“CALL” computer assisted language learning
El computador como instrumento para el aprendizaje de un idioma
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CALL is an acronym in English which can be translated as “Computer Assisted Language Learning”. That technique has been supported and used by uncountable learners of Languages through last years and it is based on the increasing use of Internet, Multimedia and new technologies, as a part of a didactic resource inside the classroom. CALL takes its part in the Language teaching traditional pedagogy, presenting all kind of virtual tools for tea- chers and students of a Foreign Language; helping the process of formation for being much more personalized, interesting and attractive
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1.For Listening Comprehension
•World Radio Network: www.wrn.org/audio
•Weekly Idioms: www.comenius.com/idiom
•Funny Short Animations in Flash: www.flashring.com
2.For Reading Comprehension
•BookWeb : www.ambook.org/
•Children’s Web Literature Guide: www.ucalgary.ca
•Fluency Through Fables: www.comenius.com/fable
3.For Writing
•Cultural Topics-Advanced Reading and Writing: http://darkwing.woregon.edu
•Writing OWLs: www.umass.edu/english
4.Tests on the Web
•ALTE(The Association of Language Testers in Europe): www.edunet.com/alte/
•ILTA(International Language Testing Association): www.surrey.ac.uk
•University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate: http://vanlang.com/vli
5. For Grammar Teaching and Learning
•Cutting Edge Grammar: www.chorus.cycor.ca
•Daves ESL Quiz Page: www.pacific.net
•General Grammar: www.englishpage.com
•Grammar in Spanish: www.mansioningles.com
•Basic Grammar in Spanish: www.aulafacil.com
6. For Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
• Dictionary of Technical and Natural English: http://crnvmc.cer/FIND/DICTIONARY
• Roget’s Thesaurus: gopher://gopher.dlu.dr
• The Oxford English Dictionary Online: www.oed.com
• Encyclopaedia Britannica: www.-pf.eb.com:189 Wikipedia: www.wikipedia.org
7. For Newspapers
• BBC: www.bbcnc.org.uk/index
• CNN: www.cnn.com
• Financial Times,The: www.ft.com
• New York Times,The: www.nytimes.com
• Times,The(U.K.): www.the-times.co.uk
• Weekend Independent, The (Brisbane, Australia): www.uq.oz.au
Books and others
Roldan Hugo, Guide N.1. Basic Theoretical support for Computers use in education. (2005)
Chapellea. Carol, Computer Applications in Second Language acquisition. Cambridge University Press. 2001.
Warschauer and kern Richard. Network based Language Teaching: Concepts and practice. Cambirdge University Press. 2000.
