In this paper, we describe the principle and functionality of the Computer-Assisted Stress Teaching and Learning Environment (CASTLE) that we have proposed and developed to help learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) to learn stress patterns of English language. There are three modules in the CASTLE system. The first module, individualised speech learning material providing module, can ...

Early works aiming at technical support of teaching and learning pronunciation of foreign language can be found in the 1980s, where technologies for speech analysis, synthesis, and recognition were examined. In the 1990s, with the help of statistical frameworks, speech recognition and synthesis technologies were greatly improved and CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) studies benefited m...

Multilingual lexical resources provide information about linguistic relation of words in-between languages. On the other hand, huge document collections like the World Wide Web provide statistical information about the distribution and co-occurrence of words in almost all languages. In this paper, we present a tool that was designed to combine the information from both resources in order to sup...

Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) systems aim to teach a language providing technology and motivation to the user. They allow us to implement pedagogical content, motivational techniques and corrective feedback. On this basis, we present Medieval Adventure, which is a CALL system that aims to teach Portuguese’s basic levels to adults. Medieval Adventure teaches a second language mainly...

Ever since technology and computers were first introduced into language teaching and learning, there were doubts concerning whether multimedia resources had much to add to the language learning experience. These doubts underlined the need for a comprehensive evaluative model for CALL aimed at helping to determine the kinds of multimedia tools which are more effective in language learning, based...

The rich and still expanding literature on TBLT is helping to mature both its theoretical conceptualization and practical implementation in foreign and second language education. Similarly, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) has grown as a field, with the use and integration of technology in the classroom continuing to increase and will continue to play an important role in this maturat...

this study aimed at investigating the impact of utilizing call on efl learners’ foreign accent reduction. to this end, 62 participants out of 100 undergraduate freshman english students at islamic azad university central tehran branch were ed based on a piloted sample pet and a text-to-read. the ed participants were then nonrandomly assigned to an experimental and a control group, each containi...

The article is devoted to the problem of increasing the efficiency of language teaching for the special purposes of foreign students in studying Russian at a technical university. Particular attention is paid to the training of foreign students in the skills of working with information using the latest computer technology. The conclusions of the work are based on the analysis of the results of ...