Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

I first came across the term Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) from this article from VietNamNet (5 Nov 2007).

From Wikipedia.org:

Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is an approach to language teaching and learning in which computer technology is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement and assessment of material to be learned, usually including a substantial interactive element.

More related sites:

• www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call
• www.edvista.com/claire/call.html
• polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/staff/erica/CALL

THINKING ALOUD: Seems to me CALL isn’t something used exclusively for people with disabilities. But perhaps it offers a practical way, though computers, for people with disabilities to learn languages independently. But with the advent of audio books, I think that offers yet another resource for independent language learning. Of course audio books would not be usable for the Deaf, so I suppose something like CALL is still more versatile.