This study is an attempt to examine the effect of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) on reading comprehension in an Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) context. It was hypothesized that CALL has an effect on reading comprehension. Forty female learners of English at intermediate level after administering a proficiency test were…

Electronic books, often electronic versions of popular children's illustrated books, have the same words and illustrations as their printed versions, but also can read aloud individual words, phrases, and stories, can pronounce individual syllables in a word, and can provide animated clues to word meanings by animating and labeling selected…

This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of electronic books for teaching vocabulary with and without specific supplemental vocabulary building activities. Twenty-two third grade children were divided evenly into an experimental group and a control group. Children in the control group listened as a computer read a page of the…