TELL, CALL, and MALL: Approaches to Bridge the Language Gap

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Author(s): Francisco Javier Palacios Hidalgo (University of Córdoba, Spain)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 17
Source title: International Approaches to Bridging the Language Gap
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Cristina-Aránzazu Huertas-Abril (University of Córdoba, Spain)and María Elena Gómez-Parra (University of Córdoba, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1219-7.ch008

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Linguistics / Literacy and Language Studies / Media & Communications

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Language learning has become a key objective for providing new generations with competences that allow them to cope with the challenges of the 21st century. However, the socio-economic changes affecting the world have provoked the development of what has been called “language gap,” which implies that not everybody has the means to access language learning. In this situation, new educational approaches characterized by the use of technology have emerged making language learning more accessible than ever before. Among the possibilities, TELL (technology-enhanced language learning) and more particularly CALL (computer-assisted language learning) and MALL (mobile-assisted language learning), offer a great potential for this purpose. Thus, this chapter aims to revise the concepts of TELL, CALL, and MALL and explore their possibilities for language learning and, ultimately, examine their potential for bridging the language gap.

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