2.3.2 Empirical Research on Differentiated Instruction and Technology-Enhanced Differentiated Instruction in TEFL in Hungary
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Kótay-Nagy Annamária (2026): Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764Letöltve: https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_190/#m1365diwt_190 (2026. 02. 26.)
Chicago
Kótay-Nagy Annamária. 2026. Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_190/#m1365diwt_190)
APA
Kótay-Nagy A. (2026). Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764.
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_190/#m1365diwt_190)
A recent nationwide investigation into the context and efficiency of FL teaching in Hungarian public education (Öveges & Csizér, 2018) revealed insightful results, among others, on FL teachers’ beliefs and practices of DI. The study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of foreign language teaching in Hungarian public education by collecting data through questionnaires administered to a representative sample of school principals (n = 149), primary and secondary school teachers of foreign languages (n = 1118), Grade 7 and 10 students (n = 8131) and education consultants (n = 70) in Hungary. The questionnaires comprised of statements covering several topics, including DI, and participants had to indicate how much they agreed with those on a 5-point Likert scale. As for the results related to DI, teachers saw their capability to cater for their students’ individual needs relatively positively (M = 4.36), but the statements related to the perceived effectiveness of their work, more specifically, the extent to which they thought their low-achiever students had equal chance to develop in their lessons, received much lower scores (M = 3.45) (Illés & Csizér, 2018). This latter finding was in correspondence with how education consultants rated teachers’ work, as they named DI as the second most important area where teachers need training, following the use of ICT (Kálmán & Tiboldi, 2018). The authors concluded that raising FL teachers’ awareness of DI may be necessary, but it is also possible that teachers are “very much aware of the necessity of DI, but, for some reason, cannot or do not want to use it in their daily practice” (Kálmán & Tiboldi, 2018, p. 198).
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Kótay-Nagy Annamária (2026): Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764Letöltve: https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_191/#m1365diwt_191 (2026. 02. 26.)
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Kótay-Nagy Annamária. 2026. Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_191/#m1365diwt_191)
APA
Kótay-Nagy A. (2026). Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764.
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_191/#m1365diwt_191)
This question has recently been investigated in greater detail by Zólyomi (2022) in an interview study on the DI-related beliefs and self-reported practices of Hungarian secondary school EFL teachers. Between 2019 and 2021, 28 English teachers were interviewed using a semi-structured format, with the constant comparative method applied for data analysis. The author concluded that teachers regard DI to be an important instructional approach but find it challenging to implement in practice and have low self-efficacy beliefs in DI. The participants’ strategies were found to cater mostly for students’ readiness levels, while learning profiles and interests appeared as less typical dimensions of DI.
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Kótay-Nagy Annamária (2026): Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764Letöltve: https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_192/#m1365diwt_192 (2026. 02. 26.)
Chicago
Kótay-Nagy Annamária. 2026. Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_192/#m1365diwt_192)
APA
Kótay-Nagy A. (2026). Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764.
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_192/#m1365diwt_192)
The studies in question identified a discrepancy between teachers’ perceptions and practices of DI, which suggests that while teachers generally understand and value the concept of DI, practical challenges and low self-efficacy beliefs pose barriers to its effective and consistent use in the classroom. These outcomes accord with international findings (e.g., Chien, 2015; Maruf, 2023; Rovai & Pfingsthorn, 2022; Sougari & Mavroudi, 2019; Tzanni, 2018) and shed light on the importance of teacher training in DI as well as on the necessity for additional exploratory research to understand the complexities of this topic.
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Kótay-Nagy Annamária (2026): Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764Letöltve: https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_193/#m1365diwt_193 (2026. 02. 26.)
Chicago
Kótay-Nagy Annamária. 2026. Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_193/#m1365diwt_193)
APA
Kótay-Nagy A. (2026). Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764.
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_193/#m1365diwt_193)
Regarding TEDI, to the best of the author’s knowledge, no empirical studies have been conducted specifically on this topic in the Hungarian TEFL context to date, although the nationwide study on the effectiveness of FL teaching in public education (Öveges & Csizér, 2018), discussed earlier, contains findings relevant to this topic. The study concluded that two of the most important areas where language teachers require further training are the use of ICT and DI, and that providing adequate ICT infrastructure in schools is essential for enabling teachers to better address the diverse needs of their learners.
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Kótay-Nagy Annamária (2026): Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764Letöltve: https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_194/#m1365diwt_194 (2026. 02. 26.)
Chicago
Kótay-Nagy Annamária. 2026. Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. : Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_194/#m1365diwt_194)
APA
Kótay-Nagy A. (2026). Differentiating Instruction with Technology in the Hungarian EFL Classroom. Akadémiai Kiadó.
https://doi.org/10.1556/9789636641764.
(Letöltve: 2026. 02. 26.https://mersz.hu/hivatkozas/m1365diwt_194/#m1365diwt_194)
The need for proper technological infrastructure was further emphasised by a related questionnaire study with school principals, conducted within the same large-scale research project, which identified the lack of appropriate technology as one of the main challenges for language teaching at both primary and secondary levels in Hungarian public education (Tartsayné Németh et al., 2018). The relevance of this issue has been confirmed by subsequent studies as well. Ringert (2019), for example, found that despite ongoing strategic planning, outdated ICT tools, insufficient maintenance, limited internet bandwidth, and teachers’ lack of methodological preparedness are still obstacles to effective ICT integration in Hungarian public education. Similarly, an EU report (European Commission, 2019) highlighted that although Hungarian students’ personal access to digital devices is close to the EU average, school-level infrastructure reaches only about half of the EU mean. While the shift to emergency remote teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic led to some improvements in the use of mobile ICT devices and teachers’ techno-pedagogical skills (Bartal & Kolacsek, 2021; Fekete, 2022), infrastructural concerns remain an important consideration when examining possible implementations of TEDI in the Hungarian public education context.