Digital literacy of language learners in two different contexts

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Son, Jeong-Bae, Park, Sang-Soon and Park, Moonyoung. 2017. "Digital literacy of language learners in two different contexts." The JALT CALL Journal. 13 (2), pp. 77-96. https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v13n2.213
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Digital literacy of language learners in two different contexts

ERA Journal ID41138
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsSon, Jeong-Bae (Author), Park, Sang-Soon (Author) and Park, Moonyoung (Author)
Journal TitleThe JALT CALL Journal
Journal Citation13 (2), pp. 77-96
Number of Pages20
Year2017
Place of PublicationTokyo, Japan
ISSN1832-4215
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v13n2.213
Web Address (URL)https://www.castledown.com/journals/jaltcall/article/?reference=j213
Abstract

This article discusses the concept of digital literacy and presents a digital literacy questionnaire containing questions related to the use of digital technologies and the level of digital literacy skills. It also reports the results of two studies that used the digital literacy questionnaire to investigate the digital literacy level of 100 English for academic purposes (EAP) students at a university in Australia and 70 English as a foreign language (EFL) students at a university in Japan and examine factors affecting their use of digital technologies for learning English. The findings of the studies provide some insights into the students' awareness and use of digital technologies and their views of the use of digital tools and resources for language learning. Each group showed a different level of expectations and needs in their digital literacy skills with a different background and experience. It is suggested that the expectations and needs of respondents to the digital literacy questionnaire should be taken into account when the results of the digital literacy questionnaire are presented and interpreted in different contexts.

Keywordsdigital literacy, digital technology, language learners, English for academic purposes, English as a foreign language
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020390405. Educational technology and computing
470401. Applied linguistics and educational linguistics
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c. 2017 JALT CALL SIG.

Byline AffiliationsSchool of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education
English Language Centre
Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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