Innovation in Language Learning

Learning English nowadays has become a ‘must’ for military people, especially for those who participate in NATO staffs, multinational missions, joint exercises or attend different NATO training activities.

It is obvious that ICT and its use have facilitated language teaching and learning in military context. Major changes have been made in the curricula, teaching methods and teaching materials due to implementation of ICT in English teaching process in Foreign Languages Center (FLC) of the Albanian Armed Forces Academy (AAFA). However, ICT, with its rapid development, offers new challenges. Hence, teachers need to be always updated with the progress in ICT step by step and modernize teaching through a better use of ICT. In the era of internet and P2P communication networks, yesterday’s teaching methods and materials become old so fast that no one would believe. ICT offers a wide range of teaching materials that teachers can use in their daily teaching process.

This paper focuses on these aspects of English teaching, based on the experience of FLC teachers in using ICT. Questions that it tries to answer are: How is the curriculum of English language teaching impacted by ICT? What is the impact of ICT on teaching methods? How is ITC used to prepare fresh teaching materials?

Key words: ICT, NATO, STANAG 6001, teaching, teachers, military people.