When Distance learning Forces Tradition to Offer Solutions in Language Teaching: Educational-Digital Ecosystems

From the scientific literature on language teaching and teaching in general, solutions have already been found in the past that may be applicable to the emergency that occurred following the quarantine imposed by the pandemic caused by the Sars-CoV-2 virus. A bibliographic survey, between 1979 and 2020, on ICT and the social groups that use them, offers the scientific basis on which the observation concerning the teaching of languages during 2020-2021 in Italian universities and schools. Language teaching must be oriented and adapted to learning groups that have the characteristics of educational-digital ecosystems. This distance teaching must equip itself with adequate tools and specific training for teachers. It must also continually deal with other didactics, typical of other educational-digital ecosystems. Distance digital teaching cannot replace face-to-face teaching, but it can and must be a valid solution in times of emergency and can be an excellent supplement to face-to-face teaching when the emergency will cease.