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The article points out the need of educational change with respect to modernizing methods of teaching. The 21st century generations are changing along with the progress of the technological development and communication.

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Educational approaches have to adequately respond to 21st century trends.

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Modern education does not prepare young people for academic careers but for practice. Students do no longer need encyclopedic knowledge but skills to orient in and succeed in the current world. They need to learn how to communicate skillfully and think critically.

Dagmar Sieglova
Skoda Auto University

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This page is a summary of: Optimizing language instruction at the tertiary level: student needs analysis toward educational change, Language Learning in Higher Education, January 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/cercles-2017-0017.
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