1. Changing roles of teachers and learners in contemporary language education – Innovations
Egri Bornemissza Gergely Szakközép-, Szakiskola és Kollégium
Galapagar, Spain
03 – 06 May 2015

2. Factors influencing foreign language teaching
expectations from the society and parents
changing students’ needs
new teacher-student relationship
the responsibility of teaching a foreign language
the increasing importance of technology

3. Language teachers’ tasks in creating high quality language learning environment need
to take responsibility for their own work
to teach learners to learn and develop themselves
to create and maintain a resourceful learning environment
to be able to develop themselves
to use contemporary technologies for self-development

4. Plans

5. Motivation Extrinsic: the need to pass an exam
the hope to financial reward
the possibility of future travel
Intrinsic: comes from within the individual

6. Sources of motivation the society
students’ attitude to language learning
the teacher
the method

7. From blackboard to whiteboard

8. Pictures from lessons in the past

9. Computer assisted language learning
Office applications (Word, PowerPoint etc)
The Internet
CD-ROMs for course books
Interactive whiteboard
Whiteboard softwares (given with language books)

10. Online applications in language teaching
webquests
web 2.0
Blogs, Facebook groups

11. Pictures from digital lessons

12. Disadvantages
Expensive
Problems with usage
Sometimes need help to use
Too many applications make them boring
Easy to lose focus of pedagogy
Advantages
Interesting
More enjoyable
Large collection of resources
Can be used outside class
Bring the outside world into the classroom

13. Thank you very much for your time!