The potential of technology in language acquisition

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We have not exploited the most obvious and inexpensive uses of technology in language education, but are instead encouraged to spend substantial amounts of money using ineffective and even untested commercial programs. None of these programs that we have seen makes a serious attempt to provide language students what they need the most: compelling comprehensible input. We present here some promising attempts to use technology in an inexpensive and still very helpful way.