INNOVATION IN EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE LEARNING IN 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

Innovation evolves all the time and it has tremendously changed English Language Teaching (ELT) particularly alongside advances in technology. This seemingly obvious fact, however, is not necessarily evident to everybody in our profession. This article documents innovations for language teachers based on empirical practices. Among major innovations addressed in this article include digital platforms, online corpora, mobile learning, online authentic materials, communicating with people online, online CPD and the global staffroom.