الآداب و اللغات
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 137-168
2015-06-01

The Changing Focus In Computer Assisted Language Learning (call) And Educational Technology And Its Implication For Pedagogy

Authors : عياد سيدي محمد . Lahdir Sakina .

Abstract

Abstract In this article, we try to identify some aspects of the great development Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and Educational Technology have known, putting forward their liable mutual influence. This development in both fields is a result of a multi-disciplinary research, involving different contributors such as, software engineers, instructional designers, language pedagogues, and even teachers. Indeed, the growing range of tools and applications brought about by the developing technology have ended up by finding their use in the teaching/learning process, on one hand. On the other hand, adjustments have been sometimes necessary before adopting such tools, which contributed to upgrading a number of authoring tools and applications. Thus, both fields have known this development or movement in effervescence. They also share the expected objective of facilitating learning in general, which is the vocation of Educational Technology and the role of CALL as well, being concerned with the study of computer applications in language teaching and learning. In short, the aim of this article is to consider the changing focus of this development that is enhanced by the ever-growing technology, and the pendulum swing of the language learning theoretical domain, which reveals a liable mutual influence. The latter is tackled in this article, with a view of examining its implication for pedagogy which has been adapted to this shift in concern, and modelled by this mutual influence.

Keywords

Computer Assisted Language Learning CALL Educational Technology Pedagogy بمســاعدة الكمبيوتــر التطـور التكنلوجـي التكنلوجيـا التربويـة البيداغوجيا Information &Communication Technology (ICT) – Electronic Learning (E-learning) - Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) - Pedagogy.