Designing a training programme for fl teachers in the field of the learning community

The European Comission has included the “development/training of language teachers” in the action plan for the multilingualism promotion. The foreign language teachers have to adapt to the growing demands of the multicultural era and help all the students develop the language skills needed for their future.  The way the students acquire the language has changed and will probably change in the following years, so it is more than necessary the teacher to go on a professional development. This paper outlines a proposed EFL teachers’ training programme on the learning community approach which has been proved to serve beneficially to the students’ language development (Papadopoulos and Griva, 2014; Papadopoulos et al. 2014). In this training programme, teachers will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge in this innovative approach especially in this era where the students’ active engagement and their motivation are very important factors in the language education. For the estimation of the feasibility of the project, there will be used a) the journal of the researcher, b) interviews with all the participant teachers and c) observation of a class practice from a coordinator.