Computer-Assisted Vocabulary Learning (CAVL) Software
for EFL Young Learners
Etty M. Hoesein
In searching for the more effective
vocabulary teaching and learning, especially in EFL for young learners, the
author argues for a computer assisted language learning (CALL) as suggested by
several researchers. Fitzgerald (1995), for example, concludes that CALL can be
used to enhance the English vocabulary skills of increasing number of students
in the
In this paper, the author will
introduce the computer assisted word acquisition program that she is still
developing which tries to incorporate the current theoretical thinking about
word acquisition and the theories about the way the mental lexicon is
structured and operates. Its contents are based on a systematic inventory of the
vocabulary relevant to the target group. A visual presentation of this
multimedia program will accompany this paper.
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Hoesein, E. M. (2004,
February). Computer-assisted vocabulary learning (CAVL)
software for EFL young learners. Paper presented at
the national conference on Teaching English to Young Learners: Why and How, Bandung, Indonesia.
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