STRATEGIES OF DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS USING COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING (CALL) PROGRAMS

English is the language of dominance for the current wave of globalization. The World Wide Web has emerged as the important technology that has made global education viable as well as made virtual Universities possible. It constitutes an incredible resource to teach English by adapting Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) programs with pedagogical applications. It has helped us to understand the nature of the language. This paper explores the use of applications of CALL programs in language skills during the process of learning and teaching. Then how computer programs help students learn the language skills better, and what teachers and students have to do in order to accomplish the language teaching, and learning objectives. It then proceeds to expose them to the methods of self-learning that will help them improve their language throughout their lifetime.