The use of CALL in the teaching of reading and vocabulary is not a new thing to us nowadays. In fact, there are a lot of reading activities that one can get from the Internet and the WWW. The endless links and activities could help language learners to learn the language in a very effective way too. The reading courseware is one of the reading activity that emulates classroom reading. With the integration of computers in the reading activity, reading has became more efficient for learner by providing immediate and interactive feedback.
Here are some of the advantage of reading courseware:
- Certain features can be chosen according to the problem areas of a particular class.
- Text of any genre can be shared among a set of driver text manipulation programs.
- Online help can also be designed to take advantage of this commonality of generic text.
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Hypertext and hypermedia have been used in developing such language learning activities for so long. Hypertext is the simpler version whereby it only involves texts, while hypermedia consists of media, audio and it is more interactive.
The 3 uses of hypermedia in CALL are for reference, instructions and research. The interactive online dictionary, for example,uses hypermedia. Learners could access to the dictionary easily. In instructions, students were given tasks that are interactive with animation, for example. Hypermedia is also important for future research and for collecting data.
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