The foreign language teacher's roles in response to the knowledge society requirements

The knowledge society demands matching educational reforms to respond the students’ needs of acquiring good performance skills. The study aims to produce evidence for stakeholders in education regarding the new roles foreign language teachers could play to fully answer these expectations. They should be supported by appropriate curricular changes to develop CLIL focused competences. The research takes stock of the current situation in Romanian non philological universities regarding the roles and perspectives of English teachers. Although more research is needed, findings confirm that formal teacher training programs should be created, as well as a sharing network of CLIL professionals.