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DOCTRAL FORUM NATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PUBLISHING AND MENTORING DOCTORAL STUDENT RESEARCH VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1, 2006 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer Technology in Second Language Acquisition Cheng-Chieh Lai PhD Program Student in Educational Leadership Prairie View AM University William Allan Kritsonis, PhD Professor PhD Program in Educational Leadership Prairie View AM University Member of the Texas AM University System Visiting Lecturer (2005) Oxford Round Table University of Oxford, Oxford, England Distinguished Alumnus (2004) Central Washington University College of Education and Professional Studies ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of computer technology and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) programs for current second language learning. According to the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition Language Instruction Educational Programs’ report (2002), more than nine million students are limited English Proficiency (LEP) in American classrooms every year, learning how to use the computer technology and its attached language learning programs to assist those students is a significant and urgent subject. In fact, the application of computer technology and CALL programs has become a new trend