CALL as Realia
Connecting Technology to
the Real World
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- Introduction
- The Lab vs the Classroom
- Different teaching environments for different
purposes
- The US Workplace Environment
- Language skills + computer literacy = better
jobs
- The Home Environment
- Building families
- Intelligent purchasing
- Intergenerational understanding
- Computer Software
- Basic Computer Literacy
- Language Learning Software
- Productivity Software
- NON ESOL specific Software
- The Internet
- E-mail
- World Wide Web
- Projects
- Authoring Software
- Computer Hardware
How much is enough?
Question: What
are the real life needs of your students and how do you choose
software to meet those needs?