The history overview of CALL

40 null terms

Activity system.: A collective formation with a complex mediational structure that serves as the primary unit of analysis in cultural historical activity theory.
Affinity spaces: Is a place where learning happens.
Affinity spaces.: Is a place where learning happens.
apps: Noun; An application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device or computer.
Assesment for learning.: An approach to teaching and learning that creates feedback which is then used to improve students' performance.
Authoring software: Software that allows its user to create multimedia applications for manipulating multimedia objects.
Blog: A regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
Communicative language teaching.: An approach to language teaching that emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of study.
Communities of practice: Is a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or an interest in a topic and who come together to fulfill both individual and group goals.
Communities of practice: Is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
Connectivism: Is a theoretical framework for understanding learning in a digital age.
Connectivism.: A learning theory that recognizes the evolution of ever-changing learning networks, their complexity, and the role that technology plays in learning networks through facilitation of existing learning networks and creation of new learning networks.
Cyberbole: Is an exaggerated claim about the effect of information technology on an organization or society as a whole
Flaming: Used for emphasis to express annoyance.
Genre: A style or category of art, music, or literature.
Grammar-translation: A traditional technique of foreign-language teaching based on explicit instruction in the grammatical analysis of the target language and translation of sentences from the native language into the target language and vice versa.
Hardware: Includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the case, central processing unit, random access memory, monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, speakers and motherboard.
i+1: A stationary series without a trend is said to be.
Input: What is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process or system.
Input.: Language is put in, taken in, or operated on by a teacher.
Instant Messaging: Is a type of online chat allowing real-time text transmission over the Internet or another computer network.
Laptop: Is a small, portable personal computer with a screen and alphanumeric keyboard.
Mediational tool.: A coined word used by lev vigotsky referring to a how humans used signs and symbols as tools to communicate and learn.
More able peer: People who are achieving, or have the potential to achieve, at a level significantly beyond that of their peer group within a specific area of the curriculum.
More able peer: A partner who is more capable of doing or teaching something.
Multimedia: Adjective; Using sound, pictures and filmf in addition to text on a screen.
Phonology: Noun; The speech sounds of a particular language; the study of these sounds.
Privacy settings: Are "the part of a social networking website, internet browser, piece of software, etc.
Rhizomatic knowledge: Is a concept in post-structuralism describing a nonlinear network that "connects any point to any other point".
Rhizomatic knowledge.
Scaffolding: It refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning process.
Scaffolding: Process in which the learner is guided through all the process of learning by their teacher.
Social constructivism: Sociological theory of knowledge according to which human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others.
Social media: Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.
Social networking: The use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to one's own.
Social networking.: The use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to one's own.
Socio-cultural theories: Stresses the role that social interaction plays in psychological development.
Socio-cultural theories.: Stresses the role that social interaction plays in psychological development.
Text messaging: An electronic communication sent and received by mobile phone.
Zone of proximal development.: The space between what a learner can do without assistance and what a learner can do with adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers.