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ment of modern technique and language teaching, ComputerAssisted Language Learning (CALL) is a new way to teach English, which paysattention on guiding students to learn language by means of using computers. In thispart, the definition of CALL, the development of CALL and the application of CALLto language teaching will be introduced.Levy (1997) gives CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) a concept of“the research for applying the computer in the teaching and learning of language.” Inrecent thirty years, CALL has been admitted and recognized in the academicliterature.Given the wide use of CALL, a description about CALL shows its constantlychanging nature, and the application of CALL is a procedure where a learner uses acomputer and ultimately makes an improvement of his or her language (Walker,Davies & Hewer, 2011). CALL is a relatively new academic field and has a greatlyquick development which explores the significance of information andcommunication technologies in language learning and teaching in recent years.Chambers and Davies (2001) state that, however, by the wide use of the internet,CALL provides listening, speaking, reading and writing with highly interactive andcommunicative practice.
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2.2 Reading
Reading is a very significant skill for learning foreign language. In order to studythe application of CALL to the English reading in senior high school, it is necessaryto explore and understand the nature of reading.Based on a lot of researchers who have done their studies according to theirteachings, reading is basically related to meaning, especially to the differentunderstanding of meaning from mind to mind and the different understanding of amessage from the writer to reader. It is said that reading for meaning is the highestlevel of reading (Nuttall, 1982). Alderson (1984) regards reading as the procedure ofacquiring linguistic information through the print. From such points of opinion, it canbe inferred that reading is a positive and active procedure of gaining different kinds ofinformation in which the readers think, guess and predict. Therefore, reading istreated as a complex process during which the reader is getting close to the readingpassage to master the meaning. As an significant way of input, reading is a basic way to gain information in language learning. The objective of reading is not only to learnthe vocabularies, grammars and sentence patterns, but also to improve the abilities oflearners to analyze and solve problems.
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Chapter Three Research Methodology......... 14
3.1 Research questions......14
3.2 Research participants.........14
3.3 Research instruments.......... 15
3.3.1 Questionnaire........... 15
3.3.2 Tests..........16
3.3.3 Interviews.........17
3.4 Research procedures....18
3.5 Data collection.....20
3.6 Experimental teaching.........21
3.7 Summary..... 25
Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussion........25
4.1 Analysis and discussion of the questionnaire..... 26
4.2 Analysis and discussion of the tests on reading..........29
4.3 Analysis and discussion of interviews.......35
4.4 Summary..... 40
Chapter Five Conclusion..... 41
5.1 Major findings.....41
5.2 Implications.........42
5.3 Limitations.......... 43
5.4 Suggestions for further study......44

Chapter Four Data Analysi