Learners' Perceptions on Innovations in Language Teaching and Learning and Expected Ones

Öz The very buzzword 'innovation' has just come up recently. With its broadest meaning, 'innovation' is a kind of implementation of new ideas in almost all areas such as industry, education, aviation, banking and so on. The technology and the Internet are growing very rapidly, and have continued to change people lives. These changes have provided many innovations in almost every aspects of people's lives. For instance, although the phenomenon 'social networking' exploded recently, most of the Internet users around the world use social networking nowadays. The development of technology and the Internet has made Language Teaching and Learning easier for people. Having said that, the term “e-learning” is coined to explain language teaching and language learning through the Internet via technological equipment. The changes in technology world have inevitably changed the accustomed Language Teaching and Learning methods and approaches and naturally have made the language teaching and learning easier. This mainly qualitative study aimed to find out the perceptions of the learners, in language teaching and learning, towards current innovations and possible innovations in the near future.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Innovation, Language Teaching and Learning, Technology, the Internet

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