CALICO 2008
Greg Kessler
When They Talk About CALL:
This study investigates preservice teachers' discourse about CALL in a required CALL class. Thirty-three students in a Linguistics MA program were observed over a ten week quarter. For all of these students it was their first formal exposure to CALL as a discipline. Extensive language samples from a collaborative wiki and videotaped observations of in-class discussions document the teachers' emerging perceptions of CALL and the role it plays in language teaching and learning. Implications regarding CALL teacher preparation are discussed.