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¿ about books and a] libraries which are > translated iuto 2 jargon words when we talk about using a computers and the 2 Internet for similar % functions. table of contents World d Wide: Web Menu browse/search a What it means computerassisted learning Using computers to help you learn computenassisted hypertext markup language a way to write documents so ey can Ba displayes using computers to help you learn languages on a website hypertext transfer protocol a set of rules for transfering files on the WWW, usually included as the beginning of a website address Archive of Modern and Medieval English _ (68. htepalfwwnn) a collection of English-language material available for computer processing International Corpus of English a database of different samples of spoken and written English Internet service provider a company which gives individuals, companies, etc. access to the Internet __Mmachine translation using computers to translate language random-access m “he memory which the computer uses for basic processes read-only memory a type of permanent computer or disk memory that stores information that can be read or used but not changed universal serial bus a standard way to connect things like printers and scanners to a computer virtual learning an online classroom a huge collection of documents that are connected y hypertext links and can be accessed through the internet page xi AAA ERA AAA 31 BET Discuss these questions. 1 How are computers used in language learning and linguistics today? How has their use in language learning and linguistics changed in the last 50 years? 3 How can computers assist in communication? Look at the title of the text on the opposite page. 1 What do the abbreviations stand for? 2 What would you like to know about them? Make a list of questions, One student wrote some ideas about CALL and VLE before reading the text. 1 Write A (l agree), D (l disagree) or ? (I'm not sure) next to the ideas on the right. 2 Add any other ideas you have. Work in pairs. Student A: Study Figure 1 on the opposite page. Student B: Study Figure 2. Cover the figures, Explain each figure to your partner. Read all the topic sentences from the text on the opposite page. 1 What is the structure of this text? Choose Structure A or B on the right. 2 What do you expect to find in each paragraph? Read the text and check your predictions. Answer these questions. 1 What exactly is CALL? 2 How do students learn from a VLE? 3 Why don't translators use machine translation? Topics sometimes develop inside a paragraph. 1 Does the topic develop in each paragraph in the text? If so, underline the word or words which introduce the change. 2 What is the effect of the word or words on the development of the topic? See Skills Bank. 32 Most modem language centres have computers and make use of CALL. Sometimes Hey have an online classroom ora VLE, Often there are online activities. Grading can never be computerized. — Computer-assisted language leaving is alvays better than face-to-face learning. —— Only very skilled students can use a VLE. People can communicate with each other using the Infemeh. A language corpus is a hype of database, Machine translation is very effective. —— Translafion no longer requires people. [ARAS IDA DER Stucture A E á(
