ICT-Aided Education and Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers

Abstract

The trendy integration of educational information communication technology (ICT) with foreign language teaching and learning in China, which breeds a new ecology of foreign language education at different levels, and also calls for new professional development approaches for foreign language teachers. This paper will clarify the new connotation of foreign language teachers’ professional ability, analyze the difficulties of foreign language teachers’ professional development, and propose the optimal approaches of foreign language teachers’ professional development from the aspects of cultivating teachers’ information literacy, developing teachers’ ability to acquire learning resources, improving teachers’ scientific research ability, and building a good relationship between teachers and students. It aims to build a team of high-quality professional and innovative teachers and quicken the pace of educational modernization.