The proliferation of social networking services has revolutionized the way people around the world interact and communicate. The need to overcome language barriers that impose hurdles to this human communication is more acute than ever. Computer Assisted Language Learning systems try to bridge the gap between the need and the availability of language services in education. The convergence of bo...

Behind the somewhat pompous name of this paper hides a much more modest aim. It is an attempt at clarifying one of the major problem areas found in the field of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), specifically the use of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). The aim of CALL is to produce tools aiding the acquisition of foreign languages and, long-term, to produce full-fledged, virtual, mu...

This case study investigates the effects of Robot Assisted Language Learning (RALL) on English vocabulary learning and retention of Iranian children with high-functioning autism. Two groups of three male students (6-10 years old) with high-functioning autism participated in the current study. The humanoid robot NAO was used as a teacher assistant to teach English to the RALL group. Both RALL an...

Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) is increasingly gaining attention from educational stakeholders. This quantitative study implements the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use Technology (UTAUT) model with added variable attitude. The participants were 89 Colombian higher education teachers who shared their views on MALL via an online questionnaire. results indicate that teachers’ behavio...

this qualitative study analyzes the reasons of college students for learning english as a foreign language (efl) in costa rica and the reasons of high school students for learning german as a foreign language (gfl) in the us. it asks to what extent the learners’ reasons align with or deviate from neoliberal discourses that commodify foreign languages. the analysis of 27 interviews in a us high ...