Using Digital Literacy Components to Develop ESL Learners’ Digital Mastery

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46328/ijses.88

Keywords:

digital mastery, digital literacy, ESL learners, skills

Abstract

The capacity to locate, assess, and communicate information via keyboards or digital media platforms is known as digital literacy. Utilizing information and communication technology to produce, assess, and distribute information requires a combination of technical and cognitive skills. Some ESL learners are still struggling when they are using the media online to search for articles and journals. In addition, there are still a lot of students that are unsure about how to use digital technology for their education. ESL learners must be proactive and digitally knowledgeable in this age of technology to successfully choose and organize their search results. Without these digital abilities, ESL Malaysian students would not be able to utilize a variety of ICT platforms for information access and processing for academic needs, as well as subsequently for career needs, specifically to fulfil the demands of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0). This study explores the development of digital mastery using the digital literacy components. The study employed a survey research design. An online questionnaire was distributed to ESL learners in a selected university. A cluster sampling was used in selecting the samples. A sample of 186 university students were involved in this study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data collected. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 27 for the questionnaire. In brief, the study contributes to a new model related to digital mastery for ESL students in higher education.

Author Biographies

Nazeera Ahmed Bazari, Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Alam Campus

Nazeera Ahmed Bazari  is currently a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia. She has been teaching English for 27 years. She is a teacher educator in Teaching English as a Second Language. Her experience includes teaching and training in English Proficiency, Communicative, Academic and Professional English, Teacher Education, and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL).  Her research interests are in the fields of TESL, Design and Developmental Research, Pedagogy in ESL and Teacher Education. She also engages in cross discipline research with researchers and academicians in other disciplines.

Sheika Majid, Universiti Teknologi MARA Puncak Alam Campus

Dr Sheikha Majid is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education, UiTM Puncak Alam. She was born and raised at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language from Management and Science University, Shah Alam and furthered her studies in Master of Teaching English as a Second Language at UiTM. She then obtained her PhD in Education at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. She is currently the Assistant  Liaison Officer for the Faculty of Education in which she works on mobility programmes. Her research interests are in the field of Applied Linguistics and has reviewed papers for MDPI. Dr Sheikha is characterised as a determined person by her peers. She lives by the saying, “where there’s a will, there’s a way” and will try to attain her goals with the best of her abilities.

Rafidah Abd Karim, Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch Tapah Campus

Dr Rafidah Abd Karim is a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA Tapah Campus, Perak, Malaysia. She received her PhD in TESL which specialized in Mobile Language Learning in Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia. She serves an editorial board, and she is also an active and reviewer for 10 numerous distinguished international journals. She has published more than 60 publications mainly in mobile technology, language learning, mind mapping, gender studies and indigenous studies in both national and international levels.

References

Ahmed Bazari, N., Majid, S., & Abd Karim, R. (2024). Using digital literacy components to develop ESL learners’ digital mastery. International Journal of Studies in Education and Science (IJSES), 5(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijses.88

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2024-02-29

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024)

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