Activity Two

  1. Identify one CALL tool that you could try out. Spend at least 10 minutes trying out the tool. Possible examples include, but are not limited too, DuoLingo, Mango Languages, Babble, Rosetta Stone, etc.
  2. What type of feedback does the tool give? Is it secondary?
  3. How does the tool handle clozes? Does it allow multiple possibly correct answer
  4. Does the tool allow you to work on, around or through the language?

Prompt Answers

  1. The CALL tool we tried out was Mango Languages. 
  2. The tool gives individualized feedback on to your pronunciations of phrase in your chosen language. It also gives feedback on grammar and more generalized suggestions on other parts of language learning. 
  3. The free lessons available do not include clozes. Most of the learning techniques utilized in the free lessons are voice recordings as mentioned in the response above. 
  4. The tool is designed to help people work through the process of learning a new language, and teaches them about the background and culture of the language as they learn.