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Using Technology for Language Teaching in Pakistan: A Case Study of Computer Assisted Language Learning Use of computers technology has been in vogue for several decades now. In Pakistan it is relatively new but it is soon going to complete a decade of its realization and integration in language teaching at national level. This research seeks an investigation into the issue of using technology in English language teaching in Pakistan. In order to meet the challenges of the rapid developments in the field of education throughout the world and to keep pace with technological innovations in an EFL/ESL classroom, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan launched an exclusive project named ELTR in 2004. What lead to the launch of this project at higher education level was National Committee on English which had been set up in 2003. The committee reviewed the current trends and practices for teaching English language in Pakistani higher education institutions and proposed suggestions which became the foundation for ELTR project. During the first and the ongoing second phase of this project, HEC imparted CALL training.to English language teachers working in public sector colleges and universities. The study aims at evaluating the impact of these training courses in actual teaching practice as well as teachers' perceptions about the use and effectiveness of CALL in EFL classrooms. To assess the worth of CALL training courses, this research draws upon the responses of those who participated in these courses and those who planned or conducted them. Moreover, an official report submitted to HEC about the work done in the filed of CALL in Pakistan under ELTR project over 2005-07 is also a part of this research. The contents of the report are analysed and discussed to reach a plausible conclusion of what has been achieved and what needs to be done further in order to incorporate technology in English language teaching in Pakistan in a positive direction.

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