction Computer Assisted Language Learning CALL |
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