The shift to the computer lab may provide a change of pace, and some students may work more eagerly on a computer than in other settings. Today's students are not likely to be impressed by the relatively low level of sophistication of most CALL software. Hollywood will always be ahead of education in terms of its ability to produce sophisticated multimedia. To justify the expense and effort involved in using computers, I think we need to look for more compelling reasons than any motivation that is provided by the medium itself. Individualization of learning .
Students can work at their own pace.
Those who learn more slowly can use CALL materials for remediation. Students who are ahead of the class can use them to accelerate learning and for enrichment. Control over language input . In well-designed CALL software, the target language can be presented in manageable segments. A language learner who may be lost in a sea of native-speaker talk can gain control over the language by working with smaller pieces.