A Look at the Status of Computer Assisted Language Learning and its Applications

The boom of technology, industrial revolution, replacement of man force by robots, digital age, all and all are terms that tell us, experts in the field of language learning, one thing: changes are bound to happen and inevitable. The only thing to be done then is to know the circumstances well and try to keep a balance between the old and new teaching traditions to remain successful in our professions. In the world where we live, no phenomenon can be regarded as pure folly or wisdom, advantage or disadvantage. We gain one thing at the cost of loosing another. The advent of new technologies and their implementation to the field of education is no exception. Different aspects of these technologies need to be examined to figure out which of them fall within our advantage and in what circumstance.In this article attempts have been made to make a comprehensive critical review of different viewpoints asserted by scholars in the field to find the common grounds and points of similarity. The result yields a good guideline for those who are to make a judgment or decision on what's most congruent for their students and the teaching strategy they adopt.