Construction of Wireless Tablet-PC Classroom for Computer-Assisted Language Learning in Japan

Abstract

This paper describes our project to construct wireless Comput-er-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) classroom under non-wired settings in Japan. In 1990s, so-called CALL system began to be introduced into Japanese educational settings. The system was mainly wired desktop-based system. After two decades, administrators of the system have to decide what to do with the system; replace or abolish. It is needless to say that it costs extremely a lot for replacement. In the current paper, a new possibility is suggested: change into the wireless CALL classroom, where tablet computers will be used under wireless circumstances. We would like to describe out system model and point out some issues on login. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.