E-learning in English and German Language Teaching

Abstract

For many years, we have been using on-line courses in teaching English and German languages. After several years of validation of courses that we created, we tried a small study, to demonstrate how effective the use of ICT in teaching. Our courses represent the sum of learning materials to support students’ motivation in learning a foreign language and to enable control of their own results in the study. The aim of research was to identify the relationship of students to new methods of teaching, how often they use ICT to study the English and German languages and finally to determine with what level of knowledge of English and German students come from high schools and how their knowledge improves after one semester. To identify the relationship of students to ICT and to determine students’ views on teaching supported by ICT, we used the method of questionnaire. All questions were closed and offered a choice of several options. On the grounds of didactical survey and its results, we can conclude that teaching German and English languages when using the blended learning method could be more effective than both face-to-face teaching and teaching by e-Learning.