history of call

CALL is the abbreviation of the computer-assisted language learning. It emerged first in the 1960s, but it did not gain much importance until the early 1980s when microcomputers began to have a role in education. In 1980 some basic programs were developed by teachers and they were free. As the time passed, programs were developed more and with the help of new changes in Mac, teachers preferred using PCs in classrooms, for example in writing classes, they used word processors. Until the early 1990s, programs continued being developed. In mid-1990s in home computers the use of commercial multi-media for language learning as CD-ROMs increased. The use of World Wide Web also increased and CALL has been integrated into language learning both in and outside of the class.