Readjusting teaching instruments. Online dictionaries in the spotlight

Abstract

The recent world medical condition (COVID 19) has triggered unimaginable changes to a domain where changes are well thought of long before implementation and where advancements are slow and costly. The domain is none other than education which has found itself deprived of the most basic facilitator: the physical presence of both teachers and pupils/ students in classrooms. The response of the system to the medical crisis has been intuitive, at times individual, as it came down to each teacher’s material and inner resources to find an advantageous solution for students. On the other end, lured by the possibility of spending extensive time on computers while attending classes, students have had different attitudes to learning and taking advantage of all the technological advances available. This article is a small-scale analysis of how the students understand to continue and deepen the study of foreign languages by retorting to online dictionaries which have been introduced as vital and indispensable tools in general and even more in times of medical insecurity.