Theory-Driven CALL and the Development Process

(Reflection on reading week 6)

Levy examines the nature of theory-driven CALL and the development process in his paper. The writer believes that CALL should be theory-driven. Yet, I don’t think it is necessary to begin developing a CALL at the theoretical level. I believe that design process could not be simply categorized as a strictly bottom-up nor strictly top-down approach. Teachers or even CALL developers always first consider the learners’ need or to start with a problem instead of having a lot of theories in their minds. A simple CALL that is non theory-driven could be also very practical and useful for teachers and learners.