Designing an effective digital learning environment for teaching English through literature: the learning experience of Bulgarian students

Abstract

The present article will focus on motivation in foreign language learning, digital technologies and creating an effective digital learning environment for supporting the process of learning and reaching desired outcomes. Besides that, the author will make an attempt to summarize personal experience of integrating digital tools and resources in teaching English as a foreign language through English through Literature Approach. A detailed description of the strategies for instruction and the learning modalities used in the 21st century classroom with 11th- grade students from Bulgaria is presented.