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Digital skills as part of language teaching

Digital competence is nowadays an integral part of any teacher’s portfolio, as described in the European framework.

In many European countries, as a cross-curricular theme or integrated into other subjects, often foreign languages (e.g. in Spain, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Slovenia). Therefore, it is a priority for language teachers too to develop and upgrade their digital competences.

The survey carried out by showed that language teachers generally have a positive attitude towards digital technologies; however, two-thirds are not satisfied with their level of digital language teaching expertise but believe they can improve it.

Digital tools to enrich language learning

A number of digital tools and resources exist to encourage engagement in language lessons and to develop original teaching methodologies that address pupils’ individual learning needs.

Teachers can design compelling and dynamic classes that use a multitude of interactive materials – including films, audio snippets and interactive whiteboard exercises. Find digital tools for language teaching and learning put together by the with the support of the European Commission, along with the .

The community for schools in Europe, eTwinning, is an ideal context to develop skills in a foreign language combined with using ICT. ������Ƶ how to optimise language learning and Content and Language Integrated ������Ƶing (CLIL) in eTwinning projects in (available for self-paced learning).

See also innovative materials developed by the (Erasmus+ good practice) and how to develop .