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Entry 2: Evolution of CALL, Search Engines and Online Database

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Assalamualaikum and a very good day everyone. Today I am going to talk about Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). On my recent class, my lecturer taught us about the evolution of CALL. First of all, what is CALL? CALL is an approach to language teaching and learning in which the computer is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement and assessment of material to be learned, usually including a substantial interactive element. Next I would like to give a light briefing on the history of call. It started back in 1960s' and CALL was used widely on 1970s' by American Universities such as University Of Illinois. CALL was used on a mainframe computers at that time. When the arrival of personal computer (PC), CALL get into its booming era. Most of the program at that time was associated with programmed instruction. CALL had been updated since then and helped a lot of people. There are a few types of CALL which are behaviorist CALL, communicative CALL ...

Entry 1: Introduction to Myself

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Assalamualaikum and a very good day everyone. My name is Muhammad Emir Dean bin Zanurin. This is my forth semester and it is time to take this subject which is Internet Technologies for Language Learning. Madam Azidatunnoor binti Saidin will be my lecturer and assist me on my journey in taking this subject. I am looking forward to this subject and hope I will gain something meaningful and knowledgeable. Most crucial part is I hope that I can score the highest grade for this subject. So, stay tune with my update weekly😎!!!