FLTandELTthroughICT

  If we think about students, we can agree that they are not the same as they were some time ago, they have changed a lot. As Prensky (2001) said, “Our students today are all “native speakers” of the digital language of computers, video games and the Internet”. Teachers nowadays, face a big problem which is the offset of communication between students (Digital Natives) and teachers (Digital Immigrants). Prensky (2001) said that “Digital Immigrant teachers assume that learners are the same as they have always been, and that the same methods that worked for the teachers when they were students will work for their students now”. I personally think that this is not true. Teachers are still Digital Immigrants; however, they certainly know that students are not the same as some years ago and they also know that the teaching methods no longer work as before.  It is possible to teach these “new learners” but some changes must be made. First of all, teachers should change the met...

The 21st century has introduced some changes in the teacher's role. These changes are visible in second-language teaching and in all the curriculum subjects. In this post, we will focus on the second language teacher's role and the material design. There are many roles a teacher must fulfil to be a good teacher. This includes the relationship with the students, how teachers deliver the lessons, the material they present to students, etc. Sometimes teachers do not have the chance to select their own material. As we know, it is very common that the institutions already have a coursebook to work with and teachers have to adapt their lessons to it. Sometimes the material that teachers should present to the students is not very suitable, either because the topics are not interesting for students, or because the book was designed for contexts which are very different from ours. Many of the changes that occurred in the last century put the teacher at the centre of the scene, especial...