Computer-Assisted Language

Learning (CALL) in Improving

Listening and Speaking Skills

BY: ASEEL GHABEN

 What is CALL?

Levy (1997,1 ) defines Computed Assisted Language Learning

(CALL) as:

The search for and study of applications of the computer in

language teaching and learning.

Levy, M. (1997).CALL: Context and Conceptualization(1st ed.). Oxford University Press.

 Advantages of CALL

1. Motivation and interest for learners.

2. Learners autonomy or individualization.
3. Taking into consideration multiple intelligences
of learners.
4. Authentic, objective and immediate assessment
and feedback for learners.
5. Language exchange through real
communication tech tools with native speakers.
6. Teachers connect the classroom and follow the
students progress through a learning
management system.
 Listening and Speaking as Language Skills

Mastering a foreign language requires competence in the

writing, reading, listening and speaking skills.
According to Sun (2009), The primary language of human
being develops from listening and speaking.
When we perceive input through listening, we can produce
an output through speaking.
According to Bozorgian (2012), listeningskillsprovide
second andforeignlanguagelearning.
Speaking is the ability to communicate ourselves effectively.

Sun, W. (2009). Improving Speaking By Listening Cultivating English Thinking And Expression - Probe Into The Teaching Of Business English Listening.English
Language Teaching,2(2).
Bozorgian, H. (2012). The Relationship between Listening and Other Language Skills in International English Language Testing System.Theory and Practice in
 How to Integrate Technology to
Improve Listening and Speaking
Skills in Foreign Language Teaching?
 You Tube as a Listening Tool

According to AlBaddi (2013), YouTube is a

multimedia resource which integrates audio
and visual features.
Visual and audio effects have an impact on
keeping students engaged and on improving
their listening comprehension.
Teachers can use videos in classrooms such as
video blogs, specific curriculum or standard
based education videos.

Albaddi, M. (2013).Teachers' Perceptions of YouTube as a Potential Learning Resource for English Education in Libya(M.A). Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale.
 Soliya as a Listening and Speaking

Soliya is a non-governmental organization that

leads videoconferences among university students
from different countries in the world in English.
Its main aim is to facilitate understanding and
competence between the west and the east.
However, it can be used by teachers as an
effective tool in improving the listening and
speaking English skills.
Long (1996) states that speaking skills develop
best in an authentic situation that involve
negotiation of meaning.

Long, M. H. (1996). The Role of Linguistic Environment in Second Language Acquisition. In W. Ritchie and T. K. Bhatia (Eds.), Handbook of Second Language
Acquisition (Pp. 413-468). San Diego: Academic Press.
References:

Levy, M. (1997).CALL: Context and Conceptualization(1st ed.). Oxford University Press.

Sun, W. (2009). Improving Speaking By Listening Cultivating English Thinking And
Expression - Probe Into The Teaching Of Business English Listening.English Language
Teaching,2(2).
Albaddi, M. (2013).Teachers' Perceptions of YouTube as a Potential Learning Resource
for English Education in Libya(M.A). Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Bozorgian, H. (2012). The Relationship between Listening and Other Language Skills in
International English Language Testing System.Theory and Practice in Language
Studies,2(4).
Long, M. H. (1996). The Role of Linguistic Environment in Second Language Acquisition.
In W. Ritchie and T. K. Bhatia (Eds.), Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (Pp. 413-
468). San Diego: Academic Press.