Fully integrated CALL: mission accomplished

Abstract

It is not bold to predict that in many countries it will soon be no morepossible for education systems to be computer-free than it already is for transport systems to be motor-vehicle-free. The technology simply has too much to offer in too many areas for people to ignore it or to be content todo without it. It is therefore in the interest of any community of learnersand teachers that very careful thought be given to the integration of computers into the education process if they are to avoid situations in the classroom that are informatic equivalents of traffic jams, exhaust pollution, lunatic drivers, and road fatalities. On the road, mayhem and casualties are minimised by such things as road rules, town planning, speed limits, vehicle inspection, sign-posting, traffic lights, speed cameras and random breath testing.