Computer Assisted Language Learning:

The importance of properly integrating CALL into EFL
programs and monitoring its effects on teaching and
learning has been noted by numerous researchers.
However, an exhaustive search for studies on the
effects of CALL implementation in the Middle East
produced only a handful of reports on the use of
computers by Saudi university faculty members--none
directly concerned with the use of CALL in EFL
instruction. This book describes the current state
of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in the
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) departments of
four government-funded universities in Saudi Arabia.
The information in this book should help university
administrators in their attempts to make
improvements in this area. Suggestions and
recommendations are also offered for encouraging the
use of CALL in these programs.

Autorentext

Saad Al-Kahtani is an associate professor of Applied Linguistics and Vice Dean of Arabic Language Institute at King Saud University. His research has focused on Computer Assisted Language Learning, including computer applications in second language acquisition and the use of computer in teaching Arabic as a second language.

Klappentext

The importance of properly integrating CALL into EFL programs and monitoring its effects on teaching and learning has been noted by numerous researchers. However, an exhaustive search for studies on the effects of CALL implementation in the Middle East produced only a handful of reports on the use of computers by Saudi university faculty members--none directly concerned with the use of CALL in EFL instruction. This book describes the current state of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) departments of four government-funded universities in Saudi Arabia. The information in this book should help university administrators in their attempts to make improvements in this area. Suggestions and recommendations are also offered for encouraging the use of CALL in these programs.