Abstract This paper presents IdiomsTube ( https://www.idiomstube.com ), the first-ever computer-assisted language learning tool for facilitating of English idiomatic expressions from YouTube videos. The web-based is designed to automatically (1) assess speech rate and lexical difficulty level any learner-chosen English-captioned video; (2) generate a range vocabulary-building revision tasks (e....

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of CALL/Web-based instruction on improving EFL learners’ pronunciation ability. To this end, 85 students who were enrolled in a language institute in Rasht were selected as subjects. These students were given the Oxford Placement Test in order to validate their proficiency levels. They were then divided into two groups of 30 and were...

In the first part of this article, we explore the background of computer-assisted learning from its beginnings in the early XIX century and the first teaching machines, founded on theories of learning, at the start of the XX century. With the arrival of the computer, it became possible to offer language learners different types of language activities such as comprehension tasks, simulations, et...

Review by Pia Sundqvist, Karlstads Universitet Technology-mediated TBLT: Researching Technology and Tasks, edited by Marta González-Lloret and Lourdes Ortega, presents a new framework in which tasks and technology are integrated in the language curriculum. Although Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) have been around for some time, the integration ...