CALL

Computer Assisted Language Learning is defined as the use of a computer in the teaching or learning of a second or foreign language. CALL, in fact, brings four major advantages in its train: motivation, authenticity, critical learning skills, and adapting learning to the student.

I have provided you here with some useful and resourceful CALL-related links. I hope you find them of great benefit and help.

APACALL Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning that claims the opportunity to use communication technologies in learning, teaching and research.

The History of CALL A PDF file of an introduction to the development of the Computer-Assisted Language Learning.

Computer Assisted Language Learning An international Journal.

ReCALL Journal of EUROCALL.

CALL: Its Scope and Limits A speech by Frank Berberich at the Toyohashi JALT chapter meeting.

Authoring in CALL Links to authoring systems for CALL.

CALL for Teachers Computer Assisted Language Learning for Teachers.

La-la Theory

La-la theory (also called the sing-song theory) is the name of one of the speculative theories about the origins of language. This theory claims that speech originated in song, play, laughter, and other aspects of romantic side of life. It also argues some of our first words were long and musical rather than short grunts some theories suppose we started with.



Have you ever thought or read about the origins of speech? There are some other theories in addition to this theory. But, I like this one very much. It is a very neat and lovely theory, anyway.

ESP

Hello my pals. Please do accept my apology for updating my blog with delay. I was up to my head in my projects and books. Moreover, this blogger was danged difficult to sign in.

Here are some links to ESP (English for Specific Purposes) pages available online and for free on the net:


Science Daily
A place where you can read the latest science news.

Food Dictionary
Search the dictionary of more than 4,000 food terms.

English for Work
Very good free online English learning materials for nurses, police, tour guides, food staff, hotel staff, and airline staff.

English for Pharmacists
Exercises designed to improve pharmacists' English.

Applied Linguistics websites

Here are some websites on Applied Linguistics. You may find valuable information or even articles on these websites. Just click on the links.

http://iteslj.org
http://www.baal.org.uk
http://devoted.to/corpora
http://www.aila.info
http://www.thelinguist.org
http://www.cal.org
http://www.aaal.org
http://www.tesol.org
http://www.lingforum.com/forum
http://www.iraal.ie
http://www.appliedlinguistics.org
http://www.linguistics-journal.com