Interconnected development of foreign language skills when teaching English online
Abstract
Interconnected development of foreign language skills when teaching English online
Incoming article date: 01.11.2020Today the process of teaching and learning is undergoing significant change resulting from the global transition of education from a classical face-to-face classroom to a new digital environment. Teaching foreign language skills, far more than teaching other applied academic skills, has been moved online. An English teacher is expected to be able to successfully deliver live online lessons. Obviously, teaching English online has both similarities and differences from traditional face-to-face teaching in the classroom. However, the success of online learning seems to depend not only on advanced conference platforms and cutting-edge technologies. First and foremost, the efficiency of online classes is determined by teachers’ ability to work in a new learning environment as well as how teachers are prepared for new challenges. Thus, teaching English online requires new professional approaches from the teacher. The paper is focused on interconnected teaching productive and receptive foreign language skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening when administering an online lesson with adult learners. Requirements to using digital.
Keywords: online learning, foreign languages, adult learners, productive and receptive skills, educational platform