Conceptual tools for language educators when developing foreign language education

Abstract

This article represents the Finnish approach to the future of foreign language teaching, studying and learning. It highlights the general overview of the key instruments or conceptual tools for foreign language teachers and educators to be used and profit from when developing foreign language education (FLE) and envisioning its future. The key futuristic instruments, such as vision, strategy, scenario and mission are described and analyzed in order to better understand, visualize and formulate the future in regard to education in the field of foreign languages.