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Communicative CALL: focus on the interaction produced by CALL software

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Paul Seedhouse
Paul Seedhouse
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University of York, UK
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Abstract

The concept of communicative CALL has tended to suffer from a lack of definition. This article seeks a redefinition of communicative CALL by focussing on the interaction actually produced by learners through the use of software. A framework is proposed for planning communicative CALL which takes the target interaction as its starting point. Classroom research is presented as an example of how the framework could be used in practice, and the interaction produced by one item of software is evaluated.

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Research Article
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ReCALL , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , December 1995 , pp. 20 - 28
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Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1995

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