Short history of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)

The 60´s and 70´s Bulky computers. Access through terminals in the campus Big projects; huge funding; teams of experts; universities and research centres –PLATO (University of Illinois) –TICCIT (Brigham Young University) –Stony Brook (State University of New York) Influenced by Programmed Instruction –Drills –Linear development –Whole language courses, substitute for the class

The 80´s and 90´s Popularization of PC´s Teachers designed their own CALL programs (BASIC, HyperCard) Independent activities, supplement to the classroom More communicative activities, simulations –ATHENA (MIT) –Camile (UK, France, Spain, Netherlands) Communicative activities demand linguistic competence –Knowledge representation –Grammar

The XXI century Increasing cooperation between CALL and Computational Linguistics  ICALL Cooperation still incipient Restricted mainly to parsers