Recommended Computer-Assisted Language Learning Resources

Michael Levy, Oxford University Press, 1997

This book sets CALL in its historical and interdisciplinary contexts, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic. Drawing on published work and an international survey among CALL practitioners, the author looks at the relationship between CALL's theory and application, describes how the computer is conceptualized as both tutor and tool, and discusses the implications for computer programming, language teaching, and learning.  Available from Amazon.

 

 

Mike Levy & Glenn Stockwell, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006

This volume gives language teachers, software designers, and researchers who wish to use technology in second or foreign language education the information they need to absorb what has been achieved so far and to make sense of it. Chapter by chapter, the book builds, through description, analysis, examples, and discussion, a detailed picture of modern CALL.  Available from Amazon.

 

 

Gina Mikel Petrie, LEA, 2009

CALL Research Perspectives creates a foundation for the study and practice of computer-assisted language learning and provides an overview of ways to conceptualize and to conduct research in CALL.  Available from Amazon.

 

 

Randall Donaldson & Margaret Haggstrom, Routledge Publishers, 2006

Recognizing the need for a close link between research, practice and program development, Changing Language Education Through CALL is an important text advocating change that makes effective use of new research into learning styles, as well as new technology.  Available from Amazon.

 

 

Jeong-Bae Son, iUniverse Inc., 2004

This book explores various facets of CALL and presents the findings of recent work in CALL that are of direct relevance to second language teaching and learning.  Available from Amazon.

 

 

Sandra Fotos & Charles Browne, Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers, 2004

This practical handbook is designed to help language teachers, teacher trainers, and students learn more about their options for using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and develop an understanding of the theory and research supporting these options.  Available from Amazon.

 

 

Meliss Holland, Routledge Publishers, 2007

This collection examines the promise and limitations for computer-assisted language learning of emerging speech technologies: speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and acoustic visualization. Using pioneering research from contributors based in the US and Europe, this volume illustrates the uses of each technology for learning languages, the problems entailed in their use, and the solutions evolving in both technology and instructional design.  Available from Amazon.