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repetitiveclose-endedactivities.Thisparadigmwasespeciallypopularinthe
UnitedStates,firstdesignedandimplementedintheeraofthemainframe.The
best-knowntutorialsystem,PLATO,ranonitsownspecialhardwareconsisting
ofacentralcomputerandterminalsandfeaturedextensivedrills,grammatical
explanations,andtranslationtestsatvariousintervals(Ahmad,Corbett,Rogers,
&Sussex,1985).Eventuallytheseideasgravitatedtothepersonalcomputer.For
applications,seeFox(1984),Higgins(1985),Jun(1987);fordetailedCALL
softwaretypologies,seeDaviesandHiggins(1985)orJonesandFortescue(1987).
AccordingtoWarschauerandHealey(1998),thenextphasewasCommunicative
CALL,emerginginthelate1970sandearly1980soncebehavioristicapproaches
tolanguagelearningandteachingbegantosuffercriticismandnewpersonal
computersmadeindividualworkmorefeasible.CommunicativeCALLwas
intendedtoreflectcognitivetheorieswhich"stressedthatlearningwasaprocess
ofdiscovery,expressionanddevelopment”(WarschauerandHealey,1998:59).
Davies(2002)statesthat,contrarytobehavioristicapplications,thecomputerwas
nolongerconfinedtoskillpracticeinadrillformat,insteaditexhibitedagreater
degreeofstudentchoice,controlandinteraction.Someofthecharacteristicsof
CommunicativeCALLareasfollows(Underwood,1984):
Computerusefocusesmoreonusingformsratherthanontheforms
themselves.
Grammaristaughtimplicitlyratherthanexplicitly.
Studentsareallowedandencouragedtogenerateoriginalutterancesrather
thanjustmanipulateprefabricatedlanguage.
Thesystemdoesnotjudgeandevaluateeverythingthestudentsdo,nor
rewardthemwithcongratulatorymessages,lights,orbells.
Thecomputeravoidstellingstudentstheyarewrongandisflexibleto
avarietyofstudentresponses.
Thetargetlanguageisusedexclusivelyandcreatesanenvironmentinwhich
usingthetargetlanguagefeelsnatural,bothonandoffthescreen.
Theteacherwillnevertrytodoanythingthatabookcandojustaswell.
Consequently,thecomputerisusedtostimulatediscussion,writingorcritical
thinking,andisoftenviewedasatoolor‘workhorse,,whichisreflectedinthe
greatdevelopmentofwordprocessors,spellingandgrammarcheckers,and
concordancers.WarschauerandHealey(1998)pointoutthattypicalCALLsoftware
ofthatphasecomprisedtextreconstructionprograms(inwhichstudentsworked
aloneoringroupstorearrangewordsandtextstodiscoverpatternsoflanguage
andmeaning)andsimulations(whichstimulateddiscussionanddiscoveryamong
studentsworkinginpairsorgroups).Thus,itisimportanttonotethatitisnotreally
thecommunicationofthestudentwiththemachinethatliesatthefoundationof
CommunicativeCALL,butratherhowstudentsinteractwitheachotherwhile
workingatthecomputer(seeCook,1988,forapracticalapplication).