But, a trip to any EFL conference makes me think of the seven blind men and the elephant. Although most presentations today are on multimedia or the Internet, CALL is many things. CALL will never replace teachers, but teachers who don t know CALL may be replaced.
Computers are tools.
Any teacher who refuses to use computers is like a teacher who refuses to use video, cassettes, books, paper, or even a blackboard. All are valid and useful tools for teaching. A case can be made for every school, teacher and student. Given the equipment and software, an intelligent, motivated teacher can use CALL with anybody. Computer Assisted Language Learning is the application of a tool to the learning process.