CALL English Courses in the General Studies Program : A Case Study in Iwate Prefectural University

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This article aims to define English language education at the university level, especially English courses in "Zengaku Kyotsu Kamoku" (Course Offered by the University General Studies Program) and to introduce an example of CALL English courses carried out in Iwate Prefectural University with the result of the survey for Ito's six courses dated between October 24 (Mon)-27 (Thu), 2005. CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) is an efficient and effective method of learning a foreign language. Ito's CALL English courses are designed to provide students with thorough instruction in the four main communicative language skills in English. They aim to improve both students' communication and comprehension skills in order for them to become proficient users of the English language. It is a doubtless fact that the adaptation of a CALL system costs a huge sum of money because it requires not only the building fund of CALL rooms but also the working fund for the maintenance, etc. Ito's method of making MS Word worksheets for using the published textbooks for a CALL room is a partial solution for the financial problem. Using the CALL system, teachers enable students to have efficient opportunities for reading, writing and listening. Training the other skill, speaking, is also possible in the noisy computer room if using microphones. Still, however, as the students' feedback shows, it is to be improved little by little.
岩手県立大学の論文
2006-01-31