DIGITAL LITERACY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Technology has become an important part of our lives and nowadays is crucial for success in many spheres. Education is not an exception as it is constantly adapting to the needs of the society and growing impact of technology prompted the appearance of a new literacy, digital literacy, aimed at helping people find, create and communicate digital content. To assist the needs of new generation learners, who are digital natives, educators should know how to teach digital literacy and at the same time should be digitally literate themselves. Thus, acquiring digital literacy is one of the important directions of continuous professional development for teachers. In this article the authors discuss the pivotal role of digital literacy for the 21st century schools and reflect on a need for technology in initial training and continuous professional development of English teachers.

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