THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ICT AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS' TRAINING

The article focuses on the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT) and foreign language skills' training. Integrating information and communication technologies in teaching, learning and assessment has therefore become a necessity nowadays. Recent years have brought a conceptual revolution in education, information and communication technologies becoming a medium for learning in general, for all subjects in the school curriculum. Adapting to the needs of knowledge society calls for teachers to rethink educational way of young people, allowing them to explore the new, to solve problems through their research activity, to connect with others in different cultural and social backgrounds, to express opinions. When properly oriented, technology contributes to an active learning student-centered, to develop creativity and critical thinking. Technology is part of everyday life of the citizen, and information and communication technologies can be found in the socialization process. Taken together, these activities will provide new opportunities for students to personalize access to digital learning resources in school and beyond, becoming more important the need to bring side by side these learning experiences. The introduction of ICT in school, in classroom, in the educational process as a whole, contributes, to a great extent, to improve student results. Firstly, this is because ICT adapts the learning needs of students and teaching needs of teachers. Secondly, the use of ICT in schools creates a new, innovative approach of teaching, learning and assessment activities. Learning can be custom tailored to the needs of all students, and teaching would no longer be limited to fifty minutes in the classroom, but can be practiced anytime and anywhere outside the school.