CALL Software Evaluation
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https://doi.org/10.19053/7v5h6r14Keywords:
Evaluation, CALL, pedagogical content considerations, academic feedback, learning process.Abstract
This article describes the analysis and evaluation, in a critical way, of CALL(Computer Assisted Language Learning) software material we aseducators plan to use before implementing it in the learning and teaching processes. Also, we want to identify some Educational Technology undergraduate students' pedagogical content considerations when evaluating CALL software materials, and to analyze if the selected software material provides appropriate academic feedback to engage this specific population of undergraduate students in the English language learning process.
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