Computer Assisted Language Learning & Multimedia Language Learning

Engineers, doctors, scientists, teachers, and others rethink about their English communication skills and find out ways to improve them. More and more multi-national companies are looking forward to India for world-class business opportunities as a result of which it has become necessary to learn English language for an international communication. The modern computer-based technologies have therefore become indispensable in English language learning

Hundreds of effective audio video language teaching aids available in the electronic world. Telnet File Transfer Protocol CD ROM PowerPoint Presentation Windows Media Player Quick Time Player Using the Modern computer based technology the four basic communication skills are acquires and they are to speak, to listen, to read and to write.

. Computer-Aided Language Learning along with interactive multimedia and internet brings the real world environment into the classroom making learning more relevant and interesting. TELNET is a network protocol used on the internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communications. remote login application (ie) sitting at computer and login to any number of computers across the room, the campus, the country, or around the world.

Computer Assisted Language Software: Drill and practice Games Task-based, authentic, collaborative language learning: email tandem webquests producing web pages synchronous and asynchronous discussion boards Computer Assisted Language Software: Drill and practice Games Simulations Tutorials Tools Hypermedia

Drill And Practice Games Simulations Tools spreadsheet programs statistics packages hypermedia software desktop publishing software presentation software CAD software

Like hypertext, but including sound, video, and/or animation. Hypermedia thought to be as “chunks” of information (nodes), stored in a structure, and accessed by links (buttons).

Involves more than one medium MULTIMEDIA Involves more than one medium Involves the use of sound, animation, and/or video as well as text and graphics. PPT Presentations, Videos Wikis Tag Clouds Blogs Mind Tags

Websites for Teaching Literature

Current Technology with Language Learning Blogs a personal website or web page on which an individual records opinions, links to other sites Podcasts (a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer ) Wikis a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. Internet Games Facebook, youtube, Virtual world

Blogs for Language Learning

Important Blog List for Language Learning http://enjoy-learningenglish.blogspot.in/ http://blog.thelinguist.com/ http://actualfluency.com/ http://www.aprenderalemao.com/ http://www.edutopia.org/ https://www.bellenglish.com

Podcasts in English

Podcasts in English http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/

Internet Games for Language Learning

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/

Wiki – Language Learning http://en.wikipedia.org/