Description

In this CALL assignment, you are required to write an academic essay about a CALL application (from 1500-2000 words), which is currently used in teaching and learning second language (L2) contexts. You need to talk about and consider the following essential points when you write your academic essay. However, you can expand your essay by including further useful arguments about the use of CALL application. Your essay should be written in an academic style and should be typed in a word processor document. Try to write clearly and avoid issues of grammatical errors and linguistic redundancy. These are the essential points you should address in your academic essay:
1. Choose a clear and current CALL application by referring to available online articles in any referred journals like Language Learning & Technology Journal (LLT. http://llt.msu.edu) or CALL Electronic Journal Online (http://callej.org/).
2. First, you should summarize the article/study/review briefly and give a clear background information (i.e., literature review) about the CALL application which the author(s) employed or discussed.
3. You need to explain and argue whether the CALL application is used as a tool or tutor (or both) in L2 teaching or learning.
4. Your essay should have an introduction, several body paragraphs, and a useful conclusion.
5. You need to write the references of the article clearly along with other cited work by using a good APA style.
6. Show why this CALL application is important for L2 teaching and learning.
7. Describe the CALL application in terms of its linguistic function and software features.
8. Explain how this CALL application can help L2 teaching and learning.
9. Talk about the L2 theoretical frameworks or perspectives which the CALL application may have been concerned with.
10. Write the potentials, which the CALL application might have, for promoting L2 teaching and learning.
11. In your own words, discuss the extent to which the CALL application can be seen as useful for L2 learning and teaching.
12. Point out if there are some limitations of the CALL application when using it in L2 teaching and learning.
13. Provide some useful suggestions and future recommendations, which you may draw from the use of this CALL application, for the effectiveness of using CALL in L2 teaching and learning.