Digital Transformation of Higher Education: EFL Teaching and Learning Experiences

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.201205.006How to use a DOI?

Keywords

digital transformation, digital storytelling, higher education, EFL, speech errors

Abstract

The article focuses on the processes of digital transformation in higher education in the context of teaching EFL to Russian first-year students of non-linguistic specialties. Literature review on the challenges of introducing digital technologies into foreign language learning activities is given. Benefits of digital storytelling as a form of digital media production, allowing students to acquire both information technology skills and competences and a foreign language communicative competence, are considered. The comparative analysis of students’ typical errors, made in their oral narratives, is conducted. The potential of the use of digital storytelling in EFL university classroom is discussed. The authors’ experience in carrying out the digital storytelling project proves its potential in a foreign language learning environment for developing and improving both students’ professional competences and soft skills.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - E.N. Makarova
AU  - I.S. Pirozhkova
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/07
TI  - Digital Transformation of Higher Education: EFL Teaching and Learning Experiences
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference on Digital Economy (ISCDE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 34
EP  - 39
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.201205.006
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.201205.006
ID  - Makarova2020
ER  -