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Prednosti CALL metode (kompjuterski potpomognuto učenje jezika) u ranom uzrastu
The Adventages of Using the CALL Method (Computer Assisted Language Learning) with Young Learners

Author(s): Amina Hadžibegić-Bicciato
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Filozofski fakultet u Sarajevu - Znanstveno-istraživački inkubator
Keywords: world globalisation; English as an International Language; CALL method; early language learning; ICT competence.

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I deal with the broadness and significance of the change and the need to conform to it since it has occured during the globalisation era and brought the people in better and faster contacting among themselves using the electronic media, which then resulted in necessity to teach and enhance both linguistic and IT skills and competence of all: mastering the present global language of communication, English, as well as information and communication technologies since these are inclusive and intertwinned. The aim of this paper is to prove that by using the CALL method (Computer Assisted Language Learning) with young learners such as the primary school years children we can achieve the worldwide set principles of education prosperity and consequently gaining greater working mobility and competence of the future generations. The CALL method incorporates different techniques and tools, such as: word-processing, CD-ROMs, authoring packages and the Internet.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 147-159
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bosnian