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Abstract
Key Findings
This study identifies a strong positive relationship between digital literacy and language proficiency, highlighting how technological competence enhances motivation, engagement and PL, leading to improved language learning outcomes.
Purpose
This research explores the connection between digital literacy and language proficiency, emphasising the impact of digital literacy on language acquisition and communication approaches. It seeks to evaluate how digital tools contribute to shaping learning behaviours within technology-integrated educational settings.
Methods
A quantitative research approach was adopted, incorporating a structured questionnaire to gather data from a sample of 420 college students. The collected data were then analysed using SPSS software to explore the connection between digital literacy and language proficiency.
Results
The results indicate a strong and statistically significant positive relationship (β = 0.841, p < 0.001) between digital literacy and language proficiency. Students with higher digital literacy demonstrated greater engagement, motivation and better adaptation to PL tools. Additionally, digital literacy was found to enhance both formal and informal communication strategies, contributing to overall language proficiency.
Conclusion
This study highlights the significance of technology in language learning, particularly its capacity to facilitate adaptive and personalised educational experiences. The incorporation of digital tools enables both educators and learners to refine language acquisition strategies, ultimately enhancing proficiency and communication skills.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Computer Assisted Learning is an international peer-reviewed journal which covers the whole range of uses of information and communication technology to support learning and knowledge exchange. It aims to provide a medium for communication among researchers as well as a channel linking researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. JCAL is also a rich source of material for master and PhD students in areas such as educational psychology, the learning sciences, instructional technology, instructional design, collaborative learning, intelligent learning systems, learning analytics, open, distance and networked learning, and educational evaluation and assessment. This is the case for formal (e.g., schools), non-formal (e.g., workplace learning) and informal learning (e.g., museums and libraries) situations and environments. Volumes often include one Special Issue which these provides readers with a broad and in-depth perspective on a specific topic. First published in 1985, JCAL continues to have the aim of making the outcomes of contemporary research and experience accessible. During this period there have been major technological advances offering new opportunities and approaches in the use of a wide range of technologies to support learning and knowledge transfer more generally. There is currently much emphasis on the use of network functionality and the challenges its appropriate uses pose to teachers/tutors working with students locally and at a distance. JCAL welcomes: -Empirical reports, single studies or programmatic series of studies on the use of computers and information technologies in learning and assessment -Critical and original meta-reviews of literature on the use of computers for learning -Empirical studies on the design and development of innovative technology-based systems for learning -Conceptual articles on issues relating to the Aims and Scope