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  Opening the Classroom Door by Elaine Kendrick As we mentioned in the previous videos, it is very important that students get as much practice as possible communicating in English. Some of this will take place in the classroom, hopefully for about 80% of the time spent in class. Those minutes of class time are precious and few, so helping our students acquire English as a second language requires opening the door of the classroom and helping our learners recognize their opportunities to practice English in the outside world. Many opportunities to practice can be found on the Internet. CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) has been around since the 1960’s, when the focus of language instruction was on learning, not acquisition. Our technological resources have improved quite a bit since then, and thanks to the Internet and the widespread use of mobile devices, authentic contexts for practicing English that lead to acquisition are literally at their fingertips. Because English ...