Computers and language learning: misguided assumptions
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Educational Technology
- Vol. 20 (1) , 41-46
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.1989.tb00026.x
Abstract
There has been a rapid increase in the availability of computer assisted instruction (CAI) software for teaching oral language skills. Despite the growing popularity of CAI in education, such an approach to language teaching fragments and isolates language learning from the context of its use and conflicts with current theory and research in language development and learning. The greatest potential for microcomputers in language learning may be as a medium for increasing student opportunities for using language by bringing students and teachers together around a shared activity.Keywords
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