The Use of Innovative Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching

Abstract

Online or distance language teaching is not a new way of teaching today. It can be a good solution for the current problem of teaching staff shortage in remote areas. This way of teaching requires implementation of state-of-the-art technologies. This article presents results of a small-scale survey (n=378) among teachers English as a foreign language (TEFL). The authors investigate the fact whether teachers of foreign languages (English) actively use technologies and technological devices at their lessons nowadays. Data were collected both by means of a 32-question questionnaire held online and handed personally. The survey was conducted exclusively in English.