Computer assisted language learning

Computer assisted language learning (Acronym CALL) is an method of teaching and learning languages. Teachers and learners use computers, software, and Internet communication technology to improve language learning. Many instructors use a Learning Management System (LMS) or Course Management System (CMS) to organize teaching with these technologies. Since other tools such as mobile phones, tablets, and interactive whiteboards are now also used, some people use the phrase Technology enhanced language learning or TELL to describe this way of teaching.

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Approaches	Communicative approach Comprehension approach Dogme language teaching Lexical approach Natural approach Sociocultural learning theory Whole language learning
Methods	Audio-lingual method Community language learning CALL Content-based instruction CLIL Direct Method Extensive reading Grammar-translation method Language immersion Pimsleur system PPP Silent way Suggestopaedia Task-based language learning
Techniques	Back-chaining Dictogloss Jigsaw techniques Shadowing Total physical response
Key concepts	Critical period hypothesis English as a lingua franca Input hypothesis Fossilization Interlanguage Language transfer Learnability/teachability hypothesis Needs analysis Output hypothesis Second-language acquisition Syllabus World Englishes
Assessment	Language assessment CEFR DIALANG IELTS TOEFL TOEIC UCLES
Professional organizations	IATEFL TESOL
Important people	Betty Azar H. Douglas Brown Pit Corder Jim Cummins Rod Ellis Stephen Krashen Diane Larsen-Freeman Michael Lewis Paul Nation Alastair Pennycook Patricia A. Richard-Amato Jack C. Richards Wilga Rivers Earl Stevick Scott Thornbury Henry Widdowson