Explains how the concept of genre is useful for investigating similarities among the types of language produced in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) activities. Analysis shows that apparent differences in the example CALL texts are not significant. Three relevant levels of analysis for CALL activities are described. (Contains 25…

Describes an exercise of parallel text analysis or production in German as a foreign language, which demonstrates to the students that contextual factors influence the selection of specific variants. The variants must be chosen out of so-called macroprogrammes. A macroprogramme lists the linguistic and extralinguistic means a language offers to…