CALL-IS Members Survey: 1984

Responses to 3rd Mail-Out Questionnaire:  1984

84 responses

Responses are, in many cases, open ended. Responses were  tagged to name and address in the initial mail-out. They were not anonymous, but were seen as a tool for networking. The results were distributed with numbers next to each answer, indicating who had said yes, and at the back was a two-page list of names and addresses, linked by number.  (The names and addresses are not reproduced here.) 

1.  Do you have access to a computer?

no: 5
yes: 78

a. ibm-pc: 20
b. apple II: 53
c. ti 99: 2
d. dec vax 11/780: 3
e. commodore: 6
f. icon: 1
g. BBC acorn: 5
h. NEC pc: 1
i. sinclair spectrum: 1
j. ibm 370: 1
k. ibm 4331: 2
l. cp/m system: 3
m. cbm 3042/4032/64: 1
n. cyber 825: 1
o. Becterm Multiuser Operating System: 1
p. nec 9801: 1
q. cp/m-86: 1
r. dec 1170: 1
s. quadlink: 2
t. TRS-80 Model 3: 2
u. Altos 5-5d: 1
v. Wang: 2
w. Xerox 8010: 1
x. Plato: 2
y. cyber 174/175: 1
z. Sanyo 555: 1
aa. Dec vax: 1
bb. TRS 80 model 1: 1
cc. Prime 550: 1
dd. Thomson: 1

2. Do you have courseware for language learning?

no: 21
yes: 63

a. ESL, commercial:  34
b. ESL, public domain: 17
c. ESL, not publicly available: 26
d. French, commercial: 7
e. French, Public domain: 4
f. French, not publicly available: 3
g. Modern Languages: 11
h. EFL: 4
i. Hebrew: 1
j. Latin: 2
g. Greek: 1

3.  Do you design CALL software?

No: 38
Yes: 44

a.  Preferred programming language or authoring system:

i. BASIC: 31
ii. SuperPilot: 9
iii. COMAL: 2
iv. Various: 1
v. Pascal: 4
vi. PL1: 1
vii. Coursewriter: 1
viii. LISP: 2
ix. PASS: 1
x. Whitney: 1

b. Preferred Machine, operating system:

i. Apple II: 22
ii. IBM PC (DOS): 10
iii. Atari 800: 1
iv. BBC Acorn: 5
v. CBM: 1
vi. TRS-80: 1
vii. IBM 1500: 1
vii. commodore 64: 3
viii. vax: 1
ix. Prime 500: 1
x. No preference: 1

c.  Interested in exchange of material

no: 5
yes: 40

4. Do you use CALL software with students?

no: 37
yes: 41

a. What kind:

vocabulary: 4
drill/tutorial: 4
reading comprehension: 1
misc: 4
LOGO: 3
MECC: 1
games: 3
tests: 1
Simulations: 3
EFL: 1
clozentrophy discs: 1
word processing: 1
grammar: 3
student generated programs: 1
phonological: 1
parsers: 1
TICCIT: 1
Spanish: 1
Wandah: 1
text handling: 1

What mode:

experimental: 10
optional to students: 11
required of students: 8

5.  Are you interestd in forming users groups?

no: 6
yes: 66

6.  Are you interested in reviewing courseware and/or authoring systems?

no: 10
yes: 63

7.  Are you looking for software?

no: 13
yes: 61

a. what kind?

listening skills: 1
authoring systems: 6
templates: 1
ESL: 25
French: 1
Modern Languages: 2
Misc: 9
ESP: 3
vocabulary: 3
Grammar/spelling: 4
composition: 4
EFL: 2
Communication skills: 4
Reading comprehension: 4
Artificial Intelligence: 1
Word processing: 2
Adventure games: 1
Simulation: 3
Cultural simulations: 1
Secondary school: 1
Drill and practice: 1
Teacher training: 1
SNOBOL: 1
collaborative: 1

The following are the recipients: (Some you’ll recognize)

Graham Barker
Nancy Belmore
John Bennet
Barbara Berger
Claire Bradin
Maryanne Burgos
Doug Coleman
Bill Cousin
Glenn Dulmage
Madeline Ehrman
Carol Eisenmann
Suzanne El Rayess
Gary Esary
Ronald Feare
Sharon Fechter
Linda Ferreira
April Flowers
Sue Fortescue
Susan Gilbert
Claude Girard
Susan Glowski
Thomas Greene
Elizabeth Hanson-Smith
Paul Hardin
Deborah Healey
Ann Hogue
Kris Hoover
Mark James
Michael Johnson
Christopher Jones
Randall Jones
Margaret Kaskaz
Patrick Kelley
Nina King
Karl Kuepper
John Laird
Roberta Levine
Nancy Lay
Peter Lee
Burkhard Leuschner
Donald Loritz
Lin Lougheed
Clifford Lutton
Carols Maeztu
Macey McKee
Suzanne Mcmeans
Linda Mead
Kurt Moench
John Newport
Mary Niebuhr
Mork Notess
Anita Palacio
Dana Paramskas
Mary Pulley
Betsy Bachiller
Carol Reed-Carmouche
Adrienne Ricciardi
David Rickard
Joan Rubin
Heiko Schaefer
Rold Scharer
Joseph Sheenan
Nancy Siefer
Susan Sklar
Donald Smith
Andrew Soria
Cunera Spoor de Campos
Paul Stevens
Vance Stevens
Gerry Strei
Greg Stricherz
Arney Strickland
Nancy Strickland
Diane Strong-Krause
Bernard Susser
Peter Thomas
David Tillyer
Marian Tyacke
Andy Tyskiewiez
John Underwood
Judy Vernick
Enid Vetter
Nancy Wettlauger
Renata K.T. de Pourbaix

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