Digital Literacy in English Language Teaching

Digital Literacy in ELT

     In this era, technology is an important tool and useful for every sector, especially in education sector. In every country need to enhance literacy for their citizen. So that, technology has function for digital literacy to make people learn easier. Digital literacy can extend learning in each category.

    First is to extend opportunities for speaking English to people outside the classroom, students can create podcasts or screencast as part of a class project or other instructional approach. Creating original multimedia products can be highly motivating to students as they learn the vocabulary and grammar needed to communicate their messages to an audience outside of their classroom.

    Second, many different podcasts are available to add listening opportunities to almost any topic or theme of study in the adult English language acquisition classroom. Not only can podcasts provide listening practice, they can also be used to teach a variety of specific listening or notetaking strategies to increase the rigor of instruction at nearly any level (e.g., listening for specific information, listening for the main idea, making inferences).

    Third, when reading comprehension is the instructional goal, online texts can be helpful. Digital formats can be especially useful for learners who are acquiring a combination of print. English language, and digital literacy. Multimedia formats with clear images and sound can help to make reading accessible. After learning a story, English language learners can access the digital story on their own, and practice reading, listening, and digital skills outside the classroom.

    Fourth, an important part of learning to write in a new language is writing purposefully or for specific audiences, not just for the instructor. The Internet offers English language learner access to a broad spectrum of potential readers.