Foundations of teacher education in CALL

CALL is characterized by computerized educational materials, which are educational tools such as exercise and practice systems, encyclopedias, tutors, electronic books. Its main function is to support the learning of the didactic units through interactive and multimedia tools.

TEACHER CALL:

• The teacher should promote autonomous learning. 
• Offer innovative teaching. 
•  Promote permanent education. 
•  Be efficient and effective in the use of resources.

The teaching of the current century has been nuanced by the use of the computer, it has played a preponderant role due to the advantages it incorporated, both for the explanation of the concepts and for their appropriation. As technology has advanced, methods have been sought that are effective for the teaching-educational process. It can be affirmed that each paradigm of computing has been associated with a didactic version that supports teaching in the most diverse contents.

The reality is that the use of technologies in language learning contexts the responsibility for learning how to better use CALL in the classroom falls on the teachers themselves their goal is CALL teacher training is to enable L2 teachers to integrate CALL technology into your classroom with confidence and knowledge.

References:

Hubbard, P., & Levy, M. (Eds.). (2006). Teacher education in CALL (Vol. 14). John Benjamins Publishing.