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2.StageTwo:EarlyPublicInternet,1992–1997:withtheacademicworld
enthusiasticandactiveabouttheuseoftheInternetintheearly1990s,openings
weremadefornewcompanies,soontobeknownasInternetServiceProviders,
tointerconnectwithnetworkssupportedbyfederalfunding,whichmarkedthe
transitiontoaprivatelyfundedandoperatedInternet.
3.StageThree:InternationalPublicInternet,1998–2005:thethirdstage
sawtheInternetgrowtoacriticalmass,withthedevelopmentofsuchapplications
andunderlyingtechnologiesasimprovedbrowsers,fiber-opticbandwidthsat
gigabit-per-secondlevels,andprice-performanceimprovementsinpersonal
computers,togetherlayingthebasisfortheintegrationofvoice,dataandvideo
services.
4.StageFour:ChallengesfortheFutureInternet,2006–?:theInternet
becomesauniversalnetwork,withongoingadvancementsintechnology,rapid
growthandincreasingnumbersofcomputersanddevices.
Moreover,WarschauerandHealey(1998:59)stressthat"manyofthechanges
inCALLparadigmsflowfromeconomicandsocialchanges.Theshifttoglobal
information-basedeconomieshasmeantadramaticincreaseintheneedtodeal
withlargeamountsofinformationandtocommunicateacrosslanguagesand
cultures.”Oneoftheaimsoflanguageinstructionneedstobeteachingstudents
howtomanagetargetlanguageinformation:searching,evaluating,retrieving,
digestingandstoring,allofwhichareessentialcomputerskillsintermsofWeb-
basedinstruction.Theseinfluenceswillbetracedinthebriefhistoricaloverview
ofCALLbelow.
1.1.1.HistoricaldevelopmentofComputer-AssistedLanguage
Learning(CALL)
Warschauer,s(1996)andWarschauerandHealey,s(1998)descriptionofthe
historicaldevelopmentofCALLhasbeenhighlyinfluential,providingauseful
frameworkfortheunderstandingoftheevolutionofcomputertoolsandthe
resultingchangesincomputer-basedpedagogy.
Thestartingpoint,accordingtoWarschauerandHealey,wastheBehavioristic
CALLstage,beginninginthe1950sandimplementedinthe1960sand1970s.
Influencedbythebehavioristlearningmodel,thismodeofCALLfeatured
repetitivelanguagedrills,widelyknownasdrill-and-practice(or,pejoratively,
as‘drill-and-kill,).Withsuchtasktypesaslineandparagraphreordering,text
manipulation,totaldeletion,wordgames,actionmazes,guidedwritingprograms,
readingcomprehensionexercisesandtimedreading(Davies,2002)thecomputer
playedtheroleofamechanicaltutorwhichallowedstudentstoprogressthrough
thematerialattheirownpace,deliveringunbiasedfeedbackandadministering