INTEGRATION OF TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL METHODS OF TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN CHINA

Abstract

The paper summarizes traditional language teaching methods, used both domestically and internationally, reexamines their advantages and disadvantages, analyzes the challenges of language teaching in the digital era, and combines the requirements of the new era for students’ learning abilities, teachers’ teaching abilities, and teaching software and hardware platforms. It proposes to integrate traditional teaching methods with OBE (Outcome-Based Education) teaching concepts, ChatGPT information technology, and explore new pathways suitable for language teaching in the digital age. Traditional methods of teaching foreign languages have played an irreplaceable role in foreign language classrooms after a long period of development. With the advent of the smart era, traditional methods of teaching foreign languages need to undergo modernization and transformation. The integration of new concepts and new technologies can rejuvenate traditional methods. The authors propose that the transformation of teaching methods does not until completely abolishing existing teaching methods but rather innovating them on the basis of the existing foundation.