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Publication Date: 2024-May
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Evaluating the Integration of Digital Literacy Components in ELT Coursebook Design
TESL-EJ, v28 n1 2024
Given the changing nature of the meaning of literacy, this study seeks to adopt a pluralistic view of literacies and provide a holistic picture of how coursebooks help learners improve their technological-related literacies to participate fully in the present and future world of multiple and multimodal literacies. Accordingly, the elements of digital literacies in sixteen widely used ELT coursebooks were explored through content analysis. The findings revealed the implementation of the four foci of literacies (communication, collaboration, information, and re-design) in the digital literacies framework throughout the coursebooks. All coursebook series primarily emphasized the aspects of communication and collaboration, allocating comparatively less attention to the elements of information and re-design. The findings have call for practitioners in the field to rethink the curriculum, take the digital literacy components into account, and augment the digital aspects that are less discussed in coursebooks.
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, English (Second Language), Textbook Preparation, Curriculum Design, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multiple Literacies, Teaching Methods, Content Analysis
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