IMPROVING THE LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES OF FUTURE TEACHERS BY MEANS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Keywords:
language competencies, future teachers, digital technologies, language learning, teacher education, teacher education programs, language teaching, language development, digital tools, digital resources, technology integration, teacher training, curriculum development, survey research, literature review.Abstract
This article explores the potential of digital technologies for improving the language competencies of future teachers. The authors argue that teachers play a crucial role in promoting language development among students, and that enhancing the language competencies of future teachers is therefore a key priority for teacher education programmes. Provides a literature review of studies that have investigated the effectiveness of digital technologies for language learning, as well as examples of digital tools and resources that can be used to support language teaching and learning. The authors also discuss the results of a survey conducted with teacher educators in Germany, which found that while there is a growing awareness of the potential of digital technologies for language teacher education, there is still a lack of systematic integration of these technologies in teacher education programmes.
