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e-learning in adult education has been 'over-discussed but under-researched'. This high-level summary and review of current research, worldwide, into Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) addresses this shortfall by examining CALL for ESOL learners in the UK (where there has been little academic research into its relevance) in the global context of language learning. It has three main aims:1) to provide academics and researchers in the field of ESOL with a synthesis of the current debates in the literature of CALL worldwide;2) to summarise all the empirically based knowledge of the use of commercially developed CALL software with ESOL learners;3) to inform policy and practice and help develop guidelines for further research in the field. It is an essential title for any education library, for managers and practitioners involved with adult LLN and ESOL,