Abstract:
The Flipped Classroom approach was suggested by the chemistry teachers, Jon
Bergmann and Aaron Sams (Bergmann & Sams, 2012) and, as a component of blended
learning, it has spread throughout educational disciplines. The Flipped Classroom is an
approach to teaching and learning activities where students watch a video lesson outside the
class and do practical activities in the class – basically, the approach has made homework and
classroom activities reversed, with the idea to make learning more individual and to transform a
classroom into a dynamic and interactive learning environment, with high level of learners’
engagement. The aim of this paper is to offer an overview of the flipped classroom approach and
to explore its benefits and challenges for both, foreign language learners and educators.
