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MODERN TRENDS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Nurmuhammad Shohsanam Bahrom kizi
Academic Lyceum of Urgench State Pedagogical Institute, English
teacher
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14872167
ARTICLE INFO
ABSTRACT
Qabul qilindi:11-yanvar 2025 yil
Ma’qullandi: 12-yanvar 2025 yil
Nashr qilindi: 14-yanvar 2025 yil
Through this article, the author explores current
trends of teaching and learning foreign languages in
terms of teaching methods, approaches, evaluation,
assignments, educational tools thanks to new
developments in technology in our globalized era
KEY WORDS
educational
technology,
innovation,
creativity,
critical
thinking,
motivating
students,
proficiency.
Introduction
In today's fast-paced life in order to get a well-paid job, sincere colleagues, fast career
progress it is of great significance to learn at least one foreign language. Coming today, English
is considered to be " lingua franca" that means a language that is widely used in
communication, conferences, education, policy, economy and others. Therefore, most people
put high demand on mastering this language. Admittedly, each aspect of foreign language
acquisition faced with up-to-date alterations because of technology integration. For example,
FL(Foreign Language) teaching methods.
Since educators began applying ed-tech ( educational technology), this tool (Interactive
whiteboards, projectors, tv, computers) has been easing teaching and learning processes
successfully. Educational technology encompasses e-learning, instructional technology,
information and communication technology (ICT)
in education, learning technology,
multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning (TEL) and computer-based instruction
(CBI). It is clear that, in the past it was common to see teacher-centred lessons in which
mostly teachers move and speak without motivating pupils to be an integral part of the lesson.
This, in turn, resulted in loss of enthusiasm, procrastinations, low proficiency level in learners
of different levels. This way of teaching is called " grammar-translation" method. However,
these days, in almost all educational institutions implementing learner-centred approach is
highly prioritized by governing bodies, since quality education is rather essential than
anything else.The term " learner-centred approach" is defined by encouraging learners to
participate as actively as possible in the classroom.
How this can happen? By abandoning tedious lectures, the lessons become more engaging and
productive whenever instructors organize discussions, debates, quizs which make students
use their problem-solving and critical thinking abilities. Therefore, gamification is considered
to be one of the effective ways of keeping students' attention till the very end of the lesson as
people in young ages have short attention span. Especially, in elementary schools it is
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necessary to teach through games, rewards, because elementary level learners have a
difficulty to master a new language spontaneously.
Assigning and Evaluating.
Current education programs cover modern assessment ways and criteria so as to evaluate
each student fairly. Besides that, assessment results bring more motivation to learn.
Therefore, different ways of assessing students' knowledge are applied, including,
collaborative assessments, peer evaluation, video interviewing, case studies, oral
presentations, role-playing exericies, self-assessment and so on. For instance,
collaborative
assessment
causes to the improvement of leadership skills, by this way students can learn
how to work in groups, sharing knowledge and responsibilities. Next one is
peer evaluation
,
evidently, students of all ages become able to assess each other with regards to their
performamne in a classroom by comparing and contrasting in a critical way. The other one is
Interviewing
is an effective and intriguing way of assessment through which learners can
adopt and prepare for actual job interviews in the future. In addition,
oral assessments
have
become widely used, since they gauge students' knowledge and skills based on the spoken
word, typically guided by questions or small tasks. Oral assessments can take on different
formats, including:
● presentation on a prepared topic ( individual or group, live or recorded)
● simulations or demonstration of skills individually or with others ( eg. client or patient)
There exist another common way of assessment, namely,
role-playing,
it is a technique that
allows teachers to assess and analyze students' speaking skill development. This is
accomplished through actions that will lead them to learn more vocabulary, have more
grammar control, and become more fluent, less shy, more encouraged, and more capable of
pronouncing words correctly.
Conclusion
Education technology can automate processes, improve information access, enable sharing of
knowledge and data, duplicate information between media forms, curate important
knowledge, visualize critical ideas and more. Moreover, learning technologies in the
classroom are the tools, techniques, systems that facilitate, enable and promote learning.
Furthermore they aid to boost skills, such as, creativity, desicion making, innovation, critical
thinking, information fluency and so on. These all mean that edtech plays a crucial role to
achieve accelerating and prospering steps in education around the globe. Therefore, almost all
teachers using up-to-date techniques of teaching, always, put preference on integrating
technology into each part of the lesson, such as, explaining the new theme, revising the topic,
assigning, evaluating, examinations and so on. By this way, they have an opportunity to obtain
fast and fair results of students' performance after learning any new theme.
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