CALL and Oral Proficiency

• Listening
  • Comprehension approach, Natural approach, Total Physical Response
  • Krashen, Terrell
  • Fundamental part of language
  • Process of comprehension
  • Silent Period
  • Studies are limited
  • CALL in this area is growing
  • More consideration is needed

CALL and Oral Proficiency

• Speaking
  • Comprehensible output, audio-lingual method, Task-based approach, Communicative language teaching, Pronunciation approaches
  • Swain
  • Most usage with CALL
  • Progression in pronunciation and speech discourse

Effects of CALL on Oral Proficiency

• Positive effect on students' proficiency in oral
  skills. 
• Extend learning to different environments
• Students are more successful in language 
  learning if they utilize CALL
  • Effects attitudes of students
  • Increases motivation
  • Increase in oral language proficiency

Summary

• CALL has developed overtime and is continuing to
• Oral proficiency is vital in language learning
• CALL has positive effects on oral language proficiency