Digital Literacies

The importance of digital literacy in language teaching is emphasized in this book, which provides a theoretical framework, practical classroom activities, and pedagogical implications for integrating digital literacies into the English language classroom. It is ideal for English language teachers, learners, academics, and anyone interested in expanding their understanding of digital literacies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 324 pages
Publication date: 12 May 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Dramatic changes in our communication landscape have made it essential for language teaching to go beyond print literacy and embrace the digital literacies that are becoming increasingly important to learners' personal, social, educational, and professional lives. By placing these digital literacies within a clear theoretical framework, this book offers educators and students not only the background for a deeper understanding of these key 21st-century skills but also the rationale for integrating them into classroom practice. This is the first methodology book to address not only why but also how to teach digital literacies in the English language classroom.

This book provides:
A theoretical framework for categorizing and prioritizing digital literacies
Practical classroom activities to help learners and teachers develop digital literacies alongside key language skills
A thorough analysis of the pedagogical implications of developing digital literacies in teaching practice
A consideration of how to integrate digital literacies into the English language syllabus
Suggestions for teachers on how to continue their professional development through PLNs (Personal Learning Networks), and how to access teacher development opportunities online.

This book is ideal for English language teachers, English language learners of all ages and levels, academics and researchers of all age groups and levels, academics and students researching digital literacies, and anyone looking to expand their understanding of digital literacies within a teaching framework.

Weight: 790g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032201610
Edition number: 2 ed