Computers didn't play a role at all in my L1 learning. When I began to learn Spanish in high school I still don't think computers played a very big role in my language learning. I can remember doing some drills on the computer but I don't feel that it really helped me in any way.

I learned my L1 and my L2 before the computer age. French is my L2. When I studied French in college we had to spend some time in the language lab at the library. This was a place where a student would listen to recorded language and perform certain tasks related to comprehension and pronunciation. I believe there was a main-frame computer involved in managing the recordings for multiple student users.

Frankly speaking, in my L2- English, I didn't use too many computer assistances. When I was training my listening and speaking, I watched TV and listened to radio everyday. These ways are the most convenient and cheapest. I don't worry about my equipments are slowly and my softwares are too old. Mabye my education background belongs to traditional style and my learning environment is old fasion. Similarly, both TV and computer can provide "visual and audio learning environment." Actually, I can't deny computer is a good assistant. I just consider about "economical benefit."

Hi …. My native language is Thai. When I was in Thailand, I barely communicated in English. However, I like to get in to the internet which most of the information is written in English. I can read lot of articles and also chat with my friends via the internet by using English. Therefore, computer is a good source that helps me to practice and improve my English. Joy

English is my second langauge. For my L1 learning, I do not think computers played a role. However, in my L2 learning experience, computers have been playing pretty important roles. I use online dictionaries, I try some English learnign website to help myself learn and so on. computers are just like self-learning equipment for me.

For a language teacher, computers could be an assistant and a teaching tool, I think. So as a language learner, the computers play a role as a helper during the study. Computers make the language learning visual and audial. It's good for me, because I am not a very logical person who can learn a foreign language very well from texts.

Computer plays an important role in my L2 language learning. I can install dictionary to look up new words and practice phonetics. i can open CD/DVD to listen to music and songs. Moreover, there are a lot of English learning websites in internet. If i don't have money to buy the book or CD, i will access internet to search free source of materials.