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From CD-ROM to the WWW: Coming Full Circle.

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Burston, Jack – CALICO Journal, 1998

Describes the challenges faced and solutions adopted in adapting the multimedia-rich "Varietes de francais" CD-ROM program to operate on the World Wide Web. The program runs locally to retrieve media resources, perform intelligent answer processing and data collection, and turns to the Web only when necessary for data transfer, external Web links,…

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Courseware

Personality Type, Tolerance of Ambiguity, and Vocabulary Retention in CALL.

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Grace, Caroline – CALICO Journal, 1998

A study (n=181 college students) examined effects of lexical ambiguity in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) on beginning second-language learners, focusing on whether personality type affects retention of second-language vocabulary independent of translation issues and in an ambiguous CALL context. Findings support the need for beginning…

Descriptors: Ambiguity, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction