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Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) materials come in two main formats : CD/DVD/ROMs and Web-based. Some are tailored to the content to be used in the classrooms whereas others can be useo independently . CALL materials allow you to work at your own pace.
Multimedia materials offer you opportunity to take part in other computer-assisted activities, such as text- based gap-filling, multiple choice and text reconstruction activities. Language teachers often develop such text-based CALL activitie,s to accompany a particular course. CALL materials can be regularly updated.
Because CALL learning activity types are usually designed from a template , they can sometimes be repetitive.
A major advantage of CALL materials is that they offer instant feedback on your spoken or written performance. However, such feedback can be limited. If you are more interested in creating your own responses or elaborating on your ideas, you may find this type of feedback fmstrating . Web-based CALL materials can offer more variety through the use of hyperlinks, but feedback is still limited.
Just as representations of the cultures of the target language offered by course using books, audio and video tapes can perptuate sterotypes.
