HOW CAN WE TEACH FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THIS POST-PANDEMIC DIGITALIZED AND GLOBALIZED WORLD?

Abstract

1- What are foreign languages? First language, second language, Bilingualism. 2- Foreign language and the learner's age Before 6 - after 6 - after 12 - grown up (after 18, and older) 3- Halliday, Notional Functional, and the EU Halliday and extreme urgency in the 1960s of the Indian subcontinent's immigration to the UK. EU's Mistake. Denis Girard's double mistake. Languages are easier to learn if there is any urgency and motivation. 4- How can we create urgency for foreign languages in a school environment? a- The top best: Virtual Reality. b- Chatbot and Artificial Intelligence. c- Telephone: one-on-one student-teacher on a previously assigned or chosen document or subject. d- Balancing act: machine or teacher vs student/students (no more than three). In presential one-on-ones or several-on-ones versus distant learning/teaching. The use of Artificial Intelligence - Facial recognition cameras - capturing body and facial language. e- All along we have to understand that the learners have to be encouraged to speak of what they like or dislike, and the teacher must be able to follow and respond to the requests and provocation of the students. 5- Beyond the pandemic a- The mistake: to go back to what it was before. The pandemic must be seen as an opportunity. b- Teaching foreign languages: a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), with UNESCO, UNICEF, all companies dealing with the hardware, software, and similar projects