New Developments in Intelligent CALL Systems in a Rapidly Internationalized Information Age

With the advent of the rapidly spreading Internet accelerating the globalization of every sector of our community, the ICALL (Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning) system has achieved remarkable advances at various fronts, notably in the integration of voice-enabling technology and human-computer-interface-related technology. This special issue on ICALL for the CALL journal presents an up-to-date account of recent developments in the ICALL system, which plays a vital role in advancing and stabilizing the global community in the information age.