A Case Study of Computer-Assistd English Learning(CAEL) in a Middle School[开题报告].docVIP

本科生毕业设计（论文）开题报告 设计（论文）题目：A Case Study of Computer-Assisted English Learning(CAEL) in a Middle School 学生姓名： 学号： 1063071148 分 院： 外国语言文化分院 班级： 1006 指导教师： 职称： 讲师 填表日期： 2013 年 11 月 3 日 杭州师范大学钱江学院教学部制 一、选题的背景和意义 China is a country with the largest population studying English as a foreign language, and there are many achievements in English teaching and learning. In the last two decades, with the introduction of computer technology into education, CALL has become more and more popular in English teaching of middle school in China. The work presented in this paper focus on the problems which exist in CALL through the questionnaire. Based on the teaching principles and missions of CALL, it aims to promote the effective use of multimedia in the application of English teaching. Simply stated, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) can be defined as “the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning” from a researcher’s perspective (Levy, 1997). Actually, America is the earliest country which studies how to use the computer technology into education. In 1981, IBM PC came out which contributed to the usage of CAI. Then in 1991, people in Massachusetts Institute of Technology exploited Athena (an independent package which is used to deal with data), and this opened a new era of CAI. Later, CALL came to the school in 1980(Xu, 2010). Huang (2001) listed most of the important dates of CALL in China from 1984 to late 1990s, including the birth of CALLNET, some important symposiums, conferences, activities, etc. and its potential. Since Tim Johns of Birmingham University conducted a CALL workshop in China in the year 1984, CALL has been discussed for over 20 years and explored in different fields in applied linguistics. At the early stage, literature covers a variety of translations or quotations from oversea academic publications