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The History of CALL website traces the development of CALL from it's origins on mainframe computers in the 1960s to the present day: http://www.history-of-call.org
Early CALL favoured an approach that drew heavily on practices associated with programmed instruction. This was reflected in the term Computer Assisted Language Instruction (CALI), which originated in the USA and was in common use until the early 1980s, when CALL became the dominant term. Throughout[[[Image:[[Image:--[[User:61.30.127.4|61.30.127.4]] 10:41, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)--[[User:61.30.127.4|61.30.127.4]] 10:41, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)--[[User:61.30.127.4|61.30.127.4]] 10:41, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)<nowiki><nowiki><nowiki><math><math><math>[[[[http://www.example.com]]]]</math></math></math></nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>]]]] link title] the 1980s CALL widened its scope, embracing the communicative approach and a range of new technologies, especially multimedia and communications technology. An alternative term to CALL emerged in the early 1990s, namely Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL), which was felt to provide a more accurate description of the activities which fall broadly within the range of CALL. The term TELL has not , however, gained as wide an acceptance as CALL.
Typical CALL programs present a stimulus to which the learner must respond. The stimulus may be presented in any combination of text, still images, sound, and motion video. The learner responds by typing at the keyboard, pointing and clicking with the mouse, or speaking into a microphone. The computer offers feedback, indicating whether the learner’s response is right or wrong and, in the more sophisticated CALL programs, attempting to analyse the learner’s response and to pinpoint errors. Branching to help and remedial activities is a common feature of CALL programs.
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