Moving towards personalised and individualised learning in literature and culture courses

Prof. Silvia Pokrivcakova, University of Trnava, Slovakia;    Abstract: A personalised language learning environment (PLLE) marks the learning environment that encourages students´ learning autonomy since it allows them more control over their learning. In practical terms, PLLE gives students freedom of choice in determining their learning objectives and the ways and tools they will use to achieve them. In the context of foreign language learning, the instructor aims to create a multimodal integrative environment that encourages meaningful collaborative learning, direct interactions with peer students and a wide range of supportive resources. The paper focuses on a resource-based approach to PLLE and presents the results of the survey conducted in 2022-2023 among 208 future teachers of English as a foreign language. The students expressed satisfaction with various learning sources and digital tools for PLLE (e.g. printed and electronic textbooks, lectures and video lectures, conversational robots, text generators, etc.).  

Key words: personalised learning, individualised learning, material approach, learning needs, teaching foreign literature and culture