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How to offer real help to grammar learners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Johan Vanparys  and
Lut Baten
Johan Vanparys
Affiliation:
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium
Lut Baten
Affiliation:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

This article discusses strategies for creating a supportive grammar learning environment, which have been implemented in CALL packages for Dutch. They stem from recent advances in cognitive psychology and cognitive linguistics, as well as our own experience. The basic metaphor behind our conception of the ideal CALL package is that of a toolbox rather than a set of instructions. Users select a tool from a range of available instruments because they think it is the one that suits their purpose best. Different learners may pick out different tools and use them in different ways, even if their goals are the same.

Type
Selected Papers
Information
ReCALL , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , May 1999 , pp. 125 - 132
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1999

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