Adaptive e-learning, foreign language teaching, learning styles, sensory preferences

The optimal adaptive process will respect students? differences based on determined learning styles and with regard to their knowledge and skills as changed during the course. On the basis of identification of their personal characteristics and qualities (i.e. individual learning style), students will be presented with a study material which suits them the most. In this paper, the issue of adaptive eLearning is applied to the area of foreign language teaching. The paper includes basic solutions of the theory, its application to the area of foreign language teaching, and an introduction of the research that is being conducted at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ostrava.

The optimal adaptive process will respect students? differences based on determined learning styles and with regard to their knowledge and skills as changed during the course. On the basis of identification of their personal characteristics and qualities (i.e. individual learning style), students will be presented with a study material which suits them the most. In this paper, the issue of adaptive eLearning is applied to the area of foreign language teaching. The paper includes basic solutions of the theory, its application to the area of foreign language teaching, and an introduction of the research that is being conducted at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Ostrava.