EW FROM TRADITIONAL – INNOVATING FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING ACCORDING TO EXPERIENCE OF TRADITIONAL TEACHING
EW FROM TRADITIONAL – INNOVATING FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING ACCORDING TO EXPERIENCE OF TRADITIONAL TEACHING

Summary/Abstract: Consideration of the foreign language competences of students who have finished secondary school has shown that, in spite of new and, according to the statements of variety of authors, more efficient methods and materials, has shown that there is no expected improvement in the field; instead, that we could even talk about certain deterioration. Such a standpoint has lead to the question referring to the cause of the mentioned condition; the text is an attempt at providing an answer to the raised question. In this sense, new curricula, methods and learning materials have been considered, leading to a conclusion that there has been a shift towards functionalism and practicism, narrowing the notion of language and boiling it down to its pragmatic layer. Starting from the generally accepted fact that foreign language is best learnt in its natural setting, the authoresses of the paper advocate for bringing more extensive texts back to foreign language teaching as a possibility of creating a natural environment, to an extent similar to the foreign language speaking setting, without expensive travels and disturbing other obligations, through immersing into the world of works written in the language which is learnt.

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