This article addresses the practical aspects of multimedia courseware development. It suggests that teachers should know the media, the institutional needs or constraints, and design principles before using multimedia or CALL courseware in teaching. It also mentions that we should incorporate three perspectives including the language, the learner and the language learning when we set our objectives.
I agree with the author that using CALL can strengthen individualized instructions because students can learn flexibly at their own pace without interfering with others. However, I think CALL should not be used alone without any linkage to the normal classroom activities. It should be integrated to our regular lessons. We should also incorporate cooperative learning when we use CALL to allow students to learn from both CALL and their peers. I think that evaluation during the development and actual practice is also important for improving the CALL and finding out its effectiveness.
I think it is really good for the author to have so much help in developing the IDV courseware. In the school setting, I think that it is almost impossible for us, teachers, to develop our own CALL courseware as we don’t have the skills, time and resources to do that.
I agree with the author that using CALL can strengthen individualized instructions because students can learn flexibly at their own pace without interfering with others. However, I think CALL should not be used alone without any linkage to the normal classroom activities. It should be integrated to our regular lessons. We should also incorporate cooperative learning when we use CALL to allow students to learn from both CALL and their peers. I think that evaluation during the development and actual practice is also important for improving the CALL and finding out its effectiveness.
I think it is really good for the author to have so much help in developing the IDV courseware. In the school setting, I think that it is almost impossible for us, teachers, to develop our own CALL courseware as we don’t have the skills, time and resources to do that.
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