CALL

Computer-assisted language learning(CALL) is succinctly defined in a seminal work by Levy (1997: p. 1) as "the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning".CALL embraces a wide range of information and applications and approaches to teaching and learning foreign languages, from the "traditional" drill-and-practice programs that characterised CALL in the 1960s and 1970s to more recent manifestations of CALL, e.g. as used in a virtual learning  environment and Web-based distance learning. It also extends to the use of corpora and concordance , interactive whiteboards,Computer-mediated communication (CMC), language learning in virtual worlds and mobile-assissed language learning.