Changing University Language Classroom

• Authors: Irena Darginavičienė , Alvyda Liuolienė , Lora Tamošiūnienė , Vilhelmina Vaičiūnienė
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Introduction The article looks into a foreign language teacher situation with the focus on teachers' attitude in the IT classroom.Aim of the Study Related to the EU Structural Funds project "Developing Lifelong Learning Access: Innovative Means and Methods in Teaching Foreign Languages at Mykolas Romeris University". The goal of the project is to provide university students and professors with the possibilities of learning an additional EU working language with the help of a digital laboratory.Materials and Methods Teacher attitude research was carried out with the help of a questionnaire and this article deals with the following statements from the conducted questionnaire: 1) attitude towards the use of IT in foreign language learning, 2) interest in innovative language teaching methods, 3) willingness to experiment and test new methods, 4) attitude to a friendly learning enviroment, 5) concerns with learning outcomes.Results The results of the questionnaire point to the areas of further discussion of what teachers really think in having a media in the classroom and exploiting electronic sources, thus being positive towards progressive methods in teaching.

Keywords

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attituds; language classroom; IT in foreign language learning

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Signum Temporis
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 63-70

Dates

published

2008-03-01

online

2011-10-19

Contributors

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Irena Darginavičienė

• Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

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Alvyda Liuolienė

• Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

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Lora Tamošiūnienė

• Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

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Vilhelmina Vaičiūnienė

• Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10195-011-0008-7