Week 13: Advantages and Disadvantages of CALL in Language Learning

Advantages and Disadvantages of CALL in Language Learning

Computer assisted language learning (CALL) is a good tool which can be use to support the learning language process, especially English language teaching. CALL is a powerful medium for teaching and learning. The beginning of CALL started in the 1950S, which is called Behavioristic CALL. Then become Communicative CALL in the late 1970S. And the last phase of CALL is Integrative CALL, started in the 1990S untill present. In this phase,CALL is integrate to the teaching of four skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing into tasks to provide direction and coherence and the development of multimedia technology. Computer nowadays, serves as tool which is empowers users to actually use language. 

        There are many advantages of CALL including; provide an opportunities to students to have interact in four English skills, The students can improve their self-concept and learning of basic language skills. moreover, it provides them to have more confidence to learn English language. There are many activities for students to learn depend on their difference individual styles. 

        However, there are some disadvantages of CALL including; the teacher who has low skills they will take a long time to set the gadgets. Some teacher, on the other hands, use CALL as a big role to teach students than teacher. The student thus  pay a lot attention to the technology instead of teacher. Moreover, the school in rural area might not have opportunities to use CALL because the school have no budget to support all equipment such as internet wifi and computer. Maybe they have to spend a lot of money for all equipment.  

    To sum up, CALL has the advantages and the disadvantages. However, CALL is a good tool that most of teachers use to be a media for teaching and learning.