Evolution of Teaching Materials in Teaching a Foreign Language: The Conversion of the Analog Teacher to the Digital Teacher

Abstract

Through the history of teaching materials, it can be verified how the professional profile of foreign language teachers have transformed to adapt to the needs of every historical moment. In this last decades, this transformation has occurred due to the presence of technological education in the educational space. An adaptation that involves the adoption of the new digital environment, and the ability to combine traditional materials with digital materials. In this respect, the teacher is emerging as a professional capable of using digital technologies in their teaching rituals and, therefore, able to receive inside the pedagogical practices the use of teaching materials in digital support. In this way, this work aims to present the pedagogical, methodological and technological evolution in the field of didactics of foreign languages in order to reflect on the change of paradigm and guide the teacher in his role as a creator of digital materials.