Different Types of Innovations in English Language Teaching in Primary Schools more

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The paper reveals a variety of innovations that help and encourage teachers to reinvent their teaching methods in the process of teaching English as a second language in primary schools. They include fun games, new types of gamification and new technologies. The study shows the issue of innovations in the language teaching process, it should be started that English language teaching is significantly evolving under the influence of technology advances at schools. Mobile devices, Kahoot, Multimedia, Linoit, Tyto and other new online platforms have gained popularity as tools for teaching English and contributed to the current changes in the teaching process. As defined by Pam Vachatimanont (2021), today's children are digital natives. Definitely, pupils can use such kind of new platforms or new technologies at home to learn a language too. These are great free applications have been designed to make English learning and revision into an engaging, enjoyable and addictive games for young learners. The teacher who is perceived as a user, creator and a transmitter of new knowledge enriches the information resources of didactic and educational practice and on these basis designs (and implements) new solutions, contributing to the development of education and upbringing, making up pedagogical progress (Schultz, 1989). As a result, the teacher's role is the most significant in the use of innovations in ELT in contemporary schools. The main purpose of the study is to highlight the importance of using various innovations in the language classroom. It is conducted on the basis of literature review. In the presentation, the researcher defines the term innovation, teacher’s role, explains the scientific problem, research methods, expected results and states the main recommendations for the better use of various innovations.