1	Future Trends in CALL: Software and Hardware Dr. Deborah Healey English Language Institute Oregon State University deborah.healey@oregonstate.edu
2	Directions More usable common tools Word-processing/presentation Easy authoring More use of less common tools Speech recognition Visual aids to pronunciation iMovie/Movie Maker Wireless communication New players
3	Outcomes... Present and near future possibilities Better teaching and learning Focus on creativity Greater learner control Broader marketing
4	More usable common tools Wordstar 1.0 circa 1980: just a word-processor Encouraged revision Encouraged longer writing MS Office 2003 – a kitchen sink Word PowerPoint
5	MS Word options Insert comment: Voice and text annotations Track changes Compare documents AutoSummarize Grammar checking Translation
6	MS PowerPoint options Presentation wizard Step-by-step organizer Easy use of media Graphics, sound, video Internet hooks Form is easy; needs attention to content
7	Easy authoring Hot Potatoes Not just ‘wrong, try again’ Student-created exercises Record-keeping issue Quality takes time and effort MS Office: Save as Web page
8	Less common tools Speech recognition Speech to text and text to speech Visual aids to pronunciation Wireless communication iMovie/Movie Maker
9	Speech recognition IBM ViaVoice and ScanSoft Dragon Naturally Speaking (commercial); Microsoft Speech SDK (68MB file) Increasing accuracy in transcribing speech Forces speaker to focus on accuracy Text to speech improving
10	Speech recognition CALL applications TraciTalk – one of the first DynEd offerings: Dynamic English, Functioning in Business Rosetta Stone, Learn to Speak English, Tell Me More, Connected Speech, EyeSpeak Variety of implementations
11	Visual aids to pronunciation Ineffective Waveforms Formant maps Somewhat effective Pitch and intensity contours Useful Graphic representations of similarity Speech pathology tools
12	Pronunciation Power
13	EyeSpeak sample
14	SpeechViewer
15	Student-created movies iMovie and MovieMaker Free Relatively easy to use Exciting for students Good group project Requires high-end equipment High-speed processor, lots of RAM and hard drive space
16	Digital movie pluses and minuses Why not videotape? Easier to edit Easy to add titles, music Easier to make high-quality copies Advantages of tape Easier to record Cheaper Holds much more
17	Wireless communication: Ubiquitous computing Free to move Connection to others and/or Internet Multiple types of hardware Laptop Hand-held – smaller, faster, cheaper Cell phone – voice and text Wireless lab
18	New players Gaming community Artificial intelligence + great video Larger market = bigger players Media giants: Microsoft, Disney Time Warner (?) Looking at Hispanic market in the US Looking at very large markets outside the US
19	What does this all mean? “Just a tool” Student focus More creativity and control for students More flexibility to respond to learner needs and differences More demands on teachers Know more and do more More mass-market options
20	Still needed Curriculum Organizational scheme for learning Not just programmed learning and direct instruction Link between language and people Make it real Research on best practices Constantly moving target
21	Next steps Do classroom-based (action) research Try it and share your results Pressure vendors to create products that work for us and our students Keep looking for the best fit