Design and Management of the Virtual Learning Environment for Foreign Language Instruction in Adult Learner Groups

The progress of ubiquitous information technologies has led to the arrival of entirely new environments where interaction amongst its users takes place. The means of communication, learning environments and methods of enhancing students’ competence have changed in both academic and professional settings. The book aims to investigate if the implementation of a virtual learning environment into regular foreign language instruction, as an augmentation of the regular classroom practice, has an impact on adult learners’ speaking (productive skills), listening (receptive skills) and grammatical competence. However, what was meant as a localised study became the new normal and a global reality as the coronavirus impacted all aspects of education.

Robert Oliwa is a language teacher, teacher trainer and researcher whose areas of scientific and professional interests include content and language integrated learning, foreign language teaching methodology, English for specific purposes, computer-assisted teaching and translation.