<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Education has to constantly adapt and renew itself in order to be compatible with the technology-dominated world we live in. There has been heated debate over the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) in the educational process. The ICT, especially in foreign language teaching, has become the researchers’ focus of attention in the last two decades. Today’s armed forces require highly-skilled military personnel to be digitally literate and to have well-developed cultural awareness, intercultural communication ability and critical thinking competence. In this context, foreign language classes in the military higher education system should become an environment in which language, culture and civilisation encounters may be facilitated and enhanced by ICT, promoting the acquisition of knowledge and skills demanded by the exercise of roles that the armed forces have in the international theatres of operations. This paper aims at examining the necessity of introducing ICT in foreign language teaching, pointing to the numerous advantages of using these new technologies. The paper also discusses the new role and skills of the teacher in the context of exploiting the various resources provided by the ICT. In addition, we mention some of the modalities in which ICT can be put to good use in developing the cadets’ foreign language skills.</p></abstract>

Education has to constantly adapt and renew itself in order to be compatible with the technology-dominated world we live in. There has been heated debate over the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) in the educational process. The ICT, especially in foreign language teaching, has become the researchers’ focus of attention in the last two decades. Today’s armed forces require highly-skilled military personnel to be digitally literate and to have well-developed cultural awareness, intercultural communication ability and critical thinking competence. In this context, foreign language classes in the military higher education system should become an environment in which language, culture and civilisation encounters may be facilitated and enhanced by ICT, promoting the acquisition of knowledge and skills demanded by the exercise of roles that the armed forces have in the international theatres of operations. This paper aims at examining the necessity of introducing ICT in foreign language teaching, pointing to the numerous advantages of using these new technologies. The paper also discusses the new role and skills of the teacher in the context of exploiting the various resources provided by the ICT. In addition, we mention some of the modalities in which ICT can be put to good use in developing the cadets’ foreign language skills.

Exploiting Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching a Foreign Language

“Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy

Scientific Bulletin

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Education has to constantly adapt and renew itself in order to be compatible with the technology-dominated world we live in. There has been heated debate over...

Exploiting Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching a Foreign Language

Published Online: Jul 22, 2017

Page range: 38 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsaft-2017-0006

Keywords
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), advantages, teacher’s role, foreign language teaching

© 2017 Brândușa-Oana Niculescu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Exploiting Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching a Foreign Language

Published Online: Jul 22, 2017

Page range: 38 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsaft-2017-0006

KeywordsInformation and Communication Technology (ICT), advantages, teacher’s role, foreign language teaching

© 2017 Brândușa-Oana Niculescu et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Information and Communication Technology (ICT), advantages, teacher’s role, foreign language teaching