Rethinking language teaching and training procedures between online and of ine communication

The paper analyses the Italian National Plan for Training the EnglishTeachers at Primary Schools. This Plan was promoted by the ItalianMinistry of Education to cope with the last and most recent educationalreform that introduced English as a school subject into the curriculumat primary schools. A panel of experts worked to a national trainingplan for English primary teachers which will soon be tested. In thispaper we will deal with three main topics: 1) the teachers’ awarenessof their blended professional training, 2) the theoretical foundations underpinningthis new educational challenge, 3) the new teaching models involving integrated technology that the Plan for Training the English Teachers at Primary School starting in September 2012 are meant to generate.