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In defense of drill and practice in call - a reevaluation of fundamental strategies
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Abstract
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| An analysis of studies on computer assisted language learning, published since 1988, reveals a major concern with the utopian potential of the new media. Research on ever more intelligent systems, implying multimedia design and natural language interfaces, is scanning the horizon of this awesome wonderland. We must probe into this potential. Within these developments one cannot help but notice a lack of interest in the primitive, traditional forms of CALL, somewhat disdainfully called ''drill and practice''. Indeed, the more complex systems seem also to need more complex and creative content, as if simple lexical and grammatical training does not match colourful and dynamic environments any more. In this paper we address a few questions from different angles: first, some causes of the critical attitude towards drill and practice; second, some consequences of this attitude towards CALL; third, some criteria for the continued development and use of efficient drill and practice forms in CALL today. |
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Language
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English
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Computers and education. - Oxford
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Source (book)
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Euro CALL 93 Conference, SEP 15-17, 1993, Univ. Hull, Hull, England
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Publication
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Oxford
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Pergamon
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1994
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ISSN
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0360-1315
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DOI
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10.1016/0360-1315(94)90043-4
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23
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(1994)
, p. 151-158
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ISI
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A1994PJ56500019
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